The 2016 Christmas period will be remembered as one of the hottest festive seasons on record in Australia, but grocery sales remained cool.
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3M Food Safety updates clean-trace Luminometer
This luminometer offers greater sensitivity, more powerful and intuitive software, wireless connectivity and a user-friendly ergonomic industrial design.
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Custard tart given frozen twist
Bulla Dairy Foods’ innovation centre has unveiled a new flavour ice cream for summer 2017, Custard Tart.
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GrainCorp sells stake in Allied Mills
GrainCorp is selling its 60 per cent stake in manufacturer of bakery premixes and products Allied Mills to Pacific Equity Partners for $190 million.
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Food and beverage industry expecting strong deal activity in 2017
Corporate activity in the food and beverage industry was unexpectedly high in December 2016 and January 2017 with several substantial transactions announced during this period.
Acquisitions announced
The
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Test & measurement – HART vibrating fork level detector
Emerson Automation Solutions has launched the Rosemount 2140, the world’s first wired HART vibrating fork level detector. Offering enhanced ease-of-use, smart diagnostics, and remote proof-testing capability,
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Chemical free water treatment cleans up Thai sugarcane processing
COMPUTER-generated frequencies are being charged through wastewater to help sugarcane-processing plants in Thailand meet environmental standards.
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Scientists have unlocked the secret of making tomatoes taste of something again
If you shop in a supermarket you may well have asked why the fruit and veg you buy there is so tasteless, especially if you’ve also tried homegrown alternatives.
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Michael Spaans resigns from Fonterra Board
Dairy processor Fonterra’s Director Michael Spaans has stepped down from the Board of the co-operative with effect from 31 January 2017 due to ill health.
Fonterra Chairman John Wilson said that
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Tank cleaning system does the job for dairy processor
A Pennsylvania milk company utilises vertical spray dryers to produce large quantities of milk powder. With sizes of up to 22 feet in diameter and up to 60 feet high, the facility’s spray dryers
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Tim Tam and Gelato Messina combine for new biscuit
Arnott’s Tim Tam has collaborated with Gelato Messina on a new range of gelato-inspired Tim Tam biscuit flavours.
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Food security: we throw away a third of the food we grow – here’s what to do about waste
In the UK, roughly a third of the food grown in the field never actually makes into anybody’s mouth. For every three
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DuPont reaches 100% certified sustainable palm oil emulsifiers
DuPont Nutrition & Health has completed its switch to 100% certified sustainable palm oil and palm oil derivatives used in its Global emulsifier production.
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Villa Maria moves to direct distribution model in Australia
Villa Maria, New Zealand’s most awarded winery, has announced plans to establish its own Australian-based sales and distribution operation to continue to grow its presence in the market.
The family-owned
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CSIRO makes high-quality graphene with soybeans
A breakthrough by CSIRO led scientists has made the world’s strongest material more commercially viable, all thanks to the humble soybean.
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Automated packing solution at major food company
HMPS has been awarded the contract for the installation of its HMPS1000 RSC Bag in Box (BIB) Case Packer and System Integration solution at a major local food and beverage company.
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Food security: how drought and rising prices led to conflict in Syria
Australia’s finest wines achieve record value in 2016
Australian wine export value grew by 7 per cent to $2.22 billion in 2016 and average value grew by 6 per cent to $2.96 per litre free-on-board.
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Pioneering craft brewery evolves into whisky distillery
One of Australia’s early craft breweries has grown up to become a premium whisky distillery.
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Global wine supply balancing out: report
The downward trend of global wine inventories in recent years marks a continued move towards balance, according to a new report from Rabobank.
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