Biscuit Packaging - PICS

I have been writing on bakery industry for last one year along with that I have collected few snaps/picture through my Kodak digital camera whenever possible and had few selective biscuits brand which ever I can lay my hand on . You can find all sorts of packaging and shapes of biscuit. Please check this out hope you would like these pictures .In case you have any such pictures do send it me .
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Fats and Oils in Baking

All Bakery products contain fat or oil of different variety during baking process .Fat or Oil are important ingredients after Flour and Sugar .% of fat varies from product to product. Various type of fat and oils are used by bakers as per the need and availability .Few popular fat or oil are HVO ,Partial hydrogenated oil, Butter oil, Palm oil,Refined palm kernel oil ,Coconut oil , Soy oil.etc.


Fat or Oil perform various role in these bakery products . Few of important role are mentioned below

• Shortening
• Emulsifier
• Lubrication
• Machinablity
• Absorption
• Texture
• Flavour
• Aeration
• ShelfLife
• Nutrition
• Heat Transfer

Bread manufacturing

It provides the flavour , lubricates the dough and retain gases to give texture as it give lift to the bread loaf . Retains moisture and helps in machinability /slicing .

Biscuit Manufacturing

Fats and oil are used in biscuit to shorten the gluten formation . Fat also helps in machining , moisture retention , creaming .

Cake Manufacturing

Fats and oil in cake manufacturing helps in aeration,tenderising , emulsification and creaming and icing application .

Donuts

Heat tranfers , binding for coatings

Pastry

Use of fat results in flakes ,texture , shelflife

Latest Bakery equipments in market

Bakery equiments manufacturers are innovating and experiments with newer technology and coming up with mahinery which meet customers demand and help bakeries in

• improving efficiency
• low energy
• automation
• safety
• low maintenance
• Food grade parts

Few of the popular bakery equipment in the market are

• Tweedy mixers - Baker Perkins
• Accurist2 Divider- Baker Perkins
• Multitex4 dough Moulder- Baker Perkins
• Electric modular ovens - Sopaco s
• Bellift 275 Nozzle Depositor-Beldos
• Bell cake depositor-Beldos
• Crusto Bread Line -Rademaker
• Modular laminating concept-Rondo
• Eco -nova system in oven - MIWE( Michael Wenz GmbH)
• FTM Oven - Mecatherm
• Capway Ovens

These machine are easy to maintain , versatile for different products and with less changeover time .

Benzoic Acid reason for Dr Pepper recall in Ireland

12 November 2009 - Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company has withdrawn certain batches of Dr Pepper in Northern Ireland, because of high levels of benzoic acid, the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced.

Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Company is contacting all its customers who received the affected Dr Pepper to make sure it is withdrawn.
The affected bottles have only been distributed in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and no other batches of Dr Pepper are known to be affected.
The product being withdrawn is:
Product: Dr Pepper (500ml)Batch codes: KH42315L91807 to KH42359L91807 and KH40000L91907 to KH41120L91907'Best before': end December 2009

Source : FSA UK

Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc increase s it capacity to reach new areas

Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc ( GBPI) is Philippine's largest bread manufacturer . GBPL is planning to increase its total bread by 75% through new setups and plant modification .It has commissioned new plant with capacity of 6000 loaves per at Binan ,Laguna . It would be the biggest bread plant in Philippines with equipments imported from USA, Germany and Japan . This would cover areas such as luzon and metro manila


GBPI is planning to set up two plants in Cebu and wants to have one that would have a capacity of 2,000 loaves, set up by the second quarter of 2010.

GBPI started commercial operations in the Philippines in January 1998 with a 2,000 loaf per hour capacity plant. By 2001, GBPI operated the first fully-automated and the largest bread manufacturing facility in the country with a 4,000 loaves per hour capacity.
It now has six production plants including four loaf plants, a pandesal bun plant and a snack cake plant.
Source : http://www.malaya.com.ph/

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Bakery plant material handling equipment s

Larger bakeries and plants requires various material handling equipments which are help full during the production as well as material movement from raw material warehouse and finished material ware house .
Material to be transferred using material handling in bakery are cartons , raw material and ingredients bags , vessels, drums ,packaging material , and machinery etc .
Factory and warehousing layouts has to be such where on can have easy movement of these equipments and machinery . Selection of material handling equipment has to be on parameters like width , height and load which it would handle

Following are material handling equipments used in large bakeries

• Forklifts
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• Pallet trucks hydraulic ( automated or manual)






• Conveyors - Swivel and hinged type or plain conveyors





• Trolleys ( dollies)- for ingredients and tools





• Steel transport rack
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• Oven racks
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• Pan carts





• Hand Carts





• Drum Tilters





• Chain hoist





• Shelving





• Racking





• Conveyors





• Dough trucks and trolleys





• Heavy load nylon slings /Belts





• Pallets

These equipments are required for seamless operation in a bakery plant . Maintenance has be done regularly to keep these equipments in good condition .It would require battery ,chargers , nylon wheels and lubrication , hydraulic oils , bearings and other material for maintenance

Significance of E-numbers used on bakery product packs

What are E numbers ?

E numbers are systematic way to identify different food additive .Food additive which passes the ESFA ( European Food Safety Authority )standard s are given these E numbers . E numbers are simple code which shows that these addtitive are safe to use and products containing these food additive are authorized to be sold in European nation.

Some additives have long chemical names and the driving force behind the idea was the need for a system of identification that was the same in all languages and easy to fit on a food label.

These standards are being accepted by most of the food manufacturers across the globe and one can find these numbers on all food product packs .

Major categories of Food additive and their E series

Colors ( 100 )

Preservatives ( 200)

Antioxidant (300)

Sweeteners(900)

Emulsifiers/improvers/stabilizers/gelling agent/thickeners (400)

Others

Bakery manufacturers mainly bread and biscuit manufacturer display following E number’s on their pack . It varies from product to product .

Biscuit’s have E numbers

E500ii ,E 503 ii ,E521 ,E322,E 471 ,E 481ii

Bread’s have E numbers

E 282 , E 481,E 260,E1100( improver ),E 924 a ( improver),E 300 (anti oxidant)

Check complete list of food additives with their E numbers

Food additive in bakery products

Apart from major ingredient s like flour , fat , sugar , salt , ammonium bicarbonate and others .Bakers should also be aware of  numerous food additives available  for bakery products .

Emulsifiers( denoted by E numbers ):
GMS , poly sorbate , lecithin , CSL , SSL
Dough Conditioners
Calcium stearoyl lactylate , Sodium stearoyl lactylate , Sodium stearoyl fumarate ,Potassium bromate , Carrageenan , Tetrasodium pyrophosphate , Fumaric acid
Leavening Agents
Sodium bicarbonate , Ammonium bicarbonate , Yeast , eggs , Gyceroyl monostrate
Preservatives
Anti-oxidants
Tocopherols (Vitamin E) ,Ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbate (Vitamin C) ,Erythorbic acid (like vitamin C, but not a vitamin) ,BHA (Butylated Hydroxyanisole) ,BHT (Butylated ydroxytoluene) Sodium citrate ,Lecithin ,Propyl gallate
Anti-microbials
Sodium benzoate ,Benzoic acid ,Potassium sorbate ,Sorbic acid ,Natamycin ,Triclosan ,Triclocarban ,Hexachlorophene ,Acetic acid (vinegar) ,Salt ,Sugar ,Calcium propionate ,Sodium propionate ,Lactic acid ,Sodium nitrite ,Sodium nitrate ,Propylene glycol ,Butylene glycol ,Honey
Sweeteners
Sucrose ,Invert Sugar ,Fructose,High Fructose Corn Syrup ,Neotame ,Acesulfame-K ,Aspartame Sucralose ,Saccharin ,Lactose
Colors
Annatto ,Beta carotene ,Carmine ,Saffron ,Turmeric ,,llura Red ,Tartrazine ,Indigo ,Sodium caseinate ,Calcium caseinate ,Ferrous Gluconate
Flavours
Acids
Acetic acid (vinegar) ,Citric acid ,Lactic acid ,Stearic acid ,Phosphoric acid ,Fumaric acid
Tartaric acid
Esters
Methyl Vanillin ,Ethyl Vanillin ,Denatonium benzoate
Chocolate
Vanilla ,Monosodium glutamate (MSG) ,Hydrolyzed vegetable protein

Scent
Ethanol ,SD alcohol ,Stearyl alcohol ,Cetyl alcohol ,Glycerine (glycerol) ,Menthol

Fruits
Figs, Dates,Prunes , Cherries , Nuts , Coconuts , PeaNuts

Moisture Controller
Glycerine (glycerol) ,Sorbitol ,Sodium PCA ,Propylene glycol ,Butylene glycol ,Panthenol

Stabilizer
Corn syrup (mostly glucose) ,Sodium caseinate ,Calcium caseinate ,Polyethylene glycol (PEG)
Polypropylene glycol (PPG) ,Lecithin ,Hydroxymethylcellulose ,Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose
Xylenesulfonates ,Agar ,Gelatin ,Pectin ,Alginate & proplylene glycol alginate,
Starch ,Modified Starch ,Carrageenan ,uar bean gum ,locust bean gum ,Gum Acacia ,Gum Arabic ,Brominated vegetable oil ,Xanthan Gum ,Gum Tragacanth ,Ghatti ,Karaya ,Furcelleran

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FDA Updates Food Code -2009

US FDA ( food and drug administration ) the nodal agency of USA monitoring food safety issues . Food codes are updated in regular intervals for standards required on food safety.Food code serves as a way for state and local regulators to harmonize food safety regulations.

The FDA’s Food Code is the model for state, city and county regulation of about 1 million restaurants, retail food stores and vending and food service operations in the U.S

Highlights of revision Food codes:

• Each provision in the Food Code is prioritized to assist the industry and regulators have a maximum impact on food safety.
• Cut leafy greens are now included among the foods that require time and temperature control for safety.
• New requirements were added to improve awareness of food allergens.
• New requirements were added related to cleaning and sanitizing of equipment and surfaces

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Britannia Nice Time - A product review

Britannia's Nice is one of the popular brands of Britannia's products. Nice time is a one of the oldest brand from Britannia which has coconut flavour and sugar sprinkled over it which gives additional sweetness to the product . Gives good competition to coconut cookies .Nice has become a generic name for coconut biscuits.

Main feature of Nice time

Name of the product --- Nice Time

Taste -- Coconut flavour

Color - Dark brown , baking good

Bite- hard bite

Packaging- Good with metalized wrapper with pvc tray available in 173 gms .

Ingredients-Wheat flour ,Sugar,Edible vegetable oil ,Coconut products , Milk solid , Starch ,Raising agent ,Salt , Emulsifiers .

Added flavours ( Coconut and Vanilla )

Calories-455kcal per 100gm servings

Price - Rs 15.00 for 173.0 gm s

Competitors --- ITC Nice, Priya Golds Coconut crunch

Milk spray units for biscuit production line

Certain varieties of biscuit needs milk spray to give milk flavour and milk is sprayed on the top surface prior to baking which after baking gives the shine and the flavour .

For such an requirement the biscuit line have milk spray installed on the forming section of the biscuit production line just after the cutting unit where dough sheets are cut into desired shape by cutters .

Milk Spray unit consists of following element

Preparation and Storage unit
filters
pump
Milk spray unit consisting of spinning disc and nozzles .

Mechanism
Milk prepared in the preparation tank is transferred to the milk spray unit tank from where the milk is transferred on to the high speed rotating spinning disc which then forms a uniform mist and is then applied to the surface of wet dough pieces through muslin clothes .Each spinning disc has a direct coupled motor . Milk spray unit can either be placed manually on the platform or can be brought to desired place n pre fabricated mobile stand . No of disc depends upon the width of the unit which is made as per the width of the conveyor carrying dough pieces .

Flow or the quantity of the milk spray can be controlled through valves . Ensure the correct angle of the nozzles toward the spinning disc so as to get the uniform mist .Return lines are provided for excess milk which is then returned to the collection tank. After application the Milk Spray unit is washed and cleaned and kept ready for the next production schedule.

Yamazaki Baking Co - World Major bakery manufacturers - A profile

Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. (Yamazaki) is a Japan based baking company. Yamazaki is engaged in the manufacturing and sale of bread, sweet buns, Japanese-style confectionery, Western-style confectionery, processed bread and prepared rice and side dishes, as well as jam, desserts and prepared foods in retort pouches. The company, through its subsidiaries manufactures a broad range of products, including biscuits, crackers and sembei. It is also engaged in sale of other products procured from other companies. It has around 25 factories in Japan .

Yamazaki markets its products through supermarkets, convenience stores and other sales channels. The company operates its representive offices as well as group companies in China, the US, Taiwan, Singapore,Hongkong,Thailand,Malaysia and France. It operates 97,000 stores. It is headquartered at Tokyo in Japan. Runs one of the largest bakeries in the world .

Major competitors are -FUJI FOODS, INC,Morinaga & Co., Ltd.Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd,Q.P. Corporation,QAF Ltd.

Established :1948

Motto : Best Quality ,Best Service.

No of Employee: 22506

Annual Turn over : USD 7,751 Mn

President and CEO :Nobuhiro Iijima

HQ

Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.10-1, Iwamotocho 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, TKY, 101-8585, Japan

http://www.yamazakipan.co.jp/

Combi a new product from Rebisco -Philippines

Combi brands of biscuit is a new variant from Rebisco (Republic biscuit corporation) , Philippines . Crackers with cream filling has been around for some times but Crackers with wafers is something unique and is liked my consumers . Crackers shell wrap wafers in between giving you crispness and taste .

Republic biscuit corporation -A Profile

Established in year 1963 the group has grown to be the leading biscuit manufacturer in Philippines.Along with subsdiary Suncrest which manufactures cakes Rebisco group dominates the Philippines bakery market .

Popular products

Biscuits , cookies , wafers , cakes , crackers , nuts and seeds , candies and other confectioneries

Popular brands

Choco rio , Frootees,Hansel , rebisco ,bravo , combi , King ,fudgee,Chunkee,Ding Dong

HQ

Republic Biscuit Corporation - Gen. Luis St.Sitio Capri, Brgy. Nagkakaisang NayonArea 9 District II, Novaliches Quezon City, Philippines
Telephone:(632) 937.4434 loc 170 120

Pakistan s Biscuit Industries face sugar shortage

Pakistan's biscuit and confectionery manufacturers association has asked government to supply sugar to biscuit factories as sugar availability in open market has been reduced drastically

The chairman of the Association Mr Maqsood Ismail has warned government for the closure of biscuit factories which would result in heavy job losses as biscuit and confectionery industry employs around two million people directly and indirectly .He also urged the Trading Corporation of Pakistan to come into action in this matter and make sugar available to them.

Source:Dawn News

Major player in Pakistans biscuit industry are

• EBM (English Biscuit Manufacturers (Private) Limited)


• Coronet Foods (Private) Ltd


• Continental Biscuits (LU)


• Montgomery Biscuits,


• Silver lake


• Mehtab Industry (Krunchi)

Together they constitutes approximately 70% of the branded Market.50% market share is still unbranded

Additional equipments required for biscuit production line

Apart from basic equipments such as biscuit oven , mixers , laminators , packaging machine which are used by large biscuit manufacturers in their automated biscuit production line there are certain equipment requirement specific for certain varieties . We can call them accessories to the main biscuit production line .These are either permanently installed on the line or can be fitted on the production line during change overs .Varieties like Crackers , Cream , Nice , Milk and for additives like cashew , pistachio and other nuts would require these additional equipment on the biscuit production line.

To make your plant truly versatile you need to ask your biscuit plant and machinery manufacturer to make the plant for hard dough and short dough variety or in other words biscuit plant which can produce cutting and moulding variety .

Following equipments are

• Oil spray unit
• Milk spray unit
• Flour dusting unit
• Cashew or Nut sprinklers
• Salt Sprinklers
• Sugar Sprinklers
• Biscuit Grinders
• Sugar Grinders
• Creaming Unit
• Depositors
• Milk Storage and preparation unit

When installing biscuit production line check for above mentioned equipments and make arrangement for them .

Small pack s in Jar - Britannia marketing strategy

Its common sight now retailers keeping small packs of biscuit in Jar similar to toffees and other confectionery . Britannia as well as Parle s biscuits are now available in Jars and products priced in the range of Rs 2/- Rs5/-.

Britannia's Bourbon , Cream treat , Good day and Tiger glucose are now available in small packs .These packs have 4- 6 biscuit a pack which is sufficient for one time serving for people .

Small Packs In Jar strategy is working for Britannia and is now Rs 250/- - Rs 300/ crore - business annually . This kind of pack are hit in categories like teens and kids primarily . It provides an option for the consumer to buy biscuits in ready -to-eat-on-move as the present 16- 17 biscuit a pack concept is meant for family or group of friends.

Spiral conveyors -Optimising space in your bakery

Spiral conveyors have wide applications in bakery industry . Main advantage is that it occupies less floor space . Spiral conveyors can be used for cooling , shifting finished goods , cartons , bags and boxes .Acts like elevator or lowerator .

It could be installed after packing section for finished good cartons or near warehouse to shift CBBS ,Laminates and Wrappers to and from mezzanine floors . Span of conveyor could be between 8 ft - 4 ft and angle of inclination of the conveyor is maintained between 9 deg - 11 deg so that material does not slip .

Conveyor could be slat conveyor , roller conveyors or belt conveyors as per requirement . Spiral conveyor has a single motor drive hence saving in energy . Spiral conveyor manufacturer normally assemble it at their fabrication shop and ship them as pre- fabricated way easy to assemble mode . Spiral conveyor can travel in both direction ie from bottom to top or from top to bottom .Smaller bakeries have lot to gain from such conveyors.

Ceylon Biscuits Ltd- Srilanka s largest biscuit manufacturer -A profile

Ceylon Biscuit Ltd ( CBL ) , A major biscuit and cake manufacturer of Sri lanka was in news for
Launch of its products in China . CBL would be exporting to Chinese shores adding up china into its ever growing list of nations where it exports .Ceylon Biscuit Ltd exports its product to 36 countries .Sri Lankan has got the maximum consumption of biscuit per capita in Asia .
Sri Lankan Institute of Marketing ( SLIM) has awarded Munchee biscuit brand as the top most brand- 2009 of Srilanka and best brand to be exported . Munchee is aleading brand of Ceylon Biscuit Limited ( CBL )

A Profile
Established in year 1968 to manufacture high protein biscuits under the aegis of Care Organisation of USA and SriLankan government it has come a long way as top biscuit manufacturer of Sri Lanka with market share of more than 50% and with 10 manufacturing units in Sri Lanka and two units in India . It has taken over Bakemans factory in Ludhiana and Madras snacks and diet of Parry India, Chennai .

Products : It main products are biscuits , cakes , fruit juices and dried fruits , soya beverages , chocolates .

Major brands : Munchees,Ritzybury,Tiara,Cecil,Lankasoy,Samaposha,Rasa Hari , Go Jelly.
Competitors : Britannia , Maliban

Chairman : M.P. Wickramasingha
ManagingDirector:LMJ De Silva

HQ :
Ceylon Biscuits LimitedP.O.Box 3,High Level Road,Makumbura, Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka.
Tel:
Exports : +94-11-2855056Sales : +94-11-2855362Imports : +94-11-2857207
General : +94-11-2749749,+94-11-2749700
Fax:(+94)-11-2855367
website:www.muncheelk.com
E-mail:ceybis@muncheelk.com

Saw Dust replaces Wood in some small bakeries in Ghana

Bakers in Ashanti region of Ghana are using briquette of saw dust instead of saw dust as source of fuel for baking . This technique has been developed by EPL ( Energy Pool Ltd ) with collabration Forest Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) and found to be of high quality for use in the bakery industry and households.
Another advantage of this fuel is that its smokeless hence has less effect on bakery worker health .

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Britannia post 11% increase in net profit- Q2 results

Britannia s net profit after tax has increased by 10.8 % to Rs 59.1 crore in Q2 in comparison to same results in Q2.last year . Even with spiralling prices for raw material company with its prudent revenue management skill managed to post increase in profit . Britannia launched smaller packs of Rs 5.00 along with new variants in nutrichoice and marie . It also relaunched its dairy business with launch of UTH milk and flavoured milk .Britannia is a major player in bakery and dairy product market in India .

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Cartons selection for your products –bakery industry

Cartons are used as secondary packaging in bakeries .These are termed as corrugated paperboard boxes ( CBBS) in bakery lingo . These cartons are used for transporting biscuits , cakes and cookies to consumers through distribution channels . Cartons are the most economical  mode of packaging done for transportation and handling .These are easy to palletize and suitable to be packed in containers . Cartons with  1kg,2kg,3kg and 5kg  are popular in bakery industry as these are easy to handle and lift manually .
Following   are important features to check    before finalizing carton for your product
Box type
Regular slotted cartons
This is the most common carton design, and efficient for many applications. All flaps have the same length and the two outer flaps (normally the lengthwise flaps) are one-half the container's width, so that they meet at the center of the box when folded. There is very little manufacturing waste, usually making this type of box the most economical.
Half slotted cartons

Same as Regular Slotted Carton without one set of flaps. Normally used as a cover, an open storage container, a deep tray, or as a bottom part of a 2-piece box where a telescope top would serve as a box cover
Full telescope
The 2-piece box made from two scored and slotted trays.
Book fold
One piece of board cut so that it provides a flat bottom, with flaps forming the sides and the ends, and extensions of side flaps meeting to form the top. Most common uses include books, paper reams, audio and video, artwork, mirrors, and many more.
Five panel folder
A single cut and scored piece features a fifth panel used as a closing flap, completely covering a side panel. The closed box has several layers of combined board on each end, providing stacking strength and protection for long articles of small diameter which might me damaged, or damage the box if pushed through the ends.
Inner Pack
Pads are plain shapes of corrugated fiberboard. They can be used to fill the space between the inner flaps of an RSC, to completely cover the bottom or top of a box, pr to separate layers of product (horizontally or vertically).

Ref:www.terracepaper.com
Dimension
Dimension of corrugated box are given   L X W X H  . These are arrived upon by doing mock exercise with the products .Products can be arranged horizontally or vertically as per the  maximum number  of packets that can be arranged .So check your product dimensions and its arrangement in CBBS .
Colors
Kraft Liner - linerboard manufactured from pulp produced by the Kraft cooking process. This is the most economical type of color because no further processing is applied.
White Top (Klay) Liner - a two-ply sheet composed of one bleached and one unbleached layer. Terrace Paper Company uses a high quality grade of klay, thus very little kraft surface of the unbleached kraft layer shows through. White-top corrugated board can be ordered one-sided (only one linerboard is White Top, the other is Kraft) or two-sided (both linerboards are White Top).
Bleach Liner - liner that is composed entirely of bleached virgin fibers, making it white throughout. This corrugated board can also be ordered one-sided or two-sided (with either one linerboard or both linerboards bleached).

Strength
Burst Test is a traditional form of measuring box strength (also known as Mullen Test). Burst Test is the force required to rupture board hydraulic pressure. This force is measured in pounds per square inch. Thus, a box’s burst strength of 200 test indicates that this box can withstand 200 lbs of hydraulic pressure per square inch. Burst strength relates to individual box’s ability to withstand internal or external forces and to contain contents during rough handling. Out of the two types of test board, Burst Test board is considered a stronger and better quality kind.
The Edge Crush Test (ECT) is another form of measuring box strength and it measures top-to-bottom compression strength of the finished box. Thus, it is usually measured by stacking weight on top of a carton until it crushes. This force is also measured in pounds per square inch. Thus, a box with a 44 ECT indicates that its board can withstand a force if 44 pounds per square inch before crushing. The higher the ECT number is, the stronger is the compression that box can withstand.
Compression strength may be important depending on the types of materials and filling capacity of the box. When a box is packed with heavy material and NOT filled all the way to the top, it is more likely to crush when other boxes are stacked.

Structure
Single Face - one medium is glued to one flat sheet of linerboard.
Single Wall - the medium is between two sheets of linerboard. Also known as Double Face.
Double Wall - three sheets of linerboard with two mediums in between.
Fluting
C-flute: the largest in size and most commonly used material. Offers superior stacking strength and is commonly used for shipping cartons.
B-flute: thinner than C-flute, provides good puncture resistance, commonly used for die-cut boxes and shipping cartons.
E-flute: lightweight, great printing surface, commonly used for die-cut boxes and retail packaging.
F-flute: very lightweight, easily folded, excellent printing surface. commonly used for retail packaging and small die-cut boxes.

Label winding design options for laminate/wrapper rolls

Bakery packaging with help of laminates ,wrappers , bopp films ,hdpe or ldpe requires certain labels to be printed on it . Packaging manufacturer would provide you with this design chart out of which you have to select your requirement as per pack design and machine requirement .

Here are few options .

Check for Rolls opening up direction
Check for label text orientation
Check for the eye mark location


ref : Label –arle

Britannia Vs Parle – Battle for the market continues

Britannia and parle the two food majors of India in the field of biscuits and bakery products . fighting it out in market for the share of consumers pocket and market dominance .In yester years it was market segments which both have dominated and not much was seen to disturb that arrangement.Parle with its Parle G , Kraxkjack and manaco where as Britannia has Good day , Marie gold , Creams
Britannia dominated the premium segment of biscuits where as parle dominated the mass ,low premium biscuits ,things were pretty predictable but for the
entry of new players have changed that status .Now that ITC and Priya gold are trying to break into their market and have established them selves as important players in biscuit market . These two major biscuit producers has are now forced to innovate products by the consumers to create brands which could be differentiated .
Both are trusted brand are ranked in top brands for biscuit ,both have a long history of brands . The Major difference though is that where Britannia is revenues from bakery products is around 90 % ,share of biscuit sales is around –80% for parle
Recently two categories has seen major ad war are bourbon and salty snacks . Parle has come up with new bourbon under its hide and seek umbrella brand .Pitching against Britannia s popular bourbon which has 70% market share of the bourbon biscuits . Parle upped its TV ads by roping in Hritik roshan . Similarly Parle has re jigged its Krack Jack biscuits to Britannia's 50- 50 eating up its market share . Krack Jacks with new packaging and TV ads of Krack and Jack promoting the brands . It would be interesting to see what impacts these would have on the sales of these two biscuits .
PARLE VS BRITANNIA
Business

Description	Britannia	Parle
Established	1896	1929
Nature of business	Public ltd	Family run business
No of manufacturing units	5 own ,40CMU	8 own units ,60 CMU
Market share ( value)	32.80%	32.94%
Ads Major methods	Cricket events and players	Celebrities endorse ment
New areas of promotion	Environment	Health and wellness

IMPORTANT BRANDS PITCHED AGAINST EACH OTHER

Category	Britannia	Parle	Leader
Glucose	Tiger	Parle -G	Parle-G
Marie	Marie Gold	Parle Marie	Marie Gold
Salty snacks	50-50	Krack Jack	Krack Jack
Choco chips	Good day	Hide n seek	Good day
Milk	Milk bikis	Milk sakhti	Milk bikis
Bourbon	Bourbon	Hide n Seek	Bourbon
Nice	Nice	------	Britannia Nice
Multi grain	Nutri choice	-----	Nutri choice
Cream	Cream Treat	Kreams	Cream treats
Cookie	Good day	20-20	Good day

So the battle for market share continues and advantage is for consumers who will get better product from both these biscuit majors .

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Glucose biscuits market share on slide- Indian story

Glucose biscuits are the mainstay of Indian biscuit industry . Glucose market share was growing at a very low rate but suddenly for the last three years there has been drop in glucose biscuit sale . All three major biscuit manufacturers( ITC ,Parle , Britannia ) has started re jigging their product mix ( SKU s ) in favour of premium biscuit against glucose biscuit .The Glucose share is almost 50% of the total biscuit market share .Rest are other varieties like cream , crackers , snacks ,digestive, marie ,nice ,wafers etc

"Parle-G, which contributed to more than 70% of Parle’s revenues a couple of years ago, now accounts for 60-65%. According to a report released last month by Motilal Oswal, contribution of the glucose segment to ITC Foods’ revenue has come down from 56% in 2007-08 to 48% in 2008-09. Britannia’s largest brand Tiger yields just over 20% of the company’s revenue."
Ref : ET .

The ever increasing Indian middle class are now experimenting different categories of cookies /biscuits at premium range .Tapping this market Britannia , ITC , Parle all have come up with their own product . such as Britannia s Nutrichoice , Parles Hide and seek bourbon biscuit . The Genius of Parle G is waning .

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FSSAI to issue Integrated license for all food products w.e.f Jan2010

FSSAI ( Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ) set up by government of India in 2006 to monitor entire food safety issues and a single authority to handle legal and statutory requirements for rules and guidelines for entire food supply chain . FSSAI has declared that they would issue a single integrated license to the manufacturers for their manufacturing processes .
Earlier food manufacturers were subjected to plethora of acts and laws e.g PFA Act , Weight and measurement Act ,Act for milk , Act for Edible Oils , Act for meat processing units etc .These laws would be merged into single entity and would be implemented in phased effective from January next year .

The licence for the larger industries would be issued from the government of India while the state governments will issue the licence for smaller industries. 'Since licences for smaller industries were issued by bodies like panchayats and municipalities, we are now working on getting all these integrated into one licence,' Mr Suvrathan said. Mr Suvrathan is the CEO of the FSSAI .

FSSAI is working on comprehensive Act which is being formulated with analysing present standrads in other countries and Codex Alimentarius.Each sectors has been studied and standards matched with best practises across the globe .

Labelling and Advertising laws are also under review .

source :IANS

Bakery business opportunities

So your are thinking for entering bakery business . Bakery business is one of the evolving businesses and give good returns on investment .As bakery industry has shown its resilience even in these tough times . Bakery Manufacturers are adding new products and experimenting with different recipes .Bakery products which have popular demands are artisan bread , breads ,biscuits , cookies ,cakes ,wafers , pizza and pastries .Go through the list of bakery business opportunities .
Bakery business requires knowledge of finance , marketing , production , maintenance ,Ingredients ,packaging , food safety and hygiene . After a little surveys for issues like market competition , buying habits , neighborhood ( small bakeries) would help in deciding the nature of bakery business .Following options are there for any business men to enter bakery business .

• Home made bakery products.
• Artisan bakery chain
• Automated bakery plants
• Small Bakeries
• Third party manufacturing/private labels(outsourcing)
• Export/ Import
• Retail chain
• Online shops
• Pet animal food ( DOG BISCUIT )
• Food Additive manufacturing
• Packaging material manufacturing
• Bakery equipment manufacturing

 

Major bakery manufacturers in South East Asian countries

With demands on rise for bakery products in this region ,opportunities are there for business men and entreperneur to set up or do business in these region . ASEAN countries have strated producing and exporting their baked products across the globe .

Here are few major bakery manufacturers of ASEAN countries

INDONESIA

• Kraft Foods S.A
• P.T.Khong Guan Biscuit Factory
• P.T.Mayora Indah
• P.T. Nissin Biscuits Indonesia
• P.T. Pacific Millenia Pangan Makmur
  

• KOREA
• Crown Confectionery Co ltd
• Lotte Confectionery Co ltd
  MALAYASIA
• Apollo Food Industries
• Gandour Sdn .Bhd
• HupSeng Perusahaan Makkanan Sdn Bhd
• Kinji Baking and Packaging machinery Co
• Oriental Food Industries Sdn .Bhd
• Silver Bird Group Bhd
• Apollo Food Holdings Bhd
• Gardenia Bakeries Sdn Bhd
  PHILLIPINES
• Croley Foods Manufacturing Co .
• First Choice Food Co.
• Monde Nissin Co.
• Republic Biscuit Co.
• Universal Robina Co.
• Gardenia Bakeries
  THAILAND
• European Food Public Co. Ltd
• URC - Thailand
  VIETNAM
• Bien Hoa Confectionery Co.
• Tan Tan Processing Trading Corporation
• URC Vietnam .
• Vinabico Kotobuki Co ltd .

Popular Food Trends in food Industry

Here are list of popular trends in recent time s .Food manufacturers and processors are eagerly following developments ,consumer reactions and market response to such products .

TRENDS

• Eco friendly foods
• Prebiotic and Probiotic foods
• Low fat or Low trans fat products
• Low salt products
• Alternative Sweeteners
• Green packaging
• Labelling and Ingredients
• Natural products or Organic Food
• Gluten free products
• Whole Grain products
• Food safety related labels and symbols
• Higher Price of Food products

Greggs - UK 's Popular bakery retailer - A Profile

Gregg's a major bakery retailer declared its plan to open 600 bakery shops in near future.This would give jobs to around 6000 people .Encouraged by the sales figures and popular demand for its product Gregg's has plan for opening at least 50-60 more shops by 2010 and 70 shops per year from 2011 onwards .

A Profile
Established in year 1930 by John Gregg's at Tenyside . It went on to have seven central divisions and 504 shops by 1994 . It has acquired Bakers Oven and Birketts
Gregg's bakery shop are popular destination for customers who prefer fresh baked products . Gregg's now owns upto 1400 bakery shops through out UK . It operates on regional central bakery supplying bakery products to local retail shops all of then owned by Gregg's. Its 10 such divisions in UK.
Improved shop designs were introduced , with the new Gregg's format offering improved access to takeaway food and speedier service, and Bakers Oven featuring an enhanced seated catering concept. It become most sought out bakeries in the country.
Main products of Gregg's are Sandwiches ,Savouries , Bread , Cakes and Regional Specialities bakery products .

Britannia Industries Ltd , Kolkatta asked to vacate Taratala premises

Calcutta Port Trust ( CPT ) has slapped 15 days notice to Britannia Industries Ltd(BIL) ,Kolkatta to vacate the Taratala premises which has been given to Britannia on lease by CPT since 1947 .This notice is effective from Oct 15 .

Default on rent has been cited as the reason for this action .As per the notice Britannia has not paid its due since 1989 . Against outstanding of Rs 12.0 crore BIL has only paid Rs 3.4 crore this dues includes the penalty on non payment .

Britannia has taken two plot of 45000sqm and another 35000sqm on lease on renewable basis for period of 10 years from CPT . Dispute has arisen as CPT wanted to revise the rent from period of 1967 . The Britannia contested the raise went to High court where the court maintained the raise .

Britannia ,Kolkatta has 200 management staff and 300 workers on the pay roll.

Read complete story source The Telegraph

What are standards for use of egg in bakery products

Its interesting to note that we find different rules for different countries regarding use of non sterilised egg liquid . Egg liquids are used in number of bakery products such as breads , cookies ,cakes . Eggs can be cause of infection if their bacterial count is more than the standards .An Interesting debate has cropped up in South Korea on use of non sterilised egg liquid .Eggs yolk is rich source for Vitamins A,D,E , Folic acid ,biotin and choline. Egg liquid also acts as a leavening agent for bakery products and provides that special flavour which we are used to fore those speciality cakes.
Food technologist argument is that the food can be contaminated and can have bacterias like Salmonella .Where as Egg liquid manufacturers counters this by the fact that the cost of sterilising the egg liquid it too expensive and bakeries prefer to use non sterilised/pasteurised egg liquid as the process is such that these germs are eliminated during baking .

Eggs are used commercially in bakeries as Eggs in shell , Eggs in refrigerated liquid form , Egg dried powder.Few countries have stipulated that the all egg products to be pasteurised prior to use at 140degF for at least for 3.5 minutes .Other Important standards followed is the bacterial count for egg liquid which is limited to 10000 viable bacteria per gram and for egg white frozen it is 50000 viable bacteria per gram .In addition to bacteria limit for yeast ,molds and coliforms to be less than 10 per gram .
Countries like USA has banned non sterilised egg for food processing industry , where as Japan has sets standards by bacterial count .


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Wengers pastry shop –Best in Delhi

Hindustan times awards- HT City Crystal- for best food and beverages providers declared Wengers pastry shop as the best bakery cafe in bakery section .

Established in year 1926 and Located in the hub of Central Delhi, Wengers, a reputed pastry shop offers you a complete line of individual signature cakes, novelty desserts and assorted minipastries .One of the oldest bakery chain stores in Delhi and pioneers of Swiss confectionery in town.


Wengers do have Online stores from where you can order cakes , pastries

Address :

Wenger & Co.
A-16, Connaught Place
New Delhi - 110001
Tel - 2332-4594 / 4403 / 4373
Fax - 23352142
info@wengerspastry.com

List of Major bakery manufacturers in China

China have seen major growth in bakery products such as breads , cookies , biscuits and cakes .This is mainly due to economic prosperity , change in lifestyle and eating habits . To cater such popular demands many bakery manufacturing units have come up in this region .Major brands are Nabisco , Kellogg's , Kangshifu

Here are list of few major bakery plants in China

Foshan Confectionery factory – Canton

Gandour Food Co – Suzhou

Kraft Food Asia – Beijing , Suzhou

The Garden Company Ltd- Kowloon

Ting Hsin International Group- Tianjin

URC Shanghai Peggy Foods Co Ltd- Shanghai

Arnotts Biscuits Ltd.

Beijing Delliyana Food Co

Beijing Meidan

Beijing Jitiantin

Boya Botong

Dongguan Gang Lian Food Co. Ltd

Dongguan Golden Apple Food Co. Ltd

Dongguan Golden Fuji Food Co. Ltd

Dongguan Hsu Fu Chi Foods

Dongguan Huamei Foods Co. Ltd

Dongguan Jia You Food Co. Ltd.

Dongguan Kam Tai Co. Ltd

Dongguan Lap Chau Foodstuff Co. Ltd

Dongguan Yi Dong Foodstuff Co. Ltd

Four Seas Group

Ezaki Glico

Fujian Dali Group

Fuma Group

Gang Rong Foodstuff Development Co. Ltd.

Garden Li Hua

Garren Biscuit Co

Ginbis Four Seas (Shantou) Co. Ltd

Gong Yang Foodstuff Co. Ltd

Guangdong Jiashili Group

Guangzhou Jessica Food Products Co. Ltd

Guangzhou Oubao Food Co

Hai Tai Confectionery

Hangzhou Kaida Biscuit Co. Ltd.

Hebei Hualong Biscuit Corp

He Tian (Dotin)

Hua Jia Food Co. Ltd.

Jiangmen Danone Biscuits Co.

Khong Guan (S) Ltd.

Kotobuki Seika Co. Ltd.

Kum Ho Foods (Qingdao) Co. Ltd

Liwayway Group

Lotte Confectionery

Lotte Stone Foods Co. Ltd

Meidan Group

Meiji Seika Kaisha

Orion Food Co. Ltd

Qingdao Food Co.

Qingdao Guliguo Food Co

Quanzhou Harvest Foodstuffs Co. Ltd

Shandong Navigable Food Co. Ltd

Shanghai Danone Biscuits Foods Co. 148

Shanghai Ezaki Glico Foods Co. Ltd. 151

Shanghai GT Nissin Food Co. Ltd. 155

Shanghai President International Foods 159

Shantou Maohuat Foodstuff Co. Ltd. 163

Shenzhen Rungu Food Co. Ltd. 165

Taishan Entally Enterprises 168

Tianjin President International Food Co. Ltd

Tianjin Ting Yuan International Food Co. Ltd.

Tong Yang Confectionery Co. Ltd.

Uni-President Enterprises Corp

Universal Robina Corp

Want Want Holdings Ltd.

Xian Food Factory

Yantai Alliance Food Co. Ltd.

Yat Hing (China) Co

Yi Shui Qing Yang

Zhongshan Caesarwave

Zhongshan Mei Hua Co.

Zhongshan Weiss Biscuit Factory Ltd

Zhuhai Kaidoo & KiuXiu Food Co. Ltd

Basic design aspect of biscuit packaging

So your product has been approved on trials and you are trying to finalise its packaging . Packaging is very important tools towards making that product a success or failure .Many design consultants are ready to help you out with design, logo and peppy line or two for the product .Select one or two consultants and brief them on the theme ,color pattern and product features .

Few basic design consideration of biscuit packaging .

• Select your target consumers .



• Select your graphics /pics/theme before finalising the print .




• Select your color patterns with concepts like matching colors / contrast / black white / plain / colorful . Try to match with your target consumers




• Finalise how to pack the product whether its flow wrap/pile type or on the edge packing




• Select the type of wrapper you want whether it would be metallised ,pearlised or plain BOPP.




• Select your slogan or the punch lines .




• Check for the labels as per the laws .




• Now check the dimensions of wrapper such as length and width as per product pack.



• Check the cut off length of wrapper as per the pack size . This is important as far as cost is concerned you have to careful not give to large a cut off length or very less margin for packing .Special eye marks are put for sensors .



• Winding directions - wrapper s have to manufactured as per the machine orientation as wells text and picture layout . They can be put into different orientation like anti clockwise or clockwise .Text parallel to the length or across the width .placement of eye mark with respect to printer arrangement .



• Ask wrapper/laminate manufacture to produce two or three samples before approving the final print .



• See the demo through manual packing of the product to see how it looks .

Each step mentioned above are critical for getting a good print from wrapper manufacturer as printing involves various steps like preparing rollers ,getting inks etc .Hence lot many correction can hamper the quality of print .

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Wishing all my blog readers

A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS DIWALI

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Munchy ‘s is Malaysia No 1 brand of home grown biscuits

Munchy’s is Malaysia’s No.1 homegrown biscuit brand, specializing in wafers, wafer sticks and biscuits. Since its birth in 1991, Munchy’s has grown to become a RM300 million company with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia. Its products are exported to more than 60 countries which includes Japan, China , India , Auatralia , USA ,Canada ,European and Middle Eastern countries
In line with its mission to fill all kinds of fun-eating snacks in every home, Munchy’s products can now be found in nearly 60 countries. Its main products include Mini Crackers, Lite Cream Crackers, Lexus Biscuits, Muzic Wafers, Munchini Wafer Sticks, Sugar Crackers, Muzic Nuss Wafers, Choco-O Mochachip Cookies and Captain Munch Cookies (Milk / Chocolate). Munchy’s incorporates two entities – its manufacturing arm Munchy Food Industries Sdn Bhd (MFI), and MunchWorld Marketing Sdn Bhd (MW). MW is a leading provider of fully-integrated marketing and distribution services representing Super Coffeemix Manufacturing Ltd., Unistraw International Limited’s Sipahh Milk Flavouring Straws, and all things Munchy’s.
Major Competitors –

• Tatawa Industries (m) sdn bhd - Tatawa brand
• SGK food Industry sdn bhd
• Ever Delecious Food Industries
• Hwa tai Industries Berhad
• ShoonFatt biscuit
• Perfect food manufacturing sdn bhd
• Morning Star food Industries sdn bhd
• Tech Seong Food industries sdn bhd

apart from MNC like Kraft Food Inc biscuits brands .
HQ
Munchy Food Industries Sdn Bhd
Address: Lot 9366, Batu 7, Simpang 3,Tongkang Pecah, 83010 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
Telephone: +607-4153322
Fax: +607-4152390
Website: http://www.munchys.com/
Email : mailto:yujin.chua@munchys.com
http://www.munchys.com/

Shrink wrap packaging for bakery products

Shrink wrap is a popular method of packaging among bakery manufacturers as more of private label customers prefer this kind of packaging . It based of the principle where poly film is heated and allowed to cool thus the film acquires the shape of the pack through shrinkage

Shrink wrap are commonly used for over wrapping Cartons and Display boxes ,normally of small sizes .Display boxes are the most used in the bakery industry for shrink wrap application . Consumers gets clear view of product in this kind of packaging .

Shrink wrapping machine consists of . Heat tunnels or ovens, Heat guns, L-Sealers, and Shrink Chambers are used for large items. There are also Manual shrink wrap machines that characterize for being portable, light weight, built to last, and a cost-efficient option for low to moderate production lines.

Other items such as cartons , beverages bottles , cans and small pallets are shrink wrapped .

Major advantage with shrink wrapping

• It helps unitizing i.e. keeping products in a compact form .
• Keeps box and product clean
• Consumers can views products
• Convince to consumers in handling
• Helping in palletization
• Extra protection

Common shrink wrap films are Polyolefin other material is PVC. Key properties of shrink wrappers are thickness,shrink, sealability, optics, toughness and slip . Shrink films can be produced in way where it can shrink only in one direction unidirectional and both ways bidirectional.

Fine lady bakeries to set up new plant in Manchester U.K

Fine lady bakeries ltd one of the UK Leading bakery house declared its intention to set up a modern bakery plant at east of Manchester U.K with investment worth 20.0mnGBP

This location provides company a better logistic hub for the movements of finished goods and raw material .Fine lady bakeries are part of Haygate group.Its production capacity is around two million loaves per week . It claims to have the most modern bakeries production facility at Banbury, Oxford shire. Haygate group are UK largest flour miller and has forward integration with its own Fine lady bakeries.

Established in year 1950 in Banbury it has 350 employees provides employment to local people in around that are

It other products range are

• Premium and Standard Breads
• Batch Breads
• Organic Breads
• Sandwich Loaves
• Bloomers
• Fruit Loaves
• Sub Rolls
• Torpedo Rolls
• Oval Rolls
• Round Rolls, Cobs and Burger Buns
• Fruited Teacakes and Bun

HQ

South am Road
Banbury
Oxon. OX16 7RR
Tel: 01295 227600
Fax: 01295 271430
http://http://www.heygates.co.uk/heygatesuk-finel.html

Aliva to be positioned as Cracker

Aliva is a new product from Frito lay- the snacking arm of PepsiCo. After a long period Frito lay has come up with baked product which can be promoted on healthy food platform as it is not fried but baked as biscuits with zero trans fat . Packed in vertical pouch similar to namkeens ,Bhujias ( snacks) sold in India .

After success of Kurkure Frito lay is now experimenting with new category of product which is called cracker to taken on competition from namkeens and salty crackers from major bakery manufacturers . Its had mega launch recently and products is visible on every major shops . Aliva name has been carefully crafted so as to prepare this kind of product in other countries . Frito lay has repeated the product formulation of Kurkure i.e. local flavors for Indian market such as Special Pindi Masala, Original Salted, Mint with Herbs and Tomato, and Roasted Spices. The value proposition is a combination of taste and nutrition. .Frito Lay has developed Aliva for Indian palate though they had wide variety of popular international brands such as SunChips, Doritos, Fritos which could have been launched or replicated .


Aliva has been priced fairly on the premium side a Rs 12/- per pack . Competition would come from Parle Monaco smart chips , Britannia's 50-50 , digestives , multigrain biscuit and ITC -Bingo .


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