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The Big Clean-Up

Brazilian chickens fly higher and further

Over the years Brazil had demonstrated that it has first class conditions for growing chickens at low costs. Brazil has now taken advantage of export opportunities and become a first class provider of a wide variety products.

Understanding the function of batters

For years batters have been applied to food to improve taste, texture and appearance. Commercial applications have elevated the humble batter to a high tech additive utilising a range of modern ingredients.

The season’s new equipment now available!

Recent food technology trade fairs like Anuga FoodTec and Foodex Meatex showcased innovative equipment for poultry processors in several areas of further processing, like chambers, slicers, packaging systems and weighers. Here are some highlights of what was on display.

Functional foods: what consumers want?

Functional foods make up one percent of the food industry, but is growing by ten percent each year. This should stimulate companies to develop foods with health benefits that are commercially successful, says Linda Gilbert, president of HealthFocus International.

Identifying opportunities among the chaos

The current retail environment is not very friendly for most suppliers to the retail sector. However, there are still plenty of opportunities available for the taking. All you have to do is understand certain market trends and take advantage of them.

Avícola La Blanca: Paraguay’s leading processor

Founded in 1967, Granja Avícola La Blanca has grown to become Paraguay’s top processor due to attention to quality, growth in consumer demand, and strategic investment. Having captured 75% of the national market share the company is now venturing into the lucrative market.

Increased savings trough process optimisation

A Swedish meat processor has increased yield and throughput thanks to a statistical process analysis for their processing lines.

VIV Europe showed advancements in poultry processing

The processing segment of VIV Europe 2006 received a lot of attention. More then 20.000 visitors from all over the world attended the show and many were interested in the various new products that were launched there.

Now Thailand has won new markets

The Thai poultry industry has demonstrated a remarkable resilience to survive the impact of the AI catastrophe. What is the secret behind the success of these processors?

Vertical flowpacking offers new solutions

Due to its flexible operation, a new packer is proving a cost effective solution for Giebels Meat Products, allowing them to satisfy their existing packaging requirements and react quickly to rapidly changing trends.

Award-winning packaging innovations

The winning entries of the 2006 FPA Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition mirror the packaging excellence, printing, technical and environmental achievements taking place in the world of flexible packaging.