Articles by Kevin T. Higgins

An organic dairy was the first food company to pay citizens to return empty containers; now mainstream snack-food companies are climbing on board.

Gaining FDA approval of a cleaning process for recycled polyethylene terephthalate enabled Associated Packaging Technologies to create a dual-ovenable tray for frozen foods. Use with ConAgra brands will divert 8

The rising importance of energy efficiency in manufacturing could give a boost to the intelligent pump.

Food processors confront both financial and behavioral issues when implementing green water practices.

Pushing solvent through a membrane while retaining solute is the essence of reverse osmosis, and engineers like Wes Byrne are helping apply the technology more broadly in food and beverage.

The economic downturn is forcing some food and beverage manufacturers to cut costs in replacement parts programs, setting the stage for machine failures.

To meet consumers’ changing tastes and diversity demands, today’s food and beverage plants must be flexible.

Calcium carbonate is touted as a tough, earth-friendly material in sustainability circles, and its applications in global packaging are growing.

Seven days is the longest shelf life lobster meat gets, and that’s not long enough for retail distribution.

Annual growth in US bottled water will be less than 1% for the next five years, UK beverage researcher Canadean Ltd. forecasts, though the thirsty Asian market will help the category attain 2.8% growth worldwide this year.