Food Engineering

As product portfolios expand and production requirements become increasingly complex, manufacturers are under growing pressure to maintain efficiency with systems originally designed for predictable, repetitive production.

Buckwalter brings to Ocean Spray Cranberries 20 years of global leadership experience across consumer-packaged goods and healthcare.

The plant brings Bauducco’s full wafer lineup under a Made in USA designation for the first time, operating at double the production capacity of what the brand previously had available for the American market.

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards highlights recent food and beverage industry developments, including Ferrara’s South Carolina plant, Ferrero’s line installation, Conagra Brands’ expansion in Arkansas, Walmart’s new milk processing facility, Kraft Heinz’s investment in Canada, and Swaggerty Farms’ expansion.

Effective environmental monitoring programs are defined not by how much data they collect, but by how quickly they trace data forward and backward to isolate the source and analyze the impact.

You know the origins of all your ingredients and everything that happened during the processing, cooling and freezing of your product, but what can you know about your product once it leaves your premises? This is the job of the track part of track-and-trace.

The executive order directs HHS, USDA and the EPA to strengthen research, innovation and public-private partnerships that support regenerative agriculture while advancing the Make America Healthy Again agenda.

Developed for use in high purity and chemically aggressive systems, the 76F HCA helps contractors, engineers and facility owners safeguard critical infrastructure while simplifying long term operation and service.

At the press of a button, the conveyor moves materials and ingredients from the integrated hopper at floor level up to discharge fast, gently and safely at a constant flow rate without clogging or degradation.

All three cases included in this outbreak consumed Nara Organics-brand powdered infant formula. No deaths have been reported.

Through the KIND Almond Acres Initiative, the company tested regenerative agriculture practices and innovative technologies in California, home to approximately 80% of the world's almond production.

Bobbie has increased its production by 276% year-over-year. In that same time, Bobbie’s Ohio manufacturing team has grown over 130%.

Dharma Prime and Halak Mehta are inspiring examples of women thriving in STEM careers, particularly in engineering and food science. As they share their experiences and insights, they highlight the importance of diversity and support in these traditionally male-dominated fields.

Food and beverage plants require predictive, remote and machine-embedded tools on packaging machinery to ensure uptime, but operator shadowing and hands-on repetition are equally important for operational efficiency.

STEPLogic Tracker is designed to help companies capture, manage and retrieve critical traceability information in support of stronger recordkeeping and faster access to records.

In 2025, more than 1,600 Nescafé agronomists and field staff supported farmers in 15 countries through training and technical support on regenerative agriculture.

The KOB homogenizers suit a range of products and processes such as milk, dairy ingredients, beverages and plant-based formulations.

The partnership is made possible through a farmer-backed investment from MMPA’s member-owners, who have invested both capital and trust in a shared future.

The Cheonan facility is scheduled for completion in the first half of 2027, and bibigo offerings made with gim, a Korean seaweed product, will be supplied to global markets including the U.S.

The High Pressure Pilot 4T serves higher pressure applications, while the Pilot 4T Ready-to-Run Skid combines the homogenizer with auxiliary components.