Articles by Jessica Jacobsen

Coffee sets the ‘pace’

June 28, 2012

 Americans love their cups of coffee.  


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Seasonal spirit

June 13, 2012

 After a fun Memorial Day weekend filled with good company, food and beverages, it feels like summer has officially begun.  


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Supermarkets looking for competitive balance

Beverages could be key to channel’s future, experts say
June 13, 2012

 With non-traditional grocery channels ramping up their food and beverage selections, traditional formats such as supermarkets are turning their attention to price gaps and promotions to help level the playing field, analysts report.  


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Sweeteners help companies cut back

Natural, artificial and blended solutions reduce calories, costs
June 11, 2012

Whether it’s to enhance flavor profiles, reduce calories or to mask the off-notes of added vitamins and minerals, beverage manufacturers continue to turn to sweeteners to help produce products that appeal to consumers’ taste preferences. 


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Zevia extends its appeal

Stevia-sweetened CSD expands its consumer base
June 11, 2012

Growing up, Paddy Spence, chief executive officer of Zevia, loved carbonated soft drinks (CSDs). 


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Operations: Conveyors keep moving forward

May 14, 2012

 Similar to the products that are shuttled across its rollers and belts, conveyor systems are working to stay on top of the trends in material handling in order to better serve its clientele.  


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Sports and protein drinks blur the lines

Niche markets expand the appeal of performance drinks
May 11, 2012
Similar to how superheroes like Spiderman and Batman have been known to blur the boundaries between advocates for justice and vigilantes, sports and protein drinks are transitioning from being separate categories to the emergence of one overall sports performance market, experts say. 


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Marketplace growing for bone health

May 11, 2012

 The 1980s commercial tagline: “Milk. It does a body good” helped to educate the American population about the health benefits of milk. However, the wellness-boosting nutrients found in milk, such as calcium and vitamin D, are not limited to what you find in the dairy aisle at the local grocery store.  


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Investing in a well-packed future

Case packers and wrappers address industry demands
April 30, 2012
According to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), companies continue to make capital investments in packaging machinery. Shipments for packaging machinery in the United States increased 12 percent in 2010 compared to 2009, bringing shipment totals to $5.5 billion versus $4.9 billion the prior year, according to a PMMI report released in November.
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Stevia sees surge in applications

Zero-calorie sweetener appeals to health concerns
April 16, 2012
Growing concerns about increasing rates of obesity and related diseases such as diabetes have bolstered the need for new sweetener solutions. From 2009 to 2010, 35.7 percent of U.S. adults were obese, according to data released in January by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta.
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Global Food Safety Impact on Facilities

AVAILABLE ON DEMAND SQF 2000, FSMA, ISO 22000/PAS220 and other standards continue to gain traction in an attempt to create safer foods and beverages. 

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