FOOD ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL

VOL. 24, NO. 2, APRIL 1999


COVER STORY

Food Products
Find New
Horizons 59
Convenience and health
issues remained key
trends in new product
development, while func-
tional foods have gone
from strength to strength,
entering more new cate-
gories than ever before.


FEATURES

Packaging Line
Efficiency: Every
Little Bit Helps 67
With a variety of cus-
tomer specifications to
deal with, food and drink
companies require flexi-
ble) accurate packaging
systems to cope with the
pace of change.

Interpack Pre-Show
Report
More international than
ever) Interpack '99 pre-
sents the latest packaging
machinery and materials
from May 6 to 12 in
Dusseldorf

Tech Focus:
Conveying &
Palletising 81
Increased automation, fre-
quent product changes and
food safety issues have all
impacted how products are
conveyed and palletised in
food plants.

DEPARTMENTS

Ingredients &
Analysis 13
Duckworth Presents the 'A' Team


Packaging 21
Toblerone Gets the Gold


Processing 27

Calendar 8

Editorial 11

Anuga FoodTec
Supplement 33

New Products 84

Classified Ads 86

Ad Index_________ 88

Reader Service 89


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FOOD ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL

VOL. 24, NO. 5, OCTOBER 1999

CONTENTS
Cover Story
Top 100 food and beverage
companies: Part I - Europe
I Consolidation, streamlining and brand strengthening
I punctuate activity among the world's top food and
beverage companies as they vie for competitive
advantage 16

Features
Fruit and vegetable processing
Technology is advancing to meet the needs of today's
fruit and vegetable processors as they strive for better
control, less waste and greater uniformity of their finished
products 26

CibusTec
Fiere di Parma opens its doors in October for the four
events that make up the CibusTec exhibition in Parma,
Italy: Multitecno; Tecnoconserve, Mile and Tecnomeat 31

Tech Focus
Refrigeration and freezing:
Down to zero
Energy and cost savings, and environmental concerns join
performance and efficiency as criteria for selecting
refrigeration and freezing equipment 34

Ingredients & Analysis 40
At last, chocolate is healthy

Packaging 46
Mergers shape the supply of the future

Processing 53
Bottle inspection brings benefits to
brewers

Diary 8

Editorial 11

Industry Update 13

Market Watch 15

Web Watch 38

New Products 59

Classified Advertisements 62

Free information service 65

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