SWF Companies' Tisma Division has launched a high speed, small
centre TC 100 vertical cartoner, which is claimed to reach speeds
of up to 1000 cartons per minute and works well with a variety of
closing methods.
The Balance Bar brand has added three new sweet-tasting flavours to
its nutrition bar range, including a chocolate cookie dough
flavour, which it claims remains a healthy snack food.
Danisco is launching Salatrim, a new low-calorie fat targeted at
the European confectionery and bakery industry. The product, which
has been patented, will be sold under the name Benefat.
Fun, convenience and health are the clear drivers of innovation in
the food industry, as the latest review of new products from
Mintel's Global New Product Database shows.
Lock Inspection Systems is to preview its Compact Vertical Fall
metal detector for the first time at the forthcoming PPMA, to be
held in the NEC, Birmingham, UK this September.
The PPMA sponsored Starpack Award has gone to Field Packaging
Systems, UK, for the process technology in its carton erecting
system for After Eight mints.
New flavour encapsulation technology could provide product
developers with a new tool to prolong shelf life, claims flavours
company International Flavors & Fragrances.
Chocotelegram, an innovative confectionery product allowing
consumers to send personalised messages to their friends and
families is set to hit retail shelves in Europe and the US over the
next few months.
Health foods with a 'naughty' edge may well give food manufacturers
the chance to gain market share. And what finer ingredient than
chocolate to meet this need.
Empire Torte, a new chocolate dessert currently being marketed in
the United States by confectioner Tuesday Evans, is being
hand-wrapped in Cellophane from Surface Specialties for extended
shelf-life.
Cappuccino Sauce manufactured by Scottish confectionery firm
Macphie won the foodservice dessert category at this year's
Scottish Food and Drink Excellence Awards.
Taste, texture, and stability in confectionery fillings can all be
achieved with a new range of filling fats from Loders Croklaan, the
Dutch-based company recently spun off by Anglo-Dutch giant
Unilever.
Nestlé is to team up with Colgate-Palmolive to help develop the
latter's range of breath freshening chewing gum, a deal which could
be extended to other products if initial sales are a success.
US-based confectioner Yosha! Enterprises is launching a new mint
product that it believes will make a significant impact on the
breath freshener market.
The UK arm of the German confectionery group Haribo is to launch a
new product, Maoam Mini's, and introduce a major promotion for five
of its other major products during the key school holiday period.
A rich hue combined with a bland flavour profile is the latest
caramel colour from US company Sethness. The colour is soluble in
salt solutions of up to 20 per cent saline concentration.
Tisma, the US packaging equipment provider, has launched the TC 400
series of vertical cartoners, said to be capable of reaching speeds
of up to 750 cartons per minute.
The European Commission has announced the permanent withdrawal of
the confectionery additive konjac (E425). The move comes after
fears that the additive can potentially cause fatal choking.
Following a proposal from the European Commission to allow the use
of two new intense sweeteners the European Competitiveness Council
gave the all clear on Monday.
The US arm of confectioner Perfetti Van Melle has launched new
packaging for its Mentos mints product. The company believes that
its new Mentos Box will offer the consumer better value and will be
easier to use.
An ice lolly on a hot summer's day is immensely satisfying, but can
be a messy affair. A new non-drip confection could put an end to
all those stained t-shirts and shorts.
Kellogg's Real Fruit Winders are to be put to the test in a new web
poll of young consumers. This is the latest in a series of online
initiatives to promote new confectionery.
Despite an increasingly competitive environment and the impact of a
global economic downturn the biscuits market in Europe is alive and
well, according to a news report from Esmerk.
Wm Wrigley, the US-based gum maker, is staring defeat in the face
in its bid to register its Doublemint trademark in the EU. A senior
legal advisor at the European Court of Justice yesterday said that
an earlier decision by a lower...
Nestle Rowntree is entering the bite-sized sector with the launch
of Kit Kat Kubes in the UK, the latest company to jump onto the
bandwagon of bite-sized innovations.
Twist-Lyte and Hicor, part of the Exxon Mobil Group, has launched a
specially redesigned film, which is claimed to make production
faster and more efficient.
Twist-Lyte Hicor already claims to be the lightest twist wrap film
on the market, but now it can offer confectionery producers greater
efficiency and production speed as well.
