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applications. It is also free from lactose and
other allergens, providing an excellent option
for the growing free-from category. With 19
percent of free-from consumers saying they
avoid lactose or dairy products, this offers
significant potential.
COBAO TM Pure is a fully deodorized 100
percent cocoa butter that is compatible with
other cocoa butters and needs only to replace
an amount of the existing cocoa butter in a
recipe. On-pack, it should be labelled 'cocoa
butter', in contrast to milk fat and other anti-
blooming agents like cocoa butter equivalents
and emulsifiers, which require a separate
declaration on the ingredients list. More than
two thirds of consumers (69 percent) say
reading labels has an impact on their purchase
decisions, highlighting the importance of using
natural ingredients that will not disrupt a clean
label.
Intertek awards Almarai ISO
9001:2015 certification across
Saudi Arabia
Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance
provider to industries worldwide, has awarded
Almarai Company, Middle East's leading food
and beverage manufacturer and distributor, the
ISO 9001:2015 certification for Quality
Management Systems. The certification has
been obtained for all Almarai's operations in
Saudi Arabia through a series of multi-site
certification audits across its various
subsidiaries and facilities in the Kingdom. The
Intertek ISO 9001 certificate is accredited by
the United Kingdom Accreditation Service
(UKAS).
Intertek has collaborated with Almarai for
the certification since 2018, when it began an
extensive audit process which involved
numerous production facilities and subsidiaries.
Gerard Nelson rejoins the Baker
Perkins biscuit business
Baker Perkins continues to strengthen its team
serving the biscuit, cookie and cracker industry
worldwide with the appointment of Gerard
Nelson as International Sales Manager. He has
chosen to return to Baker Perkins after eight
years working for other companies in the
industry.
His appointment follows the recent return of
David Welch as chief engineer for the biscuit
business at Baker Perkins.
FOOD BUSINESS GULF & MIDDLE EAST
Gerard says, “We have completed new
design projects in key areas including a
patented servo-driven wirecut, a new rotary
moulder, a sheet forming and cutting
system, the new HiCirc oven, and an
encapsulation system for filled cookies and
bars. They can transform performance,
minimise costs and add brand new products
to a range.”
The Baker Perkins' range of TruClean
forming equipment is designed to meet stringent
standards of hygienic design, which not only
enables cleaning to be more effective but also
faster, reducing downtime and speeding up
changeovers.
An important contribution for
recyclability of food packaging:
BERICAP 100% silicon-free valves
Product development plays a key role within
the strategies of leading companies
worldwide. Besides aspects regarding the
increase of efficiency within the
manufacturing process, cost reduction and
market expansion, product features that focus
on consumer convenience and sustainability
are in the center of interest. While most
companies concentrate on not more than one
or two of these aspects in order to safeguard
that the product features are not
overstrained, innovation leaders strive for
reaching them all at the same time.
The family-owned company BERICAP
constantly reviews how products can be refined
to pay for efficiency, convenience and
sustainability efforts. "We continuously find that
seemingly small changes with no negative
effect on the quality or durability of our
products have great effects in terms of
processing, convenience and sustainability,"
says Christoph Thünemann, Group Director
Communications & Marketing at BERICAP.
"And whenever we manage to identify the right
changes for closures in product segments with
still growing popularity, we have made a major
contribution."
An important contribution to recyclability of
food packaging and thus sustainability is the
silicone-free BERICAPValve for ketchup,
mayonnaises and spreadables. Most bottles are
equipped with hinge-caps that are easy to
reclose. About 40% of these closures have an
additional valve that allows precise and
convenient dosing. BERICAPValve takes over a
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