Browsing: Processing
Increasing automation in the food processing industry has helped maintain quality. NZ Food Technology News features the latest food processing trends, equipment, machinery and manufacturing processes. There’s a particular emphasis on food processing in the meat, poultry, seafood and dairy industries, as there’s a need for safe and speedy production.
$10 million Timaru flour mill up and running
Prime Minister John Key opens new facility for independent local co-op – Farmers Mill. Continue →
GMO-free moving forward in new products
Interest in natural products has grown markedly in recent years. This has been reflected in a number of ways in new product activity, such as the use of all natural colours, flavours and other raw materials. Continue →
New Zealand’s fast food industry – a trend analysis
By Natasha Telles D’Costa, research manager, New Zealand GIC, Frost & Sullivan
Shakespeare famously wrote – “if music be the food of love, play on” and no industry has had consumers dancing to their tune more than the fast food sector. Continue →
Muscle profiling and functional mapping adds value to carcasses
By Mustafa Farouk and Scott Knowles, Food & Bio-based Products Group, AgResearch Ltd
For centuries, in richer countries, meat cuts have been valued according to rather narrow definitions of quality that emphasise hedonistic and gustatory attributes – essentially the cooking and eating experience. Continue →
Key New Zealand food export product markets – beyond dairy
By Natasha Telles D’Costa, research manager, New Zealand GIC, Frost & Sullivan
While dairy exports continue to remain the mainstay of the New Zealand economy, there is a growing interest in focusing on newer food and beverage export sectors to emulate the success witnessed with the dairy sector. Continue →
Researcher working on light recipe for crop growth
A Massey University researcher developing lighting technology that will assist crop growth has been awarded funding for the study. Continue →
Upgrading food quality and processing efficiency
The use of advanced inline cooking systems is improving product quality and cooking efficiencies among food processors in Australia – and saving on costs. Continue →
Westland’s new plant milks nutritional formula demand
New Zealand’s second largest dairy cooperative commissions a new nutritional plant in Hokitika to meet international customer demand for infant nutritional formula. Continue →
Global award for New Zealand salmon
New Zealand’s ÅŒra King salmon has been judged as ‘remarkable’ at the iTQi Superior Taste Awards in Belgium. Continue →
Clean label Natural Improvers toolbox set to transform baking
Arla Foods Ingredients has developed a ground-breaking ‘toolbox’ of natural improvement solutions offering bakers optimised production processes, better quality end-products, reduced waste and cleaner labels – all at the same time. Continue →
Breaking through the green glass ceiling
A major challenge that organic and sustainable brands face is how to break through the green glass ceiling. Continue →
Mid-calorie carbonated drinks – choice and confusion
Despite their ongoing dominance in terms of market size, carbonated beverages accounted for just 14 percent of global new product activity in soft drinks in 2012, according to Innova Market Insights. Continue →
Back to the land for wine entrepreneurs
Two of New Zealand’s most successful wine entrepreneurs have been drawn back to the industry by a love for the land combined with a belief in ethical farming and a passion for winemaking. Continue →
Food trends acclimatising to a changing world
By Natasha Telles D’Costa, research manager, New Zealand GIC, Frost & Sullivan
As global markets emerge and newer countries rise to the fore, a change of guard is being witnessed with the followers becoming the leaders and vice versa. Continue →
Steering innovation in New Zealand’s food industry
By Matt Golding
Flexibility is not a word that comes easily to mind when considering the mass production of food. Continue →
New food processing collaboration promotes research
A new food processing laboratory at The University of Auckland’s Tamaki Campus will help to scale up research into innovative, commercially feasible processes and technologies. Continue →
Fonterra to build new UHT plant at Waitoa
Fonterra announced last month it will be investing more than $100 million in a new UHT milk processing plant at its Waitoa site in the Waikato. Continue →
Kiwi poultry company increases market share across the ditch
A New Zealand-owned poultry company, which has invested heavily in its production capacity, is now on course to substantially increase its Australian market share in the next 12 months. Continue →
International accreditation affirms Salmon company’s sustainability drive
NZ King Salmon says attaining an internationally accepted aquaculture sustainability certification affirms the company’s world-class environmental standards. Continue →
Prepared salads offer increasing diversity
The prepared salads market is increasingly extending away from its established place in the side dishes and accompaniments market to also perform a more main meal function. Continue →