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Meet our newest FoodInc member Phill Dromgool.
20 August 2024
Phill, working through his consultancy Food Action, brings over two decades of expertise in food technology, safety, and engineering to support your food business needs. As an entrepreneur, he has launched and continues to run R-Line Electrolyte Drink while managing his food consultancy, Food Action.
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Change in FoodInc membership:
22 December 2020
After many years in the NZ food industry as the top oils and fats specialist Laurence Eyres has decided to hang up his consulting hat and withdrawn from the FoodInc consultants group. But fear not, he will still be actively involved in the Oils & Fats area such as contributing to Food NZ with his regular bimonthly 'hot news' reports as well as more in depth articles, often in combination with other writers, analysing and challenging. He is also keeping active as chairman of the Oils & Fats branch of the NZIC, playing golf and contributing any way he can to his local community.
Gary Broome passed away 14 March 2020
14 March 2020
Longstanding FoodInc member Gary Broome passed away on Saturday 14 March 2020 after a long brave battle against cancer. FoodInc members acknowledge the loss of his expertise and his contributions to the Food Industry, both in NZ and in many countries overseas as well.
David Lowry establishes regional section of European Hygienic Engineering Design Group (EHEDG)
29 April 2019
David Lowry, member of FoodInc has taken the initiative to establish a regional section of EHEDG for New Zealand, based on his assessment of a food safety need and resource gap in the New Zealand food industry and its supply chain. EHEDG is short for the European Hygienic Engineering Design Group (EHEDG) founded in 1989 in the Netherlands as a not-for-profit consortium of equipment manufacturers, food producers, suppliers to the food industry, research institutes, universities, public health authorities and governmental organisations. It's mission to enable safe food production by providing guidance as an authority on hygienic engineering and design. The local section was formally established at the plenary meeting of the EHEDG World Congress in London in late November 2018. David would be delighted to hear from you regarding becoming a member and/or participating in committee functions. See the article here published in February/March 2019 issue of Food New Zealand.
Regional Section of EHEDG established for New Zealand 
Ensure the safety of your process water
9 March 2018
This article addresses how to manage the safety of water used in food
processing. While most of us take water for granted thanks to improvements in
public health over the past century, as a food processor that would be a
dangerous thing to do. We require good quality water for a range of operations,
including washing, blending or mixing, cleaning, ice making, steam production
and product transportation in-process. To assure food safety, we must operate
within a framework based upon sound science that ensures water quality, and
optimises its use. Written as a collaboration between several FoodInc members,
it was first published in the February/March 2017 issue of Food New Zealand.
Assuring
water quality and safety in food processing
foodinc
in FoodNZ
16 February 2016
The February/March issue of Food
New Zealand magazine featured an
overview of providers of Food Safety, Analytical and Consulting
Services. The foodinc article highlights
the services of the independent consultants,
and introduces Lesley Steeples asa recent
new member.
Foodinc
- food industry consultants (FoodNZ article)
The low-down
on Health Claims and
Health Star Rating for oils and fats
8 December 2015
This article addresses how the new health star ratings (HSR)
and upcoming health claim changes in the AusNZ food standard
code impact oils and fats.
The results in the table show that there is a wide range of choices on
"healthiness" from the lowest 1/2 star for salted butter, up to the
highest 4 1/2
stars for hazelnut and canola oils, and lots of choices in between. It also
explains why vegetable oils or fats won't be able to make cholesterol claims
any more.
By Anny Dentener-Boswell.
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First
published in the October/November 2015
issue of Food New Zealand.
The
low-down on Health Claims and
Health Star Rating for oils and fats
Foodinc
and The Foodbowl
9 June 2015
 Foodinc's
consultants are Food Innovation Network independent
food consultants to the Foodbowl and the other Food Innovation
Network facilities throughout New Zealand.
We welcome your inquiries as to how we can assist with concept sample production
and commercialisation of your product concepts at the excellent facilities
available
through the Food Innovation Network. Alternatively, we also assist with other
technical requirements associated with food manufacturing.
www.foodinnovationnetwork.co.nz/location/foodbowl
www.foodinc.co.nz
Foodbowl Open Days
11-12 March 2015
 Thank you
to all visitors to our stand in the marquee at the Foodbowl Open Days and to
those that placed their business card into the Weetbix tin for our lucky bottle
of Villa
Maria Reserve Pinot Noir wine draw.
Our lucky winner is Simon Wilkinson, Sales Director, Clear
Facilities Limited.
Foodinc's consultants are Food Innovation Network independent
food consultants to the Foodbowl and the other Food Innovation
Network facilities throughout New Zealand.
Jan, Martyn and Marion assisted the Foodbowl team by operating
processing equipment for the Open Days - Xenos bottling line, Clextral extruder
and Rheon co-extruder respectively.
www.foodinc.co.nz
New website launched
16 Jul 2012
foodinc's
brand new website, launched today, is designed to help
prospective clients better understand the wide range of
skills and experience available from the group's nine independent
food industry consultants.
All
are senior food technologists with many
years of experience in the New Zealand food industry, and
in some cases with international experience, each a highly
respected expert in his or her field.
Their combined expertise
is an unequalled resource for food manufacturers, retailers,
exporters and importers - the new site endeavours to help
users identify the exact kinds of technical support that
foodinc can
provide, and to help identify who is the best
foodinc consultant
for the job.
www.foodinc.co.nz
Reformulating for Front Of Pack
labelling
16 Jul 2012
A presentation to the NZIFST annual conference in Hamilton, 27 June 2012, by
Anny
Dentener-Boswell, ADECRON Food Tech Consulting:
Reformulating for Front Of Pack labelling
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