New fines return system from GEA GEA has introduced a new patented No Intervention Fines Return System (FRS).
The company said it allows dairy and food powder producers to automate the cleaning-in-place (CIP) processes of their spray dryer fines return system, leading to reduced down time, improved working conditions and guaranteeing product safety.
In spray dryers, powder fines are often separated from the exhaust air via cyclones and bag filters. A fines return system returns the fines to the drying process, either for agglomeration or integration with the final powder outlet. Typically, cleaning cyclones and fines return systems first require opening and dismantling the fines return system from the cyclones outlet. After cleaning, both must be reconnected again, which increases the risk of recontamination as well as the potential for mistakes in reassembly.
Thy not? Next Gen plucks for Singapore as it launches global plant-based chicken brand Plant-based food tech start up Next Gen is making its global debut by launching its consumer brand TiNDLE in Singapore this March.
The first product to be launched is TiNDLE Thy, a plant-based chicken thigh product which will be distributed by Classic Fine Foods, and rolled out initially in food service, with retail in the pipeline.
The launch of the consumer brand comes after Singapore headquartered Next Gen closed a US$10 million seed round, more than its initial US$7 million target, following an earlier founder capitalisation of US$2.2 million.
Processing equipment company Gemak has designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned a process and packing plant built specifically for the manufacture of plant-based yogurts and other dairy alternatives.
Grape idea: Hokkaido University’s sustainable robots offer respite for wine and pumpkin farmers in Japan Robots developed by researchers at Hokkaido University are being trialled at a Japanese vineyard, Hokkaido Wine, for pesticide spraying and weed control.
As one of the oldest wineries in Hokkaido founded in 1974, the firm produces 2,000 kL annually, with just 81 employees.
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There is a shortage of people on our farm and we cannot do enough weeding and pesticide application,” said Kimihiro Shimamura, president of Hokkaido Wine, and second-generation farmer.
Hokkaido Wine approached robotic agriculture expert, Professor Noboru Noguchi from the Research Faculty of Agriculture at Hokkaido University for a collaboration.
Europe pledges to make beverage packaging fully circular by 2030 UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe, a trade organization representing the non-alcoholic beverage sector, has set targets for European beverage packaging to be fully circular by 2030. This will be achieved by using rPET, refillable bottles, and boosting collection rates.
An interim goals is for 50% rPET by 2025, while the organization wants to see recycled or renewable material accounting for all PET by 2030.
UNESDA – which represents 23 national associations across Europe as well as counting Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Suntory and Nestlé among its members - says it supports the EU’s ambition of making Europe the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and building a circular economy.