Beneo-Palatinit presented tooth-friendly beverage applications with Palatinose at this year’s Drinktec in Munich.

Darrell Lea has chosen Bizcaps Eziform to help it publish its product data to GS1net to enable it to exchange and synchronise product data with its major trading partners.

Martek Biosciences has entered into a multi-year, sole-source supply agreement with Milk Powder Solutions, based in Australia. Under the terms of the agreement, Martek will serve as Milk Powder Solutions' exclusive supplier for all of its ARA needs for infant formula products in China and Vietnam under the Gold Cow brand name.

Simplot Australia has selected IBM Cognos 8 as its new enterprise business intelligence (BI) tool.

In the UK, the Food Standards authority is trying to improve public health by asking manufacturers to reduce portion sizes, reformulate to minimise saturated fats and added sugars, and to focus their marketing on their healthier options.

Food is a vital component of trade and a considerable contributor to APEC member economies and food safety has to be addressed in a global context as a shared responsibility.

Should the NSW state government ban the sales of commercially bottled water or should consumers have the right to choose what they want to drink?

When Australian cannery SPC Ardmona switched its palletising system, it found other advantages than just packing more pallets. The new system also opened up opportunities for new business.

An Australian-manufactured tough, light and recyclable pneumatic reticulation system has been selected for use in an AU$20 million expansion by the largest fish oil manufacturer in the world.

In April 2009, the privately owned Licher Brewery ceremonially inaugurated its new showcase brewhouse from Krones.

Fresco Systems has just completed a bulk ingredient batching system for a Sydney bakery. Consisting of five bulk bag unloaders, each feeding a mini weigh hopper via a flexible conveyor, the system needed to be accurate and hygienic to suit the clean room environment.

A partnership of Australian and global leaders in environmental engineering has been chosen to provide an extended wastewater treatment system for Pacific Beverages’ new Bluetongue brewery in New South Wales.

The future of beverage packaging is becoming varied, interesting and intelligent.

Meat could be marketed as a functional food through its disease-preventing, health-promoting properties.

Givaudan has developed a technology that will help food manufacturers address the issue of high salt levels in processed foods.