The alt-chocolate is vegan, caffeine-free, gluten-free, lower in sugar than comparable products.

The enormous amount of attention paid to ingredients in food and beverage by processors may have some overlooking an equally important element of the F&B experience: the container in which that food or beverage is sold. Packaging today plays many roles: carrier of F&B, protector of temperature-sensitive items, barrier for potential adulteration, manifestation of a brand’s sustainability initiatives and more.

Food processors cannot make money and operate effectively unless their production lines are operating, so managing and minimizing downtime is crucial to operational effectiveness and optimizing production operations.

The latest executive news and announcements in the food and beverage processing industry.

The functional foods manufacturer recently installed the 10th vacuum conveyor at its 200,000 sq.-ft. facility.

Two-thirds of U.S. consumers who identify as flexitarians and nearly three-fourths of consumers who follow a non-animal protein diet consider themselves foodies. With holidays like Veganuary and alternative proteins becoming more mainstream, Signal Theory’s FoodThink research team dove deeper into its recent consumer study to see how food marketers could better position their brands for upcoming trending lifestyles. 

Within its walls is one of the most technically advanced food processing plants in the country—a greenfield project built from the ground up with automation, labor savings, sustainability and smart design throughout.

FoodTech start-up, BioBetter, Ltd., has assigned a new role for the much-maligned Nicotiana tabacum plant upon discovering it can overcome the greatest hurdle in cultured meat—that of scaled production.