food processing

Proactive produce solution: Targeting oxidation before it begins

A new range of products from shelf- life solutions specialist Food freshly takes aim at the oxidation issues that can plague fresh-cut produce by targ... continue reading »

Packaging company adapa wins award for recyclable shrink bag

Flexible packaging solutions provider adapa Group has received a WorldStar Packaging 2023 award for its recyclable shrink bag. The VACUshrink MEX ... continue reading »

Fresh Del Monte enters distribution partnership with plant-based food company

Fresh Del Monte and has formed a partnership with food production company Vertage to expand distribution options. The produce giant will support th... continue reading »

Chef Holdings makes leadership change, names new CEO

Chef Holdings, parent company of CTI Foods and Liguria Foods, has made a leadership change. Terence O’Brien succeeded Mike Buccheri as CEO on May 10... continue reading »

Finance veteran named CFO of Florida Food Products

An industry veteran with more than two decades of international finance experience is the new chief financial officer of Florida Food Products. Kev... continue reading »

Longtime food science professor dies at age 96

Norman Potter, a longtime food science professor at Cornell University, has died at age 96. Potter, author of widely used textbook Food Science, di... continue reading »

Zucchini, peppers and carrots are among the visible vegetables

Vegetable processing company investing $19 million in New Mexico facility

Vegetable processing company Oro is investing $19 million in a new facility in New Mexico’s Santa Teresa Border Zone. Construction will begin on ... continue reading »

Long-time leader of UNL’s Food Processing Center retiring after 43 years

Jill Gifford, manager of the Food Entrepreneur Program with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Food Processing Center, is retiring May 31 after a ... continue reading »

USDA creates 12 regional centers, announces $420M in project funding

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has created 12 new regional food business centers to provide national coordination and technical assistance to farm... continue reading »

Swift Prepared Foods opens $200M facility in Missouri

Swift Prepared Foods, a JBS USA subsidiary, has invested more than $200 million in a new processing facility in Missouri. The 325,000-square-foot P... continue reading »