Food & Beverage News

Foodex 2010 to highlight Indian food industry's capability
Tndia's food processing sector is exploding and the plethora of opportunities being offered to its stakeholders could go well beyond any business operator's imagination.

Packaging machinery industry: India slowly advancing
Food processing is the largest market for packaging machinery industry. It is predicted that it will account for 43 % of global product sales in 2012.

Packaging in a customer way
According to the American Marketing Association, an average customer gives only 1/16th of a second to look at a packaged product on the shop shelf. During this fraction of a second, the customer may or may not get attracted towards the product.

Packaging machinery industry today
Packaging machine is an equipment or series of equipment used to pack and seal a product in a container. Thus packaging machinery facilitates in packaging a product so as to contain, protect and preserve it.

Projects Investment in Food Sector
Padmavati Agrico India is setting up a barley malt unit with a capacity of 14,000 tpa at Bhogla village, Kekri. Work underway.

Govt projects Rs 1 lakh crore investment
The ministry of food processing industries has projected investments to the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore during the 12th Plan period to increase the country’s food processing capacities. While Rs 10,000 crore is expected to come from government agencies and venture capital firms, the remaining amount would come from entrepreneurs.

Shah & Co. – The house of sealing and packaging machinery
Shah And Company, sealing & packaging machinery major,-will turn 80 next year. Shah & Co. is a renowned name in the industry for its packaging equipment.

Hassia Packaging introduces the Flexi Bag 180TC Machine
Hassia Packaging Pvt. Ltd (Oystar Hassia India) has launched Flexi Bag 180 TC which can pack any product in flexible bags with twin width of 60 mm to 180 mm in twin lane version to achieve speed up to 200 bags per minute.

Beverage packaging: the future is Plastics
When a major beverage filling business is considering what type of packaging to use for a new product launch, PET would most certainly be near the top of the list. Its rise to dominance of the soft drinks market has only really been challenged by cans in the energy drinks sector.

Processing Solutions for a healthy bottomline
From Alfa Laval stable comes a bouquet of top line processing solutions for the Food industry. Closely associated with sectors like fruit & vegetable processing, brewery & winery and edible oil refining & biodiesel, the company is committed to creating better everyday conditions for people.

Flexible Packaging – Solution to Packaging Problems
In today’s globalised world, products from every corner of the world battle it out on the retail shelf every day. Appearance and convenience become primary factors in closing the sale of a product. Packaging contributes significantly to both these aspects.

Krones biggest supplier of F&B machines
As the world’s market leader for packaging machinery, Krones is the right choice when it comes to machines and lines for processing, filling and packaging liquids and paste-like products.

Fortification of foods: Past development & present practices
Differences exist between food enrichment and food fortification. A wide array of fortifying agents and food carriers have been developed to date. Numerous objectives and factors must be taken into consideration to guarantee a successful food-fortification intervention—for example, legal issues and how they affect programme outcomes.