Refrigeration sector monitoring

Refrigeration and Food

Given the ever-increasing processing and exportation of food, world food is consuming more and more energy by the day: a trend that threatens to send food prices rocketing overnight if not taken in hand. The US food system alone uses over 10.55 x...

• Publication date : 2005/07/19

China food chain

Last year, China reported almost 70 billion yuan (USD 8.63 billion) losses in discarded fruit and vegetables. Annual food production is estimated at USD 300 billion but over 20% of food is wasted during transportation due, according to the...

• Publication date : 2005/10/26

Markets: Frozen Foods - France

In France, consumption of frozen foods is definitely on the rise: in 2005, the French spent 5.4 billion € on retailed frozen foods, 1 billion € of which was on ice cream. Between 2002 and 2005 ice-cream consumption rose by 10.4% despite relative...

• Publication date : 2006/07/26

Markets: Frozen Foods - China

China has a clearly positive foreign trade balance. According to UbiFrance it represented 1.2 billion € in 2004. Imports are mainly centred on sea foods because of foreign companies, in particular from the USA, outsourcing their activity to China...

• Publication date : 2006/07/26

US increasing food waste

Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and CO2 emissions from decomposing food, thus impact global climate change. In a recent paper published in the Public Library of Science ONE,...

• Publication date : 2010/03/07

Markets: frozen food: Europe

The top 4 European countries in terms of consumption per capita of quick-frozen foods, excluding poultry, are Sweden (46.9 kg), Ireland, (46.6 kg), the UK (45.5 kg) and Denmark (45.2 kg). According to the Swiss research institute Food for Thought...

• Publication date : 2006/01/28

Markets: frozen food: Russia

The frozen food sector in Russia, in particular seafood, is a dynamic, rapidly developing market. Market figures for frozen fruits and vegetables, including berries and mushrooms rise an average of 30% per year whilst the demand for frozen seafood...

• Publication date : 2006/01/28

Food invention: frozen tea cubes

Iceland Food has expressed interest in a student prize-winning invention: frozen fruit tea cubes.

• Publication date : 2013/09/12

United-States frozen food market

Frozen food consumption receded by 0.7% in tonnage terms in 2010. However, at 49.7 kg per capita, according to “Food for Thought”, US consumption is still the highest in the world.

• Publication date : 2012/04/26
• Subjects: Figures, economy

Briefs: World's largest food park

Early 2010, the world's largest food park opened 20 km from Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. The 95-acre Patanjali Food and Herbal Park is to provide direct employment for 7000 people. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) plans to set...

• Publication date : 2011/02/04

China: Food safety improvements underway

In the 1990s, China emerged as a low-cost exporter of food products such as vegetables, apples, seafood and poultry. But in recent years, China's exports slowed when shipments were rejected for failing to meet stringent standards in Japan, Europe...

• Publication date : 2007/02/12

Briefs: Non-PVC Food Wrap

Diamant Film, a Canadian company, is responding to banning of PVC stretch films used for foods and now has exclusive marketing and distribution rights for its non-PVC films in China, South Korea and Thailand. PVC films contain DEHA, a carcinogenic...

• Publication date : 2006/07/26

Higher temperatures for frozen foods?

The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) is trying to gather data in order to support slightly higher temperature levels for frozen foods. As of now, foods can only be considered as quick frozen if they are maintained at a temperature of -18°C....

• Publication date : 2007/12/03

Markets: world frozen-food market

According to Euromonitor, the world frozen-food market is expected to grow by 14% between 2003 and 2008. The regions where frozen-food sales have increased the most between 1999 and 2003 are the Asia-Pacific area, Eastern Europe and Latin America....

• Publication date : 2004/07/27

Trends and Figures: European food industry

The average quantity of foodstuffs consumed each year by a typical European is 530 kg, 350 kg of which is either refrigerated or quick-frozen. Therefore, 172 million tonnes of foodstuffs are transported annually under controlled-temperature...

• Publication date : 2008/08/12

Markets: UK retail frozen food market

The latest information from TNS Worldpanel shows that the UK retail frozen food market is now worth GBP 4.8 billion, with the market showing 5.8% year on year growth as at November 30, 2008. The vegetables sector is now growing faster in value at...

• Publication date : 2009/02/24

Briefs: Higher temperatures for frozen foods?

The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) has recently begun talks with the Food ministry, in order to support slightly higher temperature levels for storage of frozen foods. Current food safety regulations state that frozen foods must be stored...

• Publication date : 2008/05/13

The freeze on quick-frozen foods

The UK frozen product market has remained stagnant for several years, as was confirmed in 2004 reports. Competing with an innovative refrigerated foods market in full expansion, the sales volume dropped over 2% during 2004, despite having 99%...

• Publication date : 2005/11/23

Frozen foods take off in China

Total sales of frozen foods in China soared to USD 14 billion in 2008, up 140% over 2002. Tonnage reached about 4.615 million, or 3.47 kilograms per capita, up 70% according to Research & Markets. Frozen potato products were the fastest...

• Publication date : 2009/08/13

Refrigerating food uses the most energy

According to surveys conducted in Germany in 1999, by the Hanover-based FKW and the Dresden-based ILK, production, transport storage and distribution of food products required approximately 155 000 GWh annually in Germany. Refrigeration accounts...

• Publication date : 2007/12/03

Frozen food shipments on the increase

A multimillion euro project to build a new container terminal in the Netherlands has been implemented by Kloosterboer, one of the Netherlands' major food logistic service providers, as a new transhipment centre for frozen and refrigerated cargo....

• Publication date : 2006/01/24

Canada: CFIA Standardization of Food Safety Practices

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) recently announced plans to standardize its inspection practices to keep up with the changing food safety landscape.

• Publication date : 2012/08/16
• Subjects: Regulation

Edible carrot films display food packaging potential

Barrier properties exhibited by carrot-based edible films demonstrate potential for their use as packaging for a variety of food types, according to recent research from China.

• Publication date : 2011/12/27

Briefs: Financial benefits of frozen food highlighted

A study commissioned by the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) and conducted by the Manchester Food Research Centre concluded that it was more cost-effective for foodservice establishments to buy prepared frozen alternatives, rather than to...

• Publication date : 2009/12/09

Tracing of material in contact with food

The Regulation (EC) N. 1935/ 2004 concerning the tracing of material in contact with food was published in the Official Journal of the European Communities on November, 13, 2004. This Regulation is directly and immediately applicable in all EU...

• Publication date : 2005/02/11