Win-win solution for beef producers

Multifunction case packer

Top-loading design from Cermex packs 40 cases per minute

Compact 5G palletizer

QComp Technologies’ durable design is suited for limited spaces

Iodine in milk

Study finds iodine content varies in organic and conventional milk

The ultimate dairy?

Norwegian dairy giant comes up with ‘a new type of milk’

The flavour factor

Changing milk consumption patterns are driving growth for products with new flavours

Chunky soup in carton packs

Heat-and-serve convenience

Wieldy dough, better bread

Dough enhancers bring out the best in breads,improve production in the process

Trendiest flavours

Waking up to Kellogg’s

The all-time brand sees further expansion for its fortified products, writes ZAINAB MANSOOR.

In pursuit of food security

IN THE WAKE of the most severe drought in 60 years, newspapers proclaimed in June 2011 that East Africa was on the verge of the world’s worst food security crisis. In Kenya, the government declared the food crisis a national disaster, and for the first time in 30 years, the United Nations declared famine in Somalia. Aid organisations called not only for emergency response, but also for an overhaul in how governments responded to food security on the continent.