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Key Technology introduced the VERYX digital sorting platform, a suite of belt-fed and chute-fed sorters that offer high-performance capabilities and share a common user interface. “The platform will include widths ranging from 700 millimeters to 2100 millimeters for…
Fields and orchards can be wonderful, magical worlds unto themselves You just don’t want their residents – or invaders – to end up in your salad or bag of frozen strawberries. Nor do consumers find wilted, dried…
https://youtu.be/F-VTQXgtaS4 KRONEN machine works to limit damage on grapes going into fresh-cut industry by utilizing new way to remove the stems.
Spanish retailer Mercadona has added two new flavors to its potato chips range under the Hacendado private label brand. These include Pollo Asado al Limón (roast chicken flavor with lemon and chili) and Chili y Lima (Chilli and…
MGS Machine will introduce the Vortex, a new high-speed tray denester, at their Pack Expo Las Vegas booth #C-4322. The Vortex separates trays, clamshells, flanged lids, tubs and buckets from a nested stack and accurately places them, ready for…
The use of high-pressure jets of water as a way to cut produce may be beginning to emerge as an alternative for fresh-cut processors. The technology for waterjet cutting has been around for decades, first appearing in…
The eleven steam peelers help the business churn out 255 tons of potatoes every hour
After briefly removing it from their menu, Taco Bell brought potatoes back this year. Recently, Taco Bell announced in a press release that the Beefy Potato-rito will be returning to the restaurant’s menu on April 15th. Also, the potato-filled…
Accurately weigh 0.5-to 50-gram portions at up to 120 per minute using the new Ishida Micro multihead weigher from Heat and Control. Although it takes just 25 percent of the space of a standard multihead weigher, Micro features…
Technology for inspecting fresh-cut produce from field to home, commercial or industrial kitchen is as sophisticated as it’s ever been. But the human factor remains just as important. Experts say fresh-cut produce is safer and better in…
It started with a French revolution. Now it’s hit the United States. In 1998, Materne rolled out its applesauce pouches in France – to wide success. They brought the products to the United States about six years…
Growers and manufacturers alike have dreamed of the day when, instead of sending away for a part, they could quickly and easily test and make one themselves. That dream is closer than ever to becoming a reality,…
