Rainforest Alliance says its SAT4Farming, a satellite technology that was recently adopted by 1,000 cocoa farmers in Ghana, could potentially provide ‘cheaper and more reliable’ sustainability certifications to chocolate companies.
BillerudKorsnäs and Uppsala University in Sweden are one step closer to making paper batteries, with pure cellulose from algae, for applications including smart packaging.
Bosch Packaging Technology has launched a Kliklok Midrange Endload Cartoner (MEC), which it will present at Pack Expo International 2018 in Chicago (October 14-17, 2018).
Mars has adopted SAT4Farming, a digital and satellite technology to help small-scale cocoa farmers improve their productivity and sustainability, in Ghana.
Amcor’s MaXQ digital system, EVRYTHNG and ScanTrust Internet of Things (IoT), Smartglyph and MagicAdd are just some of the technologies identified by PreScouter research, which has led to readily available smart packaging in 2018.
It is not enough for cocoa sustainability programs to tackle child labor by solely focusing on increasing yield and cultivating trees, Puratos has said. Instead, the company’s own sourcing program, Cacao-Trace, deals with the issue by installing a more...
Godiva Chocolatier has collaborated with e-commerce startup Candy Mechanics to create personalized chocolate cards and lollipops made from 3D printed molds of human’s heads.
Tanis Food Tec (TFT) says it is seeing an increase in demand for cream filled sandwich biscuits and has developed a fully automated line for the products.
Bosch has announced it will sell its packaging machinery business (PA), more specifically the pharmaceuticals and food units of its Packaging Technology division to focus on its core business.
The AIPIA (Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) kicked off its first American Summit June 4, announcing it is expanding in Asia after launching its first Chinese language website.
Tri-Seal, part of Tekni-Plex has been granted a patent for its Sniff Seal technology, which can be used for a variety of product categories including dairy, confectionery, bakery and beverages.
'Visual codes such as UPC (Universal Product Codes) and QR (Quick Response) have been around for decades. They are ‘artifacts’ of a time when machines required visual symbologies'.
Stable Micro Systems has developed a Powder Vertical Shear Rig for food manufacturers to measure the flowability of compacted powders, such as flour, cocoa powder and starch.
Mars Wrigley Confectionery aims to triple the global cocoa production volume in the next decade partly through developing better disease-resistant varieties, Frank Mars, member of the company's Board of Directors, recently said at the World Cocoa...
Entrepreneur, Duval Middleton, who founded Gumipod, gum packaging with integrated bin, has applied to enter VOOM 2018, to pitch his idea to Virgin boss Richard Branson and a panel of business superstars on May 21.
RPC Bebo has partnered with German tool producer Marbacha to develop a thermoformed screw closure system for on-the-go snacks such as ice cream, snacks and sweets.
Bazooka Candy Brands has developed its first interlocking gummies made by a 3D mold called Match-Ems, as the US gummy business is now ‘on fire,’ said its senior director of marketing and innovation, Nicole Rivera.
Albertus Eskes and Dario Ahnert, cocoa breeders from agriculture research firm CIRAD and UESC has invented a fermentation technology called TropMix to help cocoa beans enhance its natural fruity flavors.
NID, acquired by tna, took to the spotlight at ProSweets 2018 last week (January 28-31) with the announcement that it has undertaken a number of developments and upgrades to its machinery.
GEA has developed multiple machines for the production of ingredients handling, to mixing, homogenization, spray drying and packaging for flavors that ‘mimic the real thing’.
Processing and packaging highlights ProSweets 2018
From the fastest lollipop former from GEA to Bosch jelly testing equipment; Loschpack chocolate premium fold-wrap and tna chili powdered gummies; ConfectioneryNews previews some of the latest Processing & Packaging technology to be exhibited at ProSweets...
Two researchers from Clemson Transport Package Testing Laboratory have received a $500k grant from the US National Science Foundation to study triboelectric generators in smart packaging.
Plastics machinery manufacturer Kiefel has partnered with start-up company, watttron on the research and development of the industrial molding of plastics.
A scientist at the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) said chocolate would not go extinct as reported by multiple media outlets recently, even though global warming could shrink the cultivatable areas for cocoa trees.
Hershey says it is continuing to explore the possibilities of 3D chocolate printing partnering with a ‘world-renowned culinary school’ and funding two students to focus on exploring real-world applications of the technology.
Bosch says its new bagger can seal both edges of the zipper on a standup pouch so that candy and snacks will not snag on the zipper when consumers pour them out.
