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Checkweighers offer accuracy to processors
innovations
L
oma Systems, leading global suppliers of “New trends in pricing mean there has never p a new partnership
checkweighing, metal detection, and X-ray been a greater need for weight accuracy in
between paper-based packaging
inspection equipment, recently launched its industrial food production. Loma works closely
manufacturer smurfit Kappa
and composting company Land
CW3 Checkweigher, which is designed to help with its customers to provide the best solutions
networks Ltd is delivering
producers meet these increasingly to real, everyday needs, and the feedback we
environmental benefits. More
strict weight regulations. got was that accurate weighing in a fast-paced than 400 tonnes of effluent
The Loma CW3 is extremely food preparation environment is essential.”
diatomaceous earth sludge
accurate, and can easily be Constructed of stainless steel, right
and paper dust waste from
corrugated board manufacturing
integrated into high-speed down to the bearings and rollers,
and printing processes at smurfit
processing lines with belt the CW3 Checkweigher will
Kappa northampton is now being
speeds up to 120m/min, happily endure real-world composted by Land networks
making this unit ideal for production line conditions
(Gainsborough) Ltd. this material
today’s high volume production and the inevitably intensive
was previously disposed of in landfill.
the earth sludge, used to
lines. Fast and accurate, the CW3 cleaning processes required to
remove ink from machinery along
is suitable for cheese producers as maintain hygiene standards.
with paper dust waste, is now
it can cope with a wide range of The design is easy to clean, being composted using a ‘deep
flexible and rigid packs weighing having paid keen attention to
clamp composting’ technique. the
up to 1.5kg. minimising bug-traps, and the bead-blast
resulting compost is being used
to improve local farmland.
The needs of producers and retailers surface of the machine is water-repellent
the new programme has
were a key consideration in the development of to stop cleaning solutions settling. p
removed more than 85 lorry
the CW3 Checkweigher, as Managing Director movements from the roads per
of Loma Systems Simon Spencer explains,
www.loma.com
annum as well as giving smurfit
Kappa a significant cost saving in
its waste management costs.
Triple solution for ready-to-eat pomegranate
www.smurfitkappa.co.uk
P
omegranate places challenges even for the the arils as well as separating them from the
dedicated healthy consumer since peeling paper-thin white membrane surrounding seed
p vitiva, sLovenia, says it has
and picking the fruited arils takes time and clusters. moved to the front line of fighting
effort. Hefestus, Ltd, Israel, provides multiple The technology also enables the release of a
acrylamide in fried and processed
solutions and longer shelf-life for ready-to-eat natural preservative from the skin, which coats
foods based on new findings on
its advanced rosemary extract.
pomegranates. each seed and provides natural anti-rancidity
there is growing evidence for
Hefestus’ proprietary technology takes a protection. p
the damage acrylamide can cause,
complete pomegranate and, with water and leading food companies to seek
sound-wave technology, separates the peel from
www.hefestus-slb.com
new methods of reducing
acrylamide content. high frying
temperatures used for food
preparation and to impart
The magic of mulberries in a fresh juice desired flavour and colour of final
product simultaneously cause the
T
he first-ever fresh mulberry juice has A 250 ml glass counts for one of your development of toxic substances,
been launched in the UK. Called five-a-day portions and the ruby coloured juice
such as lipid-oxidation products
Mulberry Fair, the juice is being launched in is 100 per cent made from fresh fruit, not
and acrylamide.
health risks associated with
two flavours making mulberries, which have concentrate and has no added sugar. It is also
lipid-oxidation products and
significantly higher levels of antioxidants than free from artificial colourings and sweeteners
acrylamide from fried and baked
any other red berries, widely available to buy and has none of the bitterness or acidity of foods include neurological
for the first time. some other fruit based drinks.
damage, reduced fertility, Dna
Compared with other fruits previously Leading UK nutritionist, Anita Bean BSc, R.
damage and cancer. .
vitiva’s rosemary extract
hailed antioxidant heroes, the benefits of Nutr comments: "Mulberries are a fantastic
formulations, inoLens 4 and
mulberries clearly stand out as being source of vitamin C and contain a great class of
syneroX 4, are widely used for
exceptional. Its levels of antioxidants are 79 antioxidant compounds called polyphenols, protection of fats and oils from
per cent more than blueberries and which are responsible for the fruit juice's
rancidity and for shelf-life
24 per cent higher than those found in distinctive deep red colour. They also,
extension. the new findings
clearly show these natural
cranberries. uniquely for a red berry, contain high levels of
formulations can significantly
Naturally sweet and fresh tasting, Mulberry the antioxidant resveratrol, which helps
reduce acrylamide levels in fried
Fair has two blends – Mulberry and combat heart disease. p foods, by up to 95 per cent.
Sanguinello Orange and Mulberry, Crushed
www.vitiva.eu
Shiraz Grape and Limonera Pear.
www.fairjuice.co.uk
www.scientistlive.com
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