Operations - Articles - Page 55

Getting the right recipe for heating dairy products

April 14, 2020

Heat is fundamental to the food and drink industry. From cooking and drying to other treatments such as pasteurization, heat is widely used in all but the most basic food manufacturing and processing situations, in sectors as varied as dairy, fruit and vegetable processing, meat, prepared foods, brewing, and dietary supplements.

Silk's strict allergen-control practices

Because Silk must share its manufacturing operations with Danone North America’s other brands, including dairy brands, the brand put into place strict allergen-control practices

Kathie Canning

April 8, 2020

Because much of what Danone North America produces under its other brands falls into dairy territory, the company's plants must be very careful in managing the dairy/nondairy product mix.

New mixers and blenders increase consistency and efficiency

March 20, 2020

New equipment from Admix, Coperion, Charles Ross & Son, and more!

New ingredients and equipment for dairy processors

March 19, 2020

New ingredients and equipment from Matthews Marking Systems, Applied Biomimetic, Milk Specialties Global, and more!

Pumps and valves play a big role

An efficient and safe dairy processing operation is dependent on the proper selection and maintenance of pumps and valves

Richard Mitchell

March 18, 2020

Detecting foreign objects and other contaminants in dairy products is perhaps the most crucial part of the production process. Without the ability to effectively scan for adulterants, processors can compromise food safety and risk costly recalls, product waste and damage to their reputations.

Baker Cheese’s cheese plant was built to stretch

Baker Cheese’s plant expansion was designed to handle the continually increasing demand for the company’s string cheese

Anna Boisseau

March 4, 2020

Halfway through the family-owned Baker Cheese Inc. plant in St. Cloud, Wis., you'll come upon a kind of magical lazy river of cheese. Different sizes and varieties of the company's low-moisture, part-skim mozzarella string cheese float through a stream of brine.

New lab tests and equipment help processors identify contaminants

February 26, 2020

New equipment from Nelson-Jameson, Sesotec and more!

Sustainability informs new rigid packaging innovations

A greater market focus on sustainability is leading to the development of more environmentally sound rigid packaging

Richard Mitchell

February 18, 2020

Rigid packaging is undergoing a makeover. With consumers and product manufacturers putting pressure on packaging suppliers to develop designs that are eco-friendly, alternatives with biodegradable elements and less bulk are becoming more prevalent and helping to fuel greater sector activity.

Pay attention to nonproduct contact surfaces

Dennis Glick

February 6, 2020

"Why be concerned with the nonproduct contact surfaces when the product does not touch them?" This is a question I have heard many times in my many years as a USDA equipment inspector.

High Road Craft Brands scales up its operation

High Road Craft Brands has experienced phenomenal growth over the past decade. But its ice cream plant remains committed to small-batch, craft operations

Kathie Canning

February 4, 2020

Tucked away in a Marietta, Ga., industrial park, surrounded by Georgia pines, is a 75,000-square-foot, nondescript off-white building that offers few external cues as to what’s inside. But once a visitor steps into that building, he or she will see an operation that is actually rather exceptional.