First Central Hotel Suites Recognized for Sustainability & CSR Initiatives
First Central Hotel Suites bagged top accolades for sustainability and corporate social responsibility at The Middle East Cleaning, Hygiene and Facilities Awards 2018. The first of its kind ceremony in Dubai brought together over 300 of the industry’s biggest players from the cleaning, hospitality and soft FM sector under one roof to celebrate their achievements. The team at First Central Hotel Suites led by Mustafa Hassan, Director of HR won Gold in the Commitment to Sustainability while Venkatesh Parthasarathy took home Silver in CSR Company of the Year category. Wael El Behi, General Manager of First Central Hotel Suites, said, “We are delighted to be recognized for our commitment to sustainable practices and CSR initiatives. Environmental protection and conservation of natural
The Broadest Cultures Offer for Plant-Based Food & Beverages
DuPont Nutrition & Health announces its Danisco® VEGE Cultures, a new portfolio of cultures specially formulated for the plant-based fermented products market. Danisco® VEGE Cultures have been developed for a wide-ranging variety of plant-based raw materials, such as soy, coconut, nuts, oat, maize, rice, fruits and
GKD Process Belts and Seam FDA-Certified
In the world of global trade, food safety deserves particular attention. The toughest quality standards in place to ensure this safety are the regulations enacted by the US-American Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As such, FDA-compliant production is crucial for food producers to survive in international trade.
TECHNOLOGY IS CRUCIAL TO ENHANCED SUSTAINABILITY
Bjorn Thumas, business development director food, asks how can food businesses work more sustainably and stay profitable?
2017 Shaped Up As a Great Year for Hospitality
The Annual Hospitality Forum at Horeca 2018 hosted a roundtable entitled “GM Roundtable: Predictions of the ongoing development of the Lebanese hospitality sector up to 2020”. The participants in the roundtable were Georges Ojeil, the General Manager of Le Gray Beirut and Dagmar Symes, the General Manager of Phoenicia
Rishi: Consumption Patterns Are Changing and the Industry Is Working on Premium Menus
Invest Northern Ireland (INI) is a regional business development agency that supports new and existing businesses in Northern Ireland to grow and compete internationally. INI also promotes Northern Ireland as a UK/European location for investment and a destination for education from boarding schools through to post graduate study. The organisation works across various sectors and the Food and Drink industry has been identified as one of the key drivers of the economy, with Northern Ireland’s Food and Drink being the region’s largest manufacturer and a leading exporter – with products exported to over 70 countries. foodHQ interviewed Sheethal Rishi, Senior Business Development Manager at Invest Northern Ireland, based in Dubai handles the Food and Drink, Hospitality and Design sectors with
The Experience of the Future
McDonald's, the world’s largest burger chain, is currently in the process of upgrading and renovating its restaurants in Lebanon to provide customers with a modern dining experience. McDonald’s Lebanon launched its new “experience of the future” dining model (EOTF) with the inauguration of its renovated Dora branch.
TOMRA Provides a Global Presence & Excellent Customer Service
food HQ conducted an interview with Steven Hiel, regional sales manager at TOMRA Sorting Food. TOMRA Sorting offers the widest range of food sorting and peeling equipment available in the food industry today. TOMRA supplies optical sorting solutions for a multitude of food applications, for fresh and processed food,
INTERPOMA CHINA 2018 Successfully Concluded in Weihai
The INTERPOMA CHINA 2018 International Congress & Exhibition is concluded, marking the second successful China edition of the event organized by Fiera Bolzano in cooperation with Messe München Shanghai. The two-day event attracted 1,000 professional apple industry expo visitors from China and around the world, who were eager to participate in the modernization and globalization of China’s apple industry. The Congress garnered 650 attendees which discussed the latest growing techniques and technologies, while industry leaders from China introduced the state of the Chinese industry. The learning and networking experience gained an extra boost from two orchard tours, which were appreciated from both Chinese and international attendees. “This is the professional show for the apple industry, so
Additives Add a Twist to the Food Industry
Growing urbanization, hectic lifestyles, need for food preservation, growing concerns towards food safety due to contamination, rising health concerns, consumer demand for better quality, and increasing consumption of premium food products have increased the demand for food additives. They are used to enhance the taste, color, texture of food, and at the same time, to maintain the freshness and nutritional content. As a result, additives have gained global importance over the years, and are being widely used in existing as well as new & emerging food applications.
GENU Pectin: A Versatile, Consumer-Friendly Hydrocolloid for the Long Term
For many years, pectin has been widely used as a stabilizing, texturizing and gelling agent in a variety of foods - often used as a staple in "Grandma's pantry" for preserving fruit jams and jellies at home - while growing increasingly popular in formulating various beverages, such as acidified protein drinks and fruit
A Partner for Sustainable Growth
Cargill offered innovative solutions at Food Ingredients Europe 2017 combining the needs for sustainability and cost optimization, healthier reformulation and label friendliness.
Solution-Oriented All down the Line
BEUMER Group will exhibit at interpack its high level of expertise as a solution provider for integrated packaging and intralogistics systems. In addition to highly efficient palletizing and packaging systems, the Group also provides tailor-made components for material flows specific to different industries. Customers can get everything from one hand, including the software and comprehensive customer support. As a single-source provider, the company supplies and installs the packaging lines and adjusts them individually to the products of the customer. The new BEUMER fillpac R filling machine fills bulk material from the building materials industry and other industrial pulverized goods into bags in an efficient and gentle way and with the required throughput. It can fill very fine to very
IMA DAIRY & FOOD Presents Innovative Packaging Solutions
IMA DAIRY & FOOD presents various newly developed products at "interpack 2017". Besides machines on display, visitors to the stand can also see packaging machines in action on large video walls as well as partly in virtual reality technology. IMA Hassia extends its product range by adding a packaging machine for
Brazilian Coffee Exports to MENA Witnesses 30% Increase
A rise in coffee exports from Brazil to the Arab region led to sales of USD122 million, as shipping volume increased during the first half of 2017. According to the Brazilian Coffee Exporter Council (Cecaf�), revenue gained from coffee exports from Brazil to the Arab region witnessed a 29.7% increase at USD112 million during the first seven months of the year, in comparison to 2016. A total of 653,200 bags of coffee were exported to Arab counties between January and July 2017, while 645,100 were exported during the same period last year, indicating a 1.2% increase in export volume to Arab countries. Lebanon remained the top buyer of Brazilian coffee in the Arab world with a recorded USD29.9 million spent on coffee imports during the same period. It was followed by Jordan at USD14.6
Competitions part of Dubai International Coffee Championships
The Dubai International Coffee & Tea Festival (DICTF), the Middle East's only exhibition dedicated to coffee and tea, is raising the stakes this year by featuring the new and exciting Dubai International Coffee Championships with winners getting a chance to take home part of the prize pool of USD25,000, the largest in
The New Frontier of Compression Technology
Several new customers thanks to a technology that combines the industry's lowest running/management costs with high productivity and outstanding pod quality. Solutions for compostable, self-protecting pods are already available, while the future looks decidedly "multilayer". A complete array of coffee pod manufacturing
Zero-Emission Technologies Provide Avenues to Refrigeration Vehicles
The commercial refrigeration equipment market was estimated to exceed USD31 billion in 2015. Increasing demand for packaged food and beverages with high growth in hospitality industry has led to significant industry growth. Furthermore, increasing trend towards consumer dining out and ongoing expansion of retail chains across the globe including Europe and Asia Pacific is contributing to the overall industry growth. Recently, the food industry has started formulating the seafood exports, globally owing to the reduction in overall meat consumption in the Europe and North America owing to environmental and sustainability impacts. It offers manufacturers with immense opportunities for growth by developing efficient and advanced refrigeration equipment to handle extra seafood.
It's A Chocolate Commitment
In the recent years our Company is seeing an increasing demand for refrigerated cabinet specific made for Chocolate products especially in the Middle East Area. The Maitres Chocolatier recognize the essential importance of having a proper refrigerated cabinet to preserve chocolate in the best way. For this reason
Oshakits.Com Introduces New Premium Food Safety Spill Kits
OSHAKits.com, a well-known developer of customizable Food Safety Spill Kits, announced the availability of its new Premium Food Safety Spill Kit featuring PURELL� Foodservice Surface Sanitizer. "Norovirus can quickly spread through a restaurant, and this is why national restaurant and retail food chains are choosing to implement biohazard cleanup kits system-wide for spills involving vomit, blood, feces and other potentially infectious body fluids," said Owen Griffin, vice president of business development for OSHAKits.com. "We saw the need to develop a complete kit that features products designed to quickly and effectively kill E. coli, norovirus and other potentially hazardous bacteria and viruses that can cause foodborne illnesses." A ready-to-use food contact safe and OSHA-compliant
IMA Benhil: First Multipack 2000 Goes To Butter Producer Agral
Agral S.A., one of the largest butter producers in Europe, is the first company to have IMA Benhil's newly developed wrapping machine "Multipack 2000" installed. This will enable the butter producer to achieve considerable productivity growth in its manufacturing processes. "As a very compact and flexible wrapping
Health Awareness Fuels the Global Organic Market
The global organic foods and beverages market size reached USD91 billion in 2015. The increasing awareness about health benefits associated with consumption of organic products is expected to drive the demand over the forecast period. According to Grand View Research, in this extremely dynamic market, distribution
tna Expands China Operations & Strengthens Local Customer Support
tna is pleased to announce the opening of TNA Solutions (Shanghai) Co. Ltd to provide local food manufacturers with on-the-ground support services. Located in the Minhang district of Shanghai, the office will be managed by Sean Xu, who recently joined tna as general manager - China, and will host both sales and technical service staff. The new office follows the opening of tna's first Chinese manufacturing site in Qingdao in 2011 and demonstrates the company's long-term commitment to the region and the local food industry. "China is one of the major economic players in the world and we're delighted to be opening another site here as we continue to expand our global footprint," comments Alf Taylor, CEO at tna. "Our installation base in the country is well-established, ranging from baggers,
Aviko Snowvalley Teams Up with Tomra Sorting Food
SnowValley Agricultural Group and Aviko Group, invested by the joint venture between the two leading potato product brands, have decided to once again team up with their long-term processing partner TOMRA Sorting Food, for the development of a new state-of-the-art French fry processing facility. Both SnowValley and
Automation
Industrial Automation can be defined as the use of computer aided control devices to operate different industrial processes by replacing human involvement. Industrial automation helps to operate multiple processes in controlled manner. It helps for mass production by reducing time and increasing production quality. Industrial Automation consists of different levels such as sensor level, automation control level automation, supervision level and enterprise level.
Intimacy serves Best
Consumers seek products and brands they have developed an emotional connection to. A recent study discovered that international brands are in the lead. The report by MBLM agency examined the brands that have the strongest bond with consumers in the country. International firms Kraft and Nestle came in the lead. Local and regional brands also had an impressive presence in the market and the study conducted, showed that consumers are willing to pay 20 percent more for products from region brands Americana and Almarai.
Poultry & Eggs
Sure as eggs is eggs, eggs never fail the food industry, and by the looks of it, they’re here to stay. Nothing can brighten your day better than Sunnyside up eggs. You can go with boiled, scrambled or fancy it up a bit with Omelets & Frittatas the point is eggs just tie breakfast together. You can never go wrong with a
Vegan Cuisine
An increasing number of people around the world are turning vegan either permanently or temporarily because of their compassion toward animals and the environment or for improving their personal health and wellbeing. Animal activists worldwide have growing concerns about animal cruelty, especially in the meat and dairy