Food, Beverage & Packaging Webinars

April 30, 2025 02:00 p.m. EDT

Mind Over Matter: New Foods and Drinks for Cognition & Mood

Whether it’s in response to aging or the daily stress of life in a fast-paced, polarized world, consumers turn to supplements—and increasingly to finished foods and beverages—to address cognitive health and feelings of stress and anxiety.

Not surprisingly, New Hope Network's Nutrition Business Journal (NBJ) reported that mood and brain health emerged as the second- and third-fastest growing condition categories in supplements in 2023, with even better growth forecast for 2024. NBJ estimates are mood and mental health product sales grew to .53 billion in 2023 from .02 billion in 2019. In 2026, NBJ projects a market just short of billion.

How do food and beverage formulators respond to this market? Join Prepared Foods for an exclusive 60-minute, two-part webinar exploring key industry challenges and opportunities. An opening TRENDS presentation covers a market overview, consumer insights and behavior, and examples of new finished functional foods and beverages. A matching TECHNOLOGY overview dives deeper into current and emerging related ingredients and hands-on formulation strategies.

Attendees will hear:

Market overview data and observations
Consumer insights & attitudes
Product challenges, opportunities involving taste, texture, and more
Industry prospects for 2025 and beyond

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May 1, 2025 02:00 p.m. EDT

Avoiding Sanitation Pitfalls: Challenges and Opportunities for Your Environmental Monitoring Program

An environmental monitoring program (EMP) is an essential part of your food safety and HACCP plans. It helps ensure that your facility environment has been properly cleaned and sanitized and is fit for the production of safe food. In this webinar, industry veterans and independent experts will guide attendees on maintaining proper environmental conditions inside your plant, the selection of zones for sampling, and sampling techniques and oversight. They will also discuss pitfalls to avoid in your EMP, including program failures and common mistakes, and why these programs can fail to eliminate resident pathogen strains (e.g., Listeria, Salmonella) in facilities, with the meat/poultry and fresh produce sectors as examples. Other concerns to be addressed include relationships with testing labs and the need for comprehensive Listeria management.

From this webinar, attendees will learn:

Environmental sanitation pitfalls to avoid, and how to ensure biological safety inside your plant
Best practices and guidance for sampling
Significant problems seen in EMPs, and why these failures occur
The need for comprehensive Listeria management

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May 6, 2025 02:00 p.m. EDT

Fortifying Food Production: Automation and the Critical Role of Cybersecurity

Food manufacturers face many challenges, including maintaining quality, managing labor shortages and sustaining the safety of their products, workforce and facilities. How can producers possibly keep up?

Manufacturers are increasingly turning to automation solutions and emerging technologies like machine learning and the cloud to address these concerns. While these technologies can help improve efficiency, they must be adequately secured to ensure that these benefits are not outweighed by cybersecurity risks.

In this exclusive, 60-minute webinar, Patrick O’Brien, Assistant Director of Engineering at exida and its representative in the International Society of Automation Global Cybersecurity Alliance (ISAGCA), will cover common challenges food manufacturers encounter and how automation technology can help producers succeed, and the importance of managing cybersecurity risks.

Attendees will learn about:

How to manage digitalization and smart manufacturing
The impact of machine learning, cloud, and new technologies
Proactively managing cybersecurity risks

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May 8, 2025 02:00 p.m. EDT

The Future is Functional: How to Support Focus, Attention, and Mental Energy with Non-Stimulant Beverages

Now, more than ever, consumers are embracing beverage formats to conveniently support their cognitive health. In fact, last year, an impressive 53% of consumers interested in cognitive health products expressed a desire to try beverages for everyday cognitive support. People are seeking a wider variety of functional beverages—such as waters, sports drinks, coffees, and fruit juices—to help enhance their daily productivity and focus, while also proactively protecting their long-term cognitive health.

In this webinar, Cognizin® brings over 30 years of clinical research to share how its citicoline ingredient can take beverages to the next level.

Learn how Cognizin® can be integrated into different beverage types
Uncover consumer trends driving the need for non-stimulant solutions
Stand out with strong functional claims, backed by decades of research
See what’s next in functional beverages

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May 22, 2025 02:00 p.m. EDT

Sugar Reduction: How Low Can You Go?

Innova Market Insights reported in 2024 that half of North American consumers were “actively limiting their sugar intake.” New research from 84.51° likewise finds “shoppers are increasingly prioritizing healthier food choices—yet they still face several challenges in balancing nutrition with value.” 84.51° concluded that, “this shift in consumer behavior is creating valuable opportunities for brands to connect with health-conscious shoppers in meaningful ways.”

This continues to open doors of opportunity for food and beverage formulators as they explore an ever-evolving set of sweetener options to match the organoleptic and functional properties of full-calorie sugars. Those options include stevia, erythritol, monk fruit, allulose and tagatose. This exclusive Prepared Foods webinar looks at the industry’s latest market advancements, new ingredient options and evolving sugar reduction strategies and techniques.

Webinar registrants will hear about the latest:

Sugar reduction market topics and trend lines
New product examples involving low- and no-sugar products
Sugar reduction strategies in formulation
New and emerging natural sweetener ingredient options for 2025 and beyond

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June 5, 2025 02:00 p.m. EDT

Heat-Resistant Molds 101: Fundamentals and Prevention Strategies for Better Beverage Quality

Join Dr. Emilia Rico (BCN Research Laboratories) and Chris McNamara (Ocean Spray) for an educational webinar hosted and sponsored by bioMérieux. We’ll dive into the fundamentals of viable heat-resistant molds that can survive pasteurization and affect the quality of beverages, raw materials, and ultimately your brand and bottom line.

Learn about the spoilage challenges and operational bottlenecks that ascospores can pose to your quality program if detection is delayed, or worse – not detected at all. Subject matter experts will cover the basics of these bugs and real-world impacts of insufficient quality methods to help you beat the heat … resistant mold.

Learning Objectives:

Education and overview on heat-resistant molds
Limitations of current detection methodologies
Risk analysis for products and production facilities
Future strategies for prevention and control

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April 24, 2025 02:30 p.m. EDT

How Compliance AI Agents Drive Food Quality and Safety

Join Signify in this session exploring how Compliance AI Agents enhance food safety, quality, and compliance. Discover how autonomous AI agents streamline critical compliance tasks, including real-time regulatory evaluations and precise documentation reviews. We'll share practical examples demonstrating measurable cost reductions, improved accuracy, and faster product launches made possible through AI-driven automation. Learn how this technology enables food safety professionals to shift from routine compliance checks toward strategic innovation and product excellence. See firsthand how Compliance AI Agents deliver efficient, scalable, and reliable solutions, ensuring safer, higher-quality food products for consumers.

From this webinar, attendees will:

Discover how AI agents enhance food safety and handle key compliance tasks
Learn how AI can expedite compliance review and bring products to market sooner
Understand how AI delivers efficient, reliable solutions for better, safer food
The role leadership and engagement play in successful audits

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April 16, 2025 03:00 p.m. EDT

2025 State of the Industry Series: Alcoholic Beverages

Consumers evolving approach to alcohol consumption is seeing the beer, wine and spirits suppliers explore new products and ways to engage with legal drinking age consumers. However, import tariffs and other market concerns could limit results. In Beverage Industry's annual State of the Industry: The Alcohol Beverage Market, analysts at S&D Insights LLC delve into these trends and how they're shaping the industry.

Insights provided will include:

Which innovations are driving beverage alcohol
What impact tariffs could have on the markets
What opportunities non-alcohol has provided the sectors
How much an effect cannabis is having on beverage alcohol

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April 16, 2025 03:00 p.m. EDT

Trending Tastes and Hot Hues: What Snack and Bakery Consumers Crave

Consumers crave great-tasting snacks and baked goods—capturing their attention (and their shopping dollars) requires producers to know what they want, in the moment. What’s more, in addition to delivering taste adventures with on-trend flavors, bakers and snack makers must deliver current colors that attract the shopper’s eye as they browse.

This exclusive SF&WB webinar will empower industry professionals with the knowledge needed to provide consumers with the hot flavors and cool colors they hunger for. Hear from various experts on what is driving these consumer preferences, how to determine what shades and flavors are most likely to engage shoppers’ senses, and how to develop products that hit all the marks.

Learning objectives:

Learn the new and novel flavors currently trending
Discover what consumer behaviors and demographics are driving flavor evolutions
Hear how a yearning for nostalgic tastes meets a sense of adventure in flavors
Find out what resources can help maximize the chances of product success

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April 15, 2025 03:00 p.m. EDT

FSMA 204: How to Achieve Traceability and Transparency Along Your Supply Chain

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Food Traceability Rule is outlined in section 204(d) of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). In preparing to meet the requirements of FSMA 204, many food companies that process or handle foods covered by the Rule have undertaken significant journeys to enable better food traceability and transparency along their supply chains. In this webinar, representatives from the fresh produce and foodservice distribution sectors, as well as a traceability-focused industry organization, will explain what companies should be doing now to meet traceability requirements. Executives from Fresh Del Monte and Sysco will also share details on how their organizations have achieved FSMA 204 readiness with advanced traceability systems.

From this webinar, attendees will learn:

How your company should be preparing for compliance with FSMA 204
How the Food Traceability Rule can help optimize your company's supply chain and operations
How two world-class companies have achieved FSMA 204 readiness with advanced traceability systems
How compliance with FSMA 204 will benefit public health and food safety

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April 9, 2025 03:00 p.m. EDT

2025 State of the Industry Series: Non-Alcohol Beverages

Beverages continue to evolve beyond a pure hydration and refreshment solutions. Manufacturers are exploring better-for-you ingredients, pack size and more to appeal to today’s consumers. However, brand owners still are contending with uncertainties in the market that could impact performance in the year to come. In Beverage Industry’s annual State of the Industry: The Non-Alcohol Beverage Market, analysts at Beverage Marketing Corporations provide an in-depth look at the past year and what the future holds for them in 2025.

Insights provided will include:

The top categories and performers of the past year
Innovations that are propelling the market
How inflation and other factors have affected growth
Projections for the year to come

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March 31, 2025 03:00 p.m. EDT

Avoid Costly Sanitation Failures with Validation, Verification, and Re-Validation

Recent, high-profile recall events and foodborne illness outbreaks speak to the need for reinforcement of several fundamental principles and activities of food safety programs. The importance of validation and verification cannot be understated in sanitation for food processing. During this webinar, a panel of industry and consulting experts with backgrounds in aseptic and dairy processing, recall/failure prevention, clean-in-place/clean-out-of-place (CIP/COP) and manual cleaning, sanitation, operations, and management will review critical aspects of validation and verification procedures for sanitation methods, tools, and effectiveness. The panelists will also discuss the real-world challenges to effective cleaning that can lead to operational failures and potential recalls. Finally, they will review the need for re-validation in light of changes to process, ingredients, or equipment, as well as the advantages of periodic re-validation to ensure food safety.

From this webinar, attendees will learn:

Why validation and verification are essential components of food safety and sanitation programs, and how these objectives should be achieved
Why, when, and how to re-validate your sanitation program
How to avoid costly recalls and foodborne illness outbreaks from sanitation failures

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March 27, 2025 02:45 p.m. EDT

Optimizing Production Efficiency With Checkweighers: A Comprehensive Guide

This webinar will delve into the critical role of checkweighers in enhancing production processes. Attendees will learn how checkweighers ensure product quality, comply with regulatory standards, and improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). The session covers the basics of checkweigher operation, types of packages they handle, and best practices for maintaining accuracy.

Whether you're in the food, pharmaceutical, or personal care industry, this webinar will provide valuable insights into leveraging checkweighers for optimal efficiency and brand protection. Join us to discover how to maximize your production line's performance and ensure consistent product quality.

Learning Objectives:

Understanding Checkweighers: Gain a comprehensive understanding of what checkweighers are, how they function, and the various types of packages they can handle across different industries.
Enhancing Production Efficiency: Learn how to use checkweighers to optimize overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), reduce product giveaway, and streamline production processes.
Ensuring Regulatory Compliance: Understand the importance of checkweighers in meeting legal and regulatory standards, such as NIST Handbook 133 and MID regulations, ensuring your products comply with weight requirements.
Implementing Best Practices: Discover best practices for maintaining checkweigher accuracy, including proper calibration, smooth product transfers, and avoiding common pitfalls to ensure consistent and reliable performance.

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March 25, 2025 03:00 p.m. EDT

Plant-Based: Where’s It Going? Where’s It Growing?

In summarizing its 2023 “State of the Industry,” the Good Food Institute cut right to the meat of the matter and noted, “U.S. sales of plant-based foods declined as inflation continued and many consumers signaled that products weren’t yet meeting their expectations on taste, texture, and affordability.”

So where does the industry go—and how does it grow in 2025?

Join us for an exclusive 60-minute panel discussion exploring key industry challenges and opportunities, led by industry veteran Stephanie Lind, Founder and CEO of Elohi Strategic Advisors. Stephanie will moderate a high-level conversation featuring expert insights on market trends, processor perspectives, and consumer behavior. Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable industry knowledge from top professionals.

Attendees will hear:

Market overview data and observations
Consumer insights & attitudes
Product challenges, opportunities involving taste, texture, and more
Industry prospects for 2025 and beyond

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March 19, 2025 03:00 p.m. EDT

Dairy Innovations Unveiled: Navigating the Hottest Trends in Product Development

Dive into the transformative world of dairy with our first webinar of 2025! Discover how dairy is shaping diet trends like GLP-1 and digestive health. Join Gina Roberts from SPINS and Carrin Merkel from Curion Insights as they reveal the latest data, success stories, and consumer insights that are driving product development in the dairy industry.

In this engaging session, you’ll learn:

The newest data trends in dairy product development.
Real-world success stories and actionable strategies for dairy processors.
Insights into consumer behavior and interaction with dairy products.
The challenges and opportunities shaping the future of dairy innovation.

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March 11, 2025 12:00 p.m. EDT

Change Management of Food Safety Culture: Effective Strategies for Achieving Greatness

Implementing change management in food manufacturing often presents challenges. Common obstacles include resistance to change from employees who are accustomed to existing processes, the need for updated skill sets to adapt to new technologies or methodologies, and siloed thinking among departments or teams that hampers collaboration. Our esteemed speakers will provide insights into overcoming these barriers, with Dr. Lone Jespersen discussing how to assess and improve adaptability as part of your food safety culture (FSC), Hugo Gutierrez sharing his experience leading a successful FSC change program at a global food and beverage corporation, and Kim Crawford providing examples from Birchwood Foods' successful FSC transformation journey, addressing accomplishments, progress, and practical challenges.

Research shows that 70 percent of change initiatives fail to deliver the intended outcomes, and collected data indicate similar trends in FSC transformations. Understanding the experiences and strategies shared by our speakers will help attendees navigate these challenges and increase their chances of achieving lasting improvements in their organizations' FSCs.

During this webinar, attendees will:

Recognize common challenges in food manufacturing change management, such as employee resistance and siloed thinking, and understand their impact on food safety culture transformations
Learn strategies for assessing and improving FSC within organizations, and gain insights on culture evaluation and enhancement to overcome obstacles
Gain practical knowledge on successful FSC change programs and transformation journeys from real-world experiences, enabling attendees to navigate challenges and achieve lasting improvements in their FSC initiatives

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March 4, 2025 02:30 p.m. EDT

Navigating Food Safety Audits: Expert Tips and Best Practices

Prepare your team for internal and external audits with actionable insights from food safety expert Frank Curto. Whether you are preparing for your next audit or refining your current process, this session will equip you with the tools for success. This webinar will explore the importance of audits and the key elements needed to maximize their effectiveness in fostering collaboration and continuous improvement. You will learn how internal audits can drive a culture of safety, the critical role of leadership and employee engagement, and best practices for preparation. Register today to unlock the long-term benefits of a robust audit process that drives safety, compliance, and operational excellence.

Key takeaways:

Best practices for audit preparation
Benefits of the audit process
How internal audits foster a culture of safety
The roles that leadership and engagement play in successful audits

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February 27, 2025 03:00 p.m. EDT

2025 State of the Industry Report

This webinar is a must-attend for all roofing contractors who are looking to understand:

Industry expectations for residential and commercial sales in 2025 and beyond
Market insights related to current and future installation trends
Emerging technologies impacting operations and customer care
How to address current and future industry challenges
Productivity and operational efficiency for improved profits
Homeowner expectations and how those matchup with roofing contractors

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February 26, 2025 12:00 p.m. EDT

Transforming Food Safety Through Digitalization and AI—Are You Ready?

The food sector has, for many years, grappled with how best to embrace digitalization. In 2024, there was a growing recognition that the time is right for a significant step forward, and the industry is actively moving ahead with this transformation. In this webinar, industry leaders Kimberly Coffin, an LRQA expert, Bizhan Pourkomailian, Ph.D., from McDonald’s, and Melody Ge from TreeHouse Foods Inc., will discuss how digitalization is transforming food safety and supply chains. The panel will discuss the practical applications of digital technologies, highlight real-world examples, and critically assess whether the sector is ready to embrace artificial intelligence (AI). While AI often dominates the conversation around digital innovation, the session will challenge whether the food sector truly needs AI right now—or whether its greatest gains lie in adopting foundational digital tools and systems. The discussion will provide actionable insights for businesses at all stages of their digital journey, focusing on the solutions that drive meaningful change.

Key topics to be covered include:

The role of digitalization in addressing food safety challenges
Practical examples of digital transformation from McDonald’s
The potential of AI in food safety—are we ready to embrace it?

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February 13, 2025 12:00 p.m. EDT

Beyond Hydration: What’s Next in Functional Beverages?

Consumers are demanding new and extra functionality from their drinks. Beyond hydration, they want products that deliver on a growing list of benefits related to performance, physical and mental health and even beauty.

The rise of functional beverages is not just a trend but a reflection of broader shifts in consumer behavior and preferences.

In this webinar, Black Swan Data uses their cutting-edge AI and predictive trend intelligence to reveal what’s next in the functional beverages space.

They will analyze 50+ million consumer posts from 100+ sources including Instagram, TikTok and Reddit to understand what consumers really want from functional beverages in 2025 and beyond.

Discover the new and emerging functional trends
Understand the new skincare and beauty trends permeating this space
Leave with inspiration and ideas to fuel your new product innovation planning
Learn how PepsiCo, Keurig Dr Pepper and Nestle use this trend intelligence data to stay ahead of their competition

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February 11, 2025 03:00 p.m. EDT

Recall Readiness: How to Conduct a Mock Recall and Ensure Traceability

In this webinar, experts from the industry, regulatory, and legal sectors will help you understand how to be prepared in the event of a recall, and how your company can efficiently handle the recall process. Recall specialist and industry veteran Bob Manning will cover how to conduct a mock recall, and legal expert Shawn Stevens will discuss how companies should be legally prepared to handle a recall and ensure traceability along the supply chain.

From this webinar, attendees will learn:

How to become recall-ready—e.g., by conducting a "mock recall" at your company—and how to efficiently handle a recall event
Legal considerations to keep in mind during a recall event
The importance of ensuring traceability along the supply chain

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December 12, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Consumer Insights: Better-For-You Candy Trends

Shoppers want healthier options, yet still want to treat themselves. This webinar will examine variables factoring into nutritionally improved candy sales, including ingredients, label claims, and alternative sugars.

Better-for-you options remain top of mind for consumers who are searching for indulgences, but in a healthier format. This webinar will explore the demand for better-for-you confections, looking at factors that drive sales in the market, as well as trends in the category.

Learning objectives:

Understand strategies for developing and marketing better-for-you confectionery
Discover evolving consumer preferences in the sector
Identify key ingredients and label claims that influence consumers’ purchasing decisions
Explore possible flavors for better-for-you products

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December 12, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Cooking Instructions Validation: How to Ensure the Safety of Not-Ready-to-Eat Products

Our experts will discuss how the cooking instructions of new and renovated products are validated to ensure the lethality of microbial bacteria during the cooking process. This webinar will also discuss how NQAC works with Nestle TAG and R&D to ensure the best overall sensory experience for consumers.

Key takeaways:

Understand the correlation between internal temperature and microbial lethality
Identify the different requirements for ready-to-eat and not-ready-to-eat products
Learn how cooking instructions are modified
Understand the sensory demands of consumers

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December 3, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

How Fiber-Based Packaging Can Minimize Waste While Preserving Plastic Benefits

Switching from plastic to paper-based packaging often comes with new challenges such as:

- An inability to deliver equal shelf life.
- Inherent incompatibility with existing manufacturing lines.
- Customer complaints regarding the integrity of the paper packaging.

This webinar will explore how an ovenable, fiber-based packaging solution (Halopack by Aptar) can deliver the benefits of plastic with 90% less plastic usage.

The team from APTAR - FOOD PROTECTION will explore:

The holistic impact of switching from plastic to traditional fiber-based packaging in order to assure an overall positive impact on a product’s LCA.
Examples of how companies have adopted a solution that addresses sustainability needs without sacrificing the benefits of plastic.
Research validating the ability of this packaging to hold MAP for 21+ days and how that compares to traditional fiber-based packaging solutions.
How to reduce materials usage and food waste while maximizing brand messaging with fiber-based packaging.

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December 3, 2024 11:00 a.m. EDT

Facilities Focus: Food Safety Factors to Consider in Hygienic Design and Infrastructure

This webinar, featuring experts with industry backgrounds in sanitation, food safety/quality assurance, hygienic design, allergen control, training, project management, and business development, will explore key elements when establishing hygienic design criteria, based on common hygienic design principles considering the intended use of food manufacturing equipment and facilities. They will also review elements of effective hygienic design risk management, as well as training protocols for hygienic design of equipment and facilities.

From this webinar, attendees will learn:

Important factors to consider when specifying hygienic design requirements for equipment and facilities
Different approaches to conduct hygienic design risk assessments for equipment and facilities
How to train personnel in understanding hygienic design and maintaining equipment and facilities in a hygienic manner

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November 20, 2024 03:15 p.m. EDT

Sustainable Roofing Made Simple

Sustainability means different things to different people, and each owner has requirements to meet while achieving the project goals. During this presentation, you will learn how the roof assembly can help meet various sustainability goals. Case studies and specific examples will highlight ways to incorporate circularity, solar reflectivity, durability, energy efficiency and overburden roof assemblies into your design. Overburden assemblies will highlight options such as green roofs, water management, amenity spaces and rooftop solar. The presentation will conclude with an overview of the different sustainability documentation available for roof materials and how specific projects acquired LEED, WELL and Living Building Challenge certifications.

Learning objectives:

Demonstrate how to specify a roof assembly that meets an owner’s sustainability goals.
Describe how the use of roof membranes, coatings and liquid applied roofing can increase the durability of an existing roof.
Identify the aspects of a roof assembly that can improve a building's energy efficiency.
Differentiate between various overburden options such as vegetative roofs, blue roofs and blue-green roofs.

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November 19, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

2024 State of the Industry

Join us for an exclusive look into the future of the protein industry with The National Provisioner’s 2024 State of the Industry webinar, a key feature of our October eMagazine. Dive deep into transformative insights as consumer research experts from Circana take the stage. Don’t miss the chance to hear from Chris DuBois, Circana’s Executive Vice President and Perimeter Practice Leader, alongside the insightful Madalene Nelson. Together, they’ll explore the dynamic areas of the protein category that are experiencing explosive growth. Secure your spot now—this is a session you won’t want to miss!

Learning objectives:

Learn how consumer spending is influencing new product development
Get up to date on challenges and opportunities for meat and poultry products
Understand consumer food spending trends to position your business to grow in 2025

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November 19, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

How the Food Industry Uses Dock Scheduling to Reduce Costs

Join us in this exclusive webinar as we delve into how shippers in the food industry are using dock scheduling software to improve their supply chain operations. By simplifying the scheduling process and providing easy access to important data, companies can reduce scheduling inefficiencies, increase warehouse productivity, and strengthen carrier relationships.

In this insightful session, you’ll discover:

Which tedious scheduling processes you can improve through a dock scheduling solution
How to achieve faster turnaround times and reduce costly delays at your docks
The benefits of better data reporting and enhanced insights to strengthen your supply chain and track KPIs
How an improved user experience can enhance the relationship between you and your carriers

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November 13, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

2024 State of the Dairy Industry

What is the latest going on in the dairy industry? This is your chance to hear an all-encompassing look at the latest trends, as well as look forward to the future. Dairy Foods will also provide a sneak peek of its industry-leading State of the Industry report during our special November 13th webinar.

Learning objectives:

Learn the latest successes from a dairy processor.
Understand the biggest challenges the dairy industry faces.
Explore the latest health news regarding dairy.
The latest cheese trends are revealed.
Determine what’s happening with the U.S. government regarding dairy.
Identify dairy industry sustainability trends and what the future holds.
Discover if dairy and plant-based products can live together in harmony.
Get a glimpse of the dairy industry’s most recent marketing efforts and what might be coming down the pike.
Unearth how technology can affect many segments of the dairy industry.

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November 12, 2024 12:00 p.m. EDT

Prepared Foods' 22nd Annual Spirit of Innovation Awards

Explore cutting-edge food and beverage product innovation with the 2023-2024 Spirit of Innovation award winners. Since 2003, these awards have celebrated innovation leaders, food scientists, and chefs who shape the product development process.

State of Innovation: Where Trends Meet Tastes
This year’s award celebration opens with a 30-minute “state of innovation” discussion between Prepared Foods Chief Editor Bob Garrison and Lu Ann Williams, Global Insights Director at Innova Market Insights, Arnhem, The Netherlands.

Listen in as Garrison and Williams discuss new product innovation strategy, Innova’s Top Ten Trends for 2025, and explore what links those trends to Prepared Foods’ Spirit of Innovation honorees.

Meet the Winners
Watch as Spirit of Innovation honorees share product details and tell their own stories—in their own words. It’s a rare, behind-the-scenes opportunity to hear directly from company founders, R&D team members and other executives.

Award categories include:

Judges’ Selection / Most Innovative
Retail Food
Retail Beverage
Foodservice Front of House (addressing consumer trends)
Foodservice Back of House (addressing operator needs)
Alternative Channel (Retail In-Store / C-Store)

Tune In to Learn …
… innovation strategy; what works & why
… next year’s top trends
… how SOI winners turned trends and tastes into new products

The Spirit of Innovation Awards team is proud to acknowledge the critical operational/judging role of CBCI in this and past years' competitions.

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October 30, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Today’s Cold Chain

This Refrigerated & Frozen Foods webinar will focus on an overall look at the “state of the industry,” with a research and statistical focus on some of the consumer trends driving product development, as well as a look at the cold storage landscape and how F&B manufacturers and processors can best work with third-party logistics (3PLS) and cold storage providers. Kelley Rodriguez, Editor-in-Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will moderate the approximately 60-minute webinar, which will be available for use and viewing on-demand post-event.

Webinar attendees will learn:

Key consumer trends driving product development in refrigerated and frozen foods
The current landscape of cold storage solutions and their importance in the food and beverage industry
Best practices for collaborating with third-party logistics (3PLs) and cold storage providers
Broader market insights into the future of the cold chain, including technological advancements and sustainability efforts

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October 30, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Workforce & Productivity Operational Strategies

Join The National Provisioner for our dynamic Workforce & Productivity Operational Strategies webinar – your essential guide to overcoming today's toughest workforce challenges. Discover actionable insights from industry experts Hinda Mitchell and Alex Chausovsky, as they explore innovative approaches to workforce training and development. Learn how to boost productivity, streamline operations, and harness the power of automation to transform your plant's efficiency. Don't miss this opportunity to stay ahead of industry trends and take your operational strategies to the next level. Register today and learn how to turn workforce challenges into opportunities for growth and success!

In this webinar, you'll gain valuable knowledge on:

The competitive landscape: How meat and poultry processors can stand out and attract top talent amidst competition from other industries.
Integrating hiring with efficiency: Align your recruitment efforts with broader operational strategies to maximize overall productivity.
Becoming an employer of choice: Practical steps to enhance your company's appeal and build a workplace where employees want to thrive.

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October 29, 2024 11:00 a.m. EDT

Assessing Food Safety Culture: Selecting Methods and Communicating Insights

Join us for an insightful webinar exploring effective methods to assess food safety culture within your organization and communicate key findings for continuous improvement. Our expert panelists will guide you through the complex process of selecting the most appropriate assessment techniques and tools, as well as discuss best practices for sharing insights with stakeholders at all levels. Gain valuable knowledge on fostering a culture of food safety and driving positive change within your organization.

By attending this webinar, participants will:

Understand the importance of assessing food safety culture in driving continuous improvement
Learn how to select the most suitable assessment methods and tools for your organization's specific needs and maturity stage
Discover effective strategies for communicating assessment insights to stakeholders at various levels
Gain practical tips on leveraging assessment results to foster a strong food safety culture and encourage positive change
Acquire knowledge about the latest trends and best practices in food safety assessment and communication

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October 24, 2024 11:30 a.m. EDT

The Future of Metal and X-Ray Detection in Plastics

Join CEJN for an informative webinar featuring a live demo of CEJN’s 208 Detect Blow Gun, crafted from food-grade plastic for optimal safety in food and beverage (F&B) production. With a stainless steel valve using food-grade grease and detectable, food-approved seals, this blow gun ensures that every part is detectable, preventing accidental contamination. Compliant with Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 and FDA CFR 21.170-199, it also offers low weight, high chemical resistance, and resilience in extreme temperatures. Learn how the 208 Detect can enhance safety and compliance in your F&B operations!

Key takeaways:

Live Demonstration: Witness the 208 Detect blow gun in action and understand its practical applications
Enhanced Food Safety: Learn how the 208 Detect blow gun prevents contamination in food production
Regulatory Compliance: Understand compliance with Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004 and FDA CFR 21.170-199
Operational Efficiency: Discover the ergonomic design, high-precision flow control, and various compressed air applications in the F&B industry, including blow-off, air cleaning, drying, meat and dairy processing, food packaging, and vacuum sealing

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October 23, 2024 01:30 p.m. EDT

Powerful Prebiotics: Weaving Fiber Into Better-for-You Benefits

Prebiotic fibers are key ingredients for digestive health and immunity. Fibers such as oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, acacia gum, pectin, cellulose, and resistant maltodextrin are critical sources of prebiotic fiber that can feed probiotic microbes. These and other prebiotic fibers are appearing in an increasing variety of foods and beverages—ranging from familiar cultured dairy and dairy analogs to soft drinks and even alcohol beverages.

Listen in as dietary fiber, fermentation, and immunity expert Dana McCurdy, PhD, describes how consumption of prebiotic fibers bolsters gut health and supports overall well-being, including cognitive health and mood.

Webinar attendees will learn:

Key prebiotic fibers and their roles in digestive health
Mechanisms by which prebiotics enhance gut health and immunity
Broader health benefits of prebiotic fiber consumption, including its role in supporting cognitive health and mood
Applications of prebiotic fibers in various foods and beverages and their functional roles

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October 22, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Breaking Down FOOD ENGINEERING’s 2024 State of Food Manufacturing

FOOD ENGINEERING’s 45th State of Food Manufacturing webinar breaks down the results of this year’s survey of food and beverage manufacturers. Each year we partner with Clear Seas Research to poll the industry about staffing, automation, supply chain and more.

Last year’s survey revealed an increase in demand for products, but supply chain and labor issues are preventing food manufacturers from a corresponding increase in revenue. Are we starting to see change, or is it more of the same? Join the editorial staff of FOOD ENGINEERING as we share how business is doing, what’s affecting business, and where companies are spending money, if at all.

Webinar attendees will learn:

Major trends in staffing, automation, and supply chain management impacting food and beverage manufacturing
Insights from the 2024 survey on how demand changes and operational challenges are affecting revenue
How food manufacturers are allocating budgets and resources in response to industry challenges
Comparisons of this year’s data with previous years to identify progress and ongoing issues

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October 22, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

Sustainable Solutions for Treating High-Strength Wastewater

Dairy processing creates high-strength wastewater that can be very difficult to treat. Meeting effluent compliance to avoid municipal fines is an essential ingredient to an effective wastewater system. What if you could generate energy from your wastewater and meet your treatment requirements? We will cover different solutions for treating biological wastewater including methods for generating biogas, creating green energy, and reducing fresh water demand with solutions for water reuse.

During this webinar attendees will:

Relate this discussion to their own industry or facility
Learn how green energy can be generated from high-strength wastewater
Understand how to reduce their facility's demand of fresh water
Recognize the range of solutions available to treat high-strength wastewater

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October 17, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

Understanding Foreign Material Inspection Inside and Out

In-line inspection systems play a critical role in preventing products with foreign material from reaching your customers, but many food safety professionals may not fully understand their in-house detection equipment's strengths and weaknesses—and what solutions exist to address them. In this webinar, the speakers will provide an in-depth understanding of foreign material inspection in manufacturing processes.

We will explore both in-line and external inspection systems, their capabilities, and their limitations including:

The most common types of in-line equipment and what are they best suited for
The major blind spots or downsides of relying entirely on in-house equipment
How external inspection services work, and how they can complement internal systems

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October 15, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Crafting Delicious Gluten-Free and Vegan Waffle & Pancake Mixes

Join us to explore the impact of stabilizers and leavening acids on dough properties, and learn how to create moist, flavorful gluten-free waffle and pancake mixes using Jungbunzlauer's ingredients. Gain insights into the challenges of developing vegan gluten-free products and discover the benefits of using Glucono-delta-Lactone in enhancing dough volume and structure.

This webinar is formulated to help you design delicious gluten-free and plant-based baked goods that help meet the evolving demands of today's consumers.

Learning Objectives:

Explore the utilization of hydrocolloids in vegan gluten-free baking
Learn about Glucono-delta-Lactone’s benefits in dough volume and structure
Understand the challenges of developing vegan gluten-free products

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October 15, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

The Future of Bars: Enhanced Nutrition, Improved Taste

Join Tate & Lyle’s upcoming webinar on nutrition bars. Learn about the latest consumer and market trends and innovative ways to reduce sugar and improve nutrition in bars. Discover how a range of innovative natural sweeteners and nutritious fibers can help to create and maintain a soft, moist desired texture. Enhance your knowledge and stay ahead in the rapidly evolving field of nutrition bar formulation.

What you’ll gain:

Insights into current consumer preferences and market dynamics in nutrition bars
Formulation considerations when reducing sugar in bars
An in-depth overview of the latest sweetener and fiber innovations
Tips and best practices for formulating healthier, great-tasting nutrition bars

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October 8, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Transforming R&D Productivity

Join us for an insightful webinar with Dr. John Miles as we explore how advanced automation is reshaping research and development in the food and beverage industry. With over 35 years of innovation in UHT/HTST processing, new developments in MicroThermics “Always Innovating” (AI) technology and designs are set to further enhance R&D processes.

In this session, you will:

Learn how advanced automation increases efficiency and reduces development time.
Discover how new technologies can minimize quality variability and improve safety.
Explore the economic advantages and long-term savings associated with these advancements.

This webinar is designed for professionals interested in optimizing product development and improving cost efficiency in their R&D operations.

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October 8, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

From Concept to Commercialization – Mastering Dairy Stabilization

This webinar will explore the journey of dairy food ingredients from ideation to market success. Learn from industry experts about current dairy trends, satisfying consumer demands, innovative product development, and challenges in creating line extensions. Gain insights into scaling up production, ensuring quality control, and navigating regulations of dairy products with a focus on key category products including buttermilk, sour cream, soft-serve ice cream, and yogurt. Register now to enhance your knowledge and skills in developing and commercializing dairy products.

Key takeaways:

Discover the latest trends in dairy and how to meet evolving consumer demands.
Learn from industry leaders about innovative product development and creating successful dairy line extensions.
Gain expert insights into scaling up production, quality control, and regulatory navigation for dairy products.
Enhance your skills in developing and commercializing key dairy products like buttermilk, sour cream, soft-serve ice cream, and yogurt.

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October 1, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

Advances in Food Decontamination Technology: A New Era of Efficiency and Effectiveness

Join us for an insightful webinar on Clean Works' innovative waterless technology, designed to revolutionize food safety management. This session will explore the robust scientific validation behind the technology and its effectiveness against Listeria, E. coli, Salmonella, viruses, mold, and mildew. Discover how this adaptable solution integrates into commercial lines and offers significant residual benefits, including extended shelf life, enhanced food safety, reduced water usage, and low operational costs. Gain practical insights into leveraging Clean Works technology to optimize your food safety protocols and operational efficiency.

Key takeaways:

Scientific validation: Insights into the robust science and proven efficacy of Clean Works technology
Versatile applications: Understanding how Clean Works can be adapted to various commercial lines for enhanced food safety with issues including pathogens, viruses, mold, and mildew
Residual benefits: Learn about the potential for extending shelf life, resulting in decreased spoilage and improved food safety
Sustainability and cost efficiency: Discover how Clean Works technology reduces water usage, eliminates chemical byproducts, and offers low consumable and operational costs

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September 26, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

PET: The Future of Sustainable Food and Beverage Packaging

Driven by the need for sustainability, cost effectiveness, and improved operational efficiencies, the food and beverage packaging industries are undergoing a transformation. Brands and producers are shifting from materials like glass, aluminum, and cartons to PET, which is increasingly becoming a packaging material of choice.

Join Husky on September 26, 2024 to explore how PET is reshaping the packaging landscape and how you can leverage its benefits to drive your business growth.

What you will learn about:

The role of plastics in preserving and protecting products, reducing food waste, and enhancing food security
The superior properties of PET compared to alternative packaging materials
Best practice production process considerations for achieving high-quality PET packaging
How Husky's expertise and technology can help you establish a successful operation
And more!

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September 26, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

The Latest on Sugar Reduction

Consumer demand for reduced or zero-sugar products continues to rise exponentially each year. We will look at this topic in-depth, with presentations from Hari Meletharayil, Vice President of Product Research at Dairy Management Inc., and Shelley Balanko, Senior Vice President at The Hartman Group.

Learning Objectives:

The latest research about sugar reduction
The science behind sugar reduction and debunking common misperceptions
The latest sugar-reduction trends and how it affects the dairy industry

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September 25, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Protein—From All Dimensions, in All Directions

Prepared Foods looks at protein ingredient trends and topics from all angles. This exclusive, 60-minute webinar will review leading protein ingredients, innovations and issues from 2024 and predict what’s new and what’s next for 2025. Moreover, three experts from Elohi Strategic Advisors will break down protein from three core perspectives: (1) consumer insights and understanding; (2) advancing ingredient options and technology strategies (traditional, plant-based, fermented, cultivated); and (3) on-pack and on-menu marketing, messaging and labeling. This webinar is an equally appealing “must-listen” for all executives leading strategic innovation, marketing, consumer insights, regulatory, R&D and purchasing.

Webinar attendees will learn:

Protein ingredient trends from 2024
How consumers perceive the importance of protein
Best practices for on-pack/on-menu protein messaging
Issues and opportunities to prepare for in 2025

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September 25, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

State of the Candy Industry: 2024

Attend this exclusive webinar to gain insights on the state of the candy industry and how it is doing in 2024. Supply chain issues, including cocoa shortages, have continued to plague the confectionery industry. An industry expert will discuss trends and predictions for both manufacturers and retailers, and will share consumer preferences in confectionery products.

Learning objectives:

Learn about the current state of confectionery
Discover consumer preferences and behaviors
Examine product and flavor trends
See how companies can position themselves to be successful

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September 24, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

AI and PLM: The Future of Recipe Optimization

In the competitive world of food manufacturing, staying ahead means continuously innovating and optimizing processes. Recipe optimization is a multifaceted approach that supports critical aspects such as cost reduction, quality control, regulatory compliance, innovation, and consumer satisfaction, all essential for the success and competitiveness of food or beverage manufacturers. Discover how cutting-edge AI and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies can streamline your operations, reduce costs, and boost innovation in the food and beverage industry.

Join Infor & Mashfrog to uncover how leveraging AI & PLM can help to:

Respond quickly to consumer and industry demands
Accelerate new product innovation
Optimize formulations for reduced costs

Learn how to create new recipes for your products in a fraction of the time and streamline your recipe management process to accelerate your time to market. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your recipe management processes and stay ahead in the competitive food and beverage market.

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September 24, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Avoid the Recalls: How to Maintain Brand Reputation and Drive Company-Wide Compliance

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a complex, comprehensive process for regulating food and beverage manufacturing, covering everything from food safety to labels, certifications, and taxes.

In this webinar, Albina Volkova, Quality Systems Administrator at Mark Anthony Group, will share how her organization leveraged its quality management system to transform quality processes from spreadsheets and SharePoint to centralized visibility for compliance teams throughout the organization—all while preserving Mark Anthony Group's distinctive brands.

Additionally, Tom Barlow, Strategic Solutions Engineer at ETQ, will share insights and tips for just-in-time reporting, alerts, and dashboards to help increase visibility of changes and drive company-wide compliance.

This webinar will cover how to:

Automate manual documentation processes for managing inventory, recipes, batch criteria, workflows, and customer complaints
Reduce time spent on managing document revision, review, and approval by at least 10 percent
Gain visibility into quality management processes with information easily shared throughout teams, locations, and the organization
Reduce the risk of costly product recalls that can jeopardize brand and customer loyalty

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September 19, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Analyzing the Factors Influencing the Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies

Join the editorial staff from FOOD ENGINEERING and Refrigerated & Frozen Foods as they break down the 2024 Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies and discuss the factors affecting this year’s rankings. Inflation and supply chain issues challenged the industry last year as sales were high but profitability muted. Find out if that’s still true and how the top companies are faring this year.

After watching this webinar, attendees will be able to:

List the top five food and beverage companies by net sales.
Explain the economic conditions that impacted food and beverage production.
Share what strategies that succeeded and failed among this year’s Top 100 list.
Use the information provided to prepare for the upcoming year.

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September 19, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Selling Food Safety to Top Management: Strategies for Success

As a food safety technical leader or a key member of the food safety and quality (FSQ) team, you will sometimes be faced with a seemingly daunting task—getting buy-in from top management on changes to FSQ processes, equipment, and/or technologies. Your technical expertise will guide you to the improvements and materials needed, but technical knowledge alone will not help you persuade top management of the why behind your request. It is also essential to understand and communicate how FSQ metrics contribute to the business and support ROI, and how you as an FSQ expert can guide corporate leaders in their goal of producing safe, quality, and profitable products. In tackling the task of "selling food safety to top management," FSQ leaders like you also help drive positive change in your organizations' food safety cultures.

In this webinar, visionary consultants, trainers, and coaches with a collective 50-plus years of FSQ experience in the food industry will share specialized strategies for getting buy-in from top management for FSQ investments.

Our expert speakers will discuss:

How to approach top management with FSQ issues and requests
How to present technical information in a way that is understandable and speaks to a business mindset
How to guide and support top management in FSQ decision-making
How FSQ leaders and top management together serve as the backbone of an organization's food safety culture

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September 18, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

The Recipe for Successful New Product Development

What is the recipe for a successful new beverage launch? Beverage-makers have no shortage of access to information that support the next great beverage of tomorrow. Consumers increasingly are searching for beverages to deliver on refreshment, functional while also supporting a healthy lifestyle. In this webinar hear from experts the trends and insights that are driving today’s market, but also what to be on the lookout for in the year to come.

Join Beverage Industry’s annual New Product Development webinar to hear from experts in this field.

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The successful launches of today
What attributes consumers are looking for in beverages
How brands are adapting to emerging consumer demands
The impact technology is having on new product development

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September 18, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

Beyond Blueprints: Identifying Pest Risks in Your Building Design

In food processing facilities, where food safety and sanitation are always top-of-mind, an effective pest management program is fundamental. Often overlooked, a facility’s building design can be a key indicator of the level of pest activity the facility may encounter.

Led by Jay Newell, Technical Services Manager at Rentokil, this webinar will take a deep dive into the architectural and operational elements of your facility’s design that may be driving pest activity. We will also examine where and how to inspect for target pests, and how to leverage this knowledge to build an effective pest management program for your facility.

Key takeaways include:

Elements of facility design that may increase pest risk
Inspection techniques for pests commonly found in food processing facilities
Capabilities and risks associated with pests in food facilities
How the unique nature of a facility’s design influences pest management strategies

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September 18, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

The First Microbial Lipase With an Animal Flair

Join our industry experts Tony Salvador and Fernanda Streit from Novonesis as they discuss the latest innovation in microbial lipases, SpiceIT®M100. Current microbial solutions do not satisfy cheesemaker needs due to high production of soapy notes and insufficient production of butyric notes. Cheese producers have historically had to choose between achieving butyric flavor and the flexibility of using a microbial lipase, but not anymore. SpiceIT®M100 allows producers to have the kosher/halal and vegetarian certification they need without having to sacrifice flavor. Listen as we share how we navigated these challenges, and see if SpiceIT® M100 is right for you.

Learning objectives:

Connect with leading technical experts into the cheese industry
Discover the newest innovations in cheese ripening solutions
Gain valuable insights in the cheese industry
Explore the benefits of microbial vs traditional lipase

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September 18, 2024 01:30 p.m. EDT

Craveable Comfort: What Jumps From Restaurant to Retail in 2025?

Although the majority of today’s consumers eat at home, that doesn’t mean restaurants no longer influence new food and beverage development. On the contrary, the nation’s chefs and other foodservice influencers continue to shape what we’ll eat now—and next year—when it comes to tastes, textures and flavors. And this is particularly true when it comes to craveable comfort foods (think cheese!) that offer indulgent rewards or global adventure. Listen in as 22-year menu trends expert Katie Ayoub, Founder, Katie Ayoub & Associates and Managing Editor of Flavor & The Menu magazine; and food futurist Liz Moskow identify five menu mainstays primed to jump to retail shelves with the right new product development.

Webinar attendees will learn:

Top menu food trends & tastes
Products positioned to “jump” from restaurant to retail
Ingredients, tastes driving appetite appeal
New product forms, textures that appeal

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September 17, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

Clean Label Bread Trends

Bread buyers demand a lot of bakery producers these days. Shoppers increasingly are on the hunt for better-for-you, clean label products, bearing all-natural ingredients lists. What’s more, items have to look good to make it into a consumer’s shopping cart—and they certainly have to taste good to have any chance of a repeat purchase. This exclusive webinar will offer a focused look into precisely what consumers are looking for, and resources available to help producers deliver.

Register for this free half-hour webinar to learn about:

Qualities bread consumers are looking for
What terms like “clean label” and “better for you" mean
How trends in the category might shape up in the coming months

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September 10, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

An Award-Winning Postbiotic for a Healthy Lifestyle

IMMUSE is the next generation of immune health that is a step ahead of other immune support ingredients. Decades of research and more than 30 studies demonstrate the benefits of IMMUSE, including experiencing more healthy days. We know that nature has already figured out the best and most comprehensive immune response, and IMMUSE is the first food ingredient that helps activate that response. IMMUSE activates a specialized immune cell (pDC), whose role is to protect, defend, and communicate in the body. When those cells are activated, you are at your best, meaning healthier days, more resilience, and less fatigue.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the role of IMMUSE® in activating pDC cells for comprehensive immune support.
Examine clinical research supporting the efficacy of IMMUSE®, including over 30 studies and 15+ human trials.
Identify opportunities for creating innovative, on-trend beverages with IMMUSE®.

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September 10, 2024 11:00 a.m. EDT

Climate Change: Managing the Risk Impact on the Food Supply Chain

It is now universally accepted that climate change presents a clear and present danger to all businesses. For the food and beverage industry, the risk impact is not only related to business continuity but also the unspoken responsibility to produce safe food. In this webinar, our expert panel will examine the "new" climate-related risks to food safety and explore the critical responses required to resulting sourcing/supply challenges.

The webinar will pose key questions to our experts including:

What are the emerging food safety risks presented by climate change-related events?
How has climate change impacted your sourcing and supply quality risk landscape?
What changes have you made to your FSQ supplier due diligence programs to ensure the safe, quality supply of materials?

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August 29, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Understanding and Addressing Biofilm Communities and Behavior in the Food Plant

Biofilms are complex communities of microorganisms that can work to "protect" pathogenic bacteria in food plant settings. The first steps to mitigating the presence of biofilms are to understand the different elements of biofilms typically found in food processing facilities, how they form, how they impact our facilities, and what challenges they pose for sanitation. From this understanding, we can determine how to apply different technologies and interventions, focusing on a longer-term strategy for eliminating biofilms in the plant.

In this webinar, speakers with expertise in industry food safety, sanitation, and genomics will provide education on the formation and behavior of biofilms and the challenges they pose to food safety and sanitation operations (e.g., genetic changes, such as persistence and sanitizer tolerance, and the roles these play in antimicrobial resistance). They will also explain how biofilm formation can be mitigated in the food plant with innovative sanitation methods and tools.

From this webinar, attendees will learn:

The fundamentals of biofilms and how they can provide protection for pathogens in the food plant, creating food safety risk
How to mitigate the formation of biofilms in the food plant
How to employ successful sanitation methods and tools to mitigate the presence of biofilms

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August 20, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

Raising the Bar: Optimizing Speed, Efficiency, and Production Savings in the Modern Snack Space

Consumers want healthy, convenient snacks in sustainable, easy-open, resealable packaging. Producers face the challenge of meeting this demand while maintaining quality and efficiency. High-speed flow wrap technology offers a solution by doubling production in half the space, reducing costs and carbon footprint.

Join our virtual event where Josh Becker, Harpak-ULMA Packaging’s Bakery & Confection Segment Manager, will reveal how to achieve top production speeds with existing facilities, integrate automation, and enhance sustainability.

Benefits of attending:

Discover how to increase savings, efficiency, and throughput
Explore how to avoid costly “Buy or Build” methods with high-speed flow wrap packaging
Uncover the best ways to decrease downtime and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Learn sustainable strategies to reduce packaging materials and waste

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August 15, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

2024 State of the Industry: Snack and Bakery

If bakery and snack professionals wish to succeed in the future, it is essential that they are fully informed about what’s going on in their field right now. This webinar will harness the wisdom of industry association representatives and market experts in outlining key developments impacting snack and bakery over the past year. The lineup of speakers will dive into numerous big-picture issues, such as workforce challenges, supply chain issues, cost concerns, and more. The presentations also will explore consumer purchase behavior across key product categories.

Attendees can expect in-depth information on:

Retail CPG market intelligence across key snack and bakery product categories
New and notable product trends in snack and bakery
Challenges impacting producers today, with a rundown of potential solutions to help drive business forward

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August 7, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

New Meat Snack Opportunities

Consumers’ love for meat snacks just keeps growing. During this webinar you will learn about the flavors and other product attributes shoppers are seeking in this always innovative category.

Hear from Catherine Weiner, Senior Brand Manager for artisanal smoked meat stick producer Vermont Smoke & Cure, and Jackie Hendricks, Brand Manager of Innovation for Johnsonville as they share an overview of the trends powering the category.

Gain insights on emerging meat snack trends, including:

New product development
Flavor trends
Emerging market opportunities

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July 31, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Innovation From the Ground—Up! Sustainability’s Earth-Friendly Appeal

Global CPG product and trend tracker Innova Market Insights identified “Nurturing Nature” as its second-leading trend for 2024 and noted that “consumer concern about the planet has overtaken concern about the population as the number one issue.” How can food and beverage processors innovate and incorporate sustainable, earth-friendly attributes into the next generation of new products?

Listen and watch as Prepared Foods hosts its first annual SUSTAINABILITY webinar on July 31 and dives into consumer insights, processor achievements, upcycling, regenerative agriculture, third-party verification and other angles.

Prepared Foods’ Sustainability webinar attendees will learn:

How a leading global food company approaches sustainability
How sustainable products influence consumer thinking, behavior
How products enhance their profile with ingredient upcycling
How a leading consultant verifies sustainability claims

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July 25, 2024 03:30 p.m. EDT

How Rapid Development of Technology Has Revolutionized Food Safety

In the past decade, considerable advances in technology have changed the landscape for most food safety programs. Technologies such as whole genome sequencing, increases in the sensitivity of lab analytical instrumentation, and advances in computing power and database technologies allow us to detect and manage issues that were previously undetectable. These developments have changed our understanding of outbreaks—and the course of food safety—forever.

In this webinar, you will hear from leading technology and policy experts from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), food safety laboratories, and food processors, who will discuss these technological advances and how you can use them to benefit your food safety program. You will also hear what more than 250 of your fellow food safety professionals told Food Safety Magazine about their adoption of these new technologies and the impact they have had on their programs.

From this webinar, attendees will learn:

How whole genome sequencing has revolutionized outbreak investigations
Lessons learned from FDA's recent outbreak investigations, and the impacts of the GenomeTrakr and PulseNet databases
Why outbreaks are more numerous now, and why that is an indicator of improvements, not failures, of our food safety system
What these developments may mean from a policy standpoint, and where this may take us in the future

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July 24, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Illuminate & Innovate: Optimizing Lighting for Food and Beverage Facilities With Energy Efficiency in Mind

In today's competitive landscape, efficient lighting plays a crucial role in enhancing productivity, ensuring food safety, and reducing operational costs in food and beverage facilities. This seminar aims to explore the latest advancements and best practices in lighting design tailored specifically for the unique needs of food and beverage processing environments.

Key Topics:

1. Importance of Lighting in Food and Beverage Facilities:

- Impact on food safety and quality assurance.
- Enhancing employee productivity and well-being.
- Compliance with regulatory standards.

2. Energy Efficiency Strategies:

- LED technology and its benefits over traditional lighting systems.
- Smart lighting controls and automation.
- Case studies showcasing energy savings and ROI.

3. Design Considerations:

- Lighting design principles for different areas (production, storage, packaging).
- Color rendering and its influence on food appearance.
- Maintenance considerations for sustainable operations.

4. Integration with Sustainability Goals:

- Aligning lighting upgrades with corporate sustainability objectives.
- Environmental benefits of energy-efficient lighting solutions.
- Green certifications and their impact on market competitiveness.

5. Future Trends and Innovations:

- Emerging technologies in food facility lighting.
- IoT (Internet of Things) applications in lighting management.
- Predictive maintenance and data-driven insights.

Audience: This seminar is designed for facility managers, engineers, lighting designers, and anyone involved in the planning, operation, or maintenance of food and beverage processing facilities. It provides practical insights and actionable strategies to optimize lighting systems for improved efficiency, productivity, and sustainability.

Outcome: Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of how strategic lighting choices can positively impact their operations, from compliance and safety to cost savings and environmental stewardship. By leveraging the latest technologies and design principles, attendees will be equipped to implement tailored lighting solutions that meet both operational goals and regulatory requirements in the food and beverage industry.

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July 24, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

Breaking Down Bread Trends

Consumers continue biting into bread on a regular basis. However, for producers to capture a healthier slice of the market, they need to be on top of what the various segments of the shopping population are hungry for. This webinar will dive into the various consumer and product trends producers need to know to stay ahead.

Key Takeaways:

Hot trends in bread products
Consumer behaviors and desires broken down by generation
Overall evolution of shopping patterns and preferences
Retail sales indicators for bread preferences, including whole grain, seeded, sourdough, and other product types

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July 23, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

How to Improve Sustainability in Confections

Sustainability is more important than ever, and more and more consumers are looking for brands with recognizable ingredients in their confectionery products.

This exclusive webinar will cover confectionery trends and industry challenges, such as sustainability and low contaminant levels, and how producers can benefit from using certain ingredients in their products.

Learning objectives:

Explore the role of sustainability in confectionery products
Understand consumers' desire for products that have low contaminants
Discover the latest consumer trends driving confectionery purchases
Identify challenges in sustainability in the industry

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July 18, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Atomic Habits for AE Professionals

In the bestselling book Atomic Habits, James Clear illustrates that the key to unlocking significant improvements in our lives lies in small, incremental changes, emphasizing systems over goals for sustained progress.

This webinar explores how integrating technologies into our daily routines, guided by Clear's four laws of behavior change (make it obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying), can transform our work processes and AE firm’s culture. By adopting a mindset shift towards seeing ourselves not just as design professionals, but as innovators, we align technology with our identity, ensuring its seamless adoption.

Join the founder of The Well-Designed Firm and former Chief Creative Officer of BQE Software, Steven Burns, FAIA, as he shares actionable insights on fostering a culture that embraces experimentation and learning, illustrating how these atomic habits can compound to achieve remarkable growth. Discover how to leverage these principles to propel your AE firm forward by letting automation and technology handle the heavy lifting, saving you hours per week!

Learning objectives:

Leverage automated reporting and invoicing, transforming daily routines into efficient workflows, dramatically improving cash flow and reducing administrative tasks.
Ensure balanced workloads and timely project completion by making human resource allocation a regular practice.
Utilize technology to gain accurate insights into project costs and staff productivity by making daily time tracking a non-negotiable habit.
Foster a culture that embraces adaptation and continuous improvement through small, habitual changes in how technology is perceived and utilized within the firm.

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July 16, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Is Your Food Safety Plan Up to Date?

Join The National Provisioner for an overview of food safety best practices that all meat and poultry processors need to make part of their operational routine. Food industry consultant and lawyer Joel Chappelle of Food Industry Counsel LLC will address the latest developments in food safety best practices and regulatory trends impacting the meat and poultry business.

Learning objectives:

Learn what new USDA regulations for Salmonella mean for poultry products – and other proteins.
Key areas of focus when crafting an audit-ready food safety plan.
How to foster a culture of safe food production and handling at your company.

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July 10, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

The Latest in Dairy Food Safety

Food safety is one of the most important topics in the dairy industry, yet it continues to be a daily challenge for dairy processors. Join the husband-and-wife team, Rich and Heather Draper, of the Ice Cream Club Inc., who have implemented food safety practices for more than 40 years, as well as John Postiglione, Senior Manager, Spirax Sarco's Applications Engineering Group, for this fascinating and educational webinar.

Join us to gain an understanding of:

Practical solutions to improve food safety
The latest information about regulations in food safety
How an ice cream processor continues to focus on food safety with tremendous results

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June 27, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

How F&B Manufacturers Can Benefit From Using MBR

Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) systems offer significant benefits for food and beverage manufacturers. During this webinar, led by a panel of leading experts in this technology, we’ll immerse ourselves in the cutting-edge of MBR technologies.

Our expert speakers will cover how:

- MBR systems produce high-quality effluent suitable for water reuse, conserving water resources and minimizing wastewater discharge.
- To align with ESG goals, MBR reduces environmental impacts and promotes sustainability.
- MBR technology has become technologically advanced, easy to operate and cost-efficient.
- An MBR system’s automated nature ensures consistent performance, reduced labor costs, and enhanced operational efficiency.

By adopting MBR technology, manufacturers can achieve regulatory compliance, support environmental stewardship, and improve resource management, contributing to a greener, more sustainable industry. By joining the webinar, you’ll also receive access to a new whitepaper, 'Turning Wastewater into Value for Your Business.’

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June 26, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Personal Hygiene: Requirements for SSOPs and Best Practices for Food Safety

In both food processing and retail foodservice settings, a critical part of facility sanitation relies on employee personal hygiene. Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs), a component of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulatory frameworks and facility HACCP programs, define how good hygiene practices contribute to food safety.

Handwashing and glove-changing are key, as are the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and cleaning of uniforms and footwear. The correct application of specialty chemical product interventions and cleaning procedures are needed to achieve risk reduction, sanitation success, and adherence to clearly communicated policies for employee personal hygiene.

From this webinar, attendees will learn:

How SSOPs fit into regulatory frameworks and HACCP, and why it is important to ensure that SSOPs are followed correctly
How employee personal hygiene is fundamental to food processing and foodservice facility sanitation, with real-world examples and best practice recommendations
Key elements to consider with personal hygiene in SSOPs, and how to achieve success in facility hygiene culture

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June 25, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Where Active Nutrition Meets Innovation! Growing Market for Sports Performance & Energy Products

Freedonia Group estimates that US energy and sports drinks generate $33.6 billion in annual sales and fuel a market that’s projected to grow at an average rate of 6.4% annually through 2027. This segment was also reviewed by global product tracker Innova Market Insights. In a February 2024 report, Innova said one-third of US consumers purchased energy drinks in the past year, and nearly a quarter purchased sports drinks. In addition, more consumers have increased—rather than decreased—their consumption of these popular drinks.

What are the new products and ingredients driving the energy and sports performance product markets? Listen in as Prepared Foods dives into both the trends and technologies influencing new energy and sports performance foods and beverages.

Webinar attendees will learn about:

Consumer attitudes influencing sports, energy drink and food sales
Overall market trends
New product examples (including functional drinks, bars, gummies and more)
New sports/performance nutrition research
New ingredients for pre-workout energy, workout hydration (and focus) and post-workout recovery

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June 25, 2024 12:00 p.m. EDT

How to Design and Produce Food and Beverage Packaging for the Circular Economy

In an era where sustainability is no longer just a buzzword, the food and beverage packaging industry is increasingly required to be at the forefront of this innovation. By adopting circular packaging processes and solutions, producers can meet regulatory requirements while also satisfying consumer demand and enhancing brand reputation.

Join Husky to learn more about the broader implications of the circular economy, as well as how leading brands are leveraging this opportunity to reduce costs, increase design flexibility, and boost product differentiation.

What you will learn:

The cost and operational benefits of embracing circularity
Key materials in circular packaging, including rPET and emerging bio-plastics
How to design a circular food and beverage package
Strategies for selecting sustainable closures to future-proof packaging solutions
Optimization and streamlining of production processes for enhanced efficiency
How Husky technologies can enable your sustainable success

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June 19, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Fresh Take for Craft Beverage Alcohol

Craft beverage alcohol innovators have been known to test the boundaries of what consumers will imbibe with, but as the category deals with impacts of inflation, health and wellness, and an evolving on-premise market, many beer, wine and spirit entrepreneurs are stepping out of even their comfort zones to craft the next solution to enter the zeitgeist.

In this webinar, discover how craft purveyors are balancing the traditions of beverage alcohol, but also supporting the non-alcohol revolution.

Learning Objectives:

Find out the state of the craft beer and spirits markets.
Learn whether ready-to-drink solutions will continue their run
Hear how craft is playing a bigger role in the non-alcohol movement
Discover what’s next for the craft beverage alcohol space

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June 13, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

Sipping on Innovation: Discover New Functional Ingredients for the Future of Beverages

Functional beverages are one of the hottest trends in health & wellness. Now, consumers are demanding more function from their functional beverages. To do this effectively, we’ll need highly innovative beverage friendly ingredients that are backed by solid clinical science.

PLT Health Solutions offers a growing portfolio of neutral tasting, water-dispersible and ‘beverage friendly’ ingredients with gold-standard clinical scientific support. These are available for a broad range of health categories – from sports nutrition, mood and stress support to hydration and healthy aging for joints and skin. This webinar will review the science behind these ingredients and how they can be added to your formulations.

Learning Objectives:

What makes a beverage friendly ingredient?
The importance of quality clinical science in creating the next generation of functional beverages
The science behind beverage friendly ingredients across a broad range of health categories
Review of clinical trials on beverage friendly ingredients

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June 12, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

Air Treatment for Improving Food Safety and Gaining Business Advantage

This webinar, co-presented with Larry Keener, CFS, PA, a global leader in food safety and technology solutions and Jean-Francois Huc, Vice President of Pyure, offers a comprehensive exploration of the role of air quality in enhancing food safety and operational hygiene in the food processing industry. Attendees will delve into the challenges and costs of mitigating microbial contamination, the science behind Pyure's active air purification technology, and its real-world impact on operational costs, productivity gain, yield, and recalls. The session will also demonstrate the economic benefits and strategic advantages of integrating Pyure's innovative technology with existing hygienic design measures.

From this webinar, attendees will learn:

How air hygiene directly influences food safety and facility operations, emphasizing the prevention of microbial contamination
Insights into Pyure's unique hydroxyl technology and its effectiveness in combating pathogens and spoilage organisms—both in the air and on food contact surfaces—while operating in a continuous production mode
Concrete examples of how improved air quality can lead to better productivity, lower costs, and enhanced asset utilization
Guidance on integrating advanced air purification technologies with traditional safety and hygienic design protocols that enhance food safety measures and protect brand reputation

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May 30, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

Solving Foreign Material Contamination—How External X-Ray Inspection Saves More Product and Reduces Rework

Foreign material contamination incidents can have a massive impact on revenue and your consumer brand, but many producers lack the resources to do more than flag an issue in-house. External foreign material inspection can unlock the capacity needed to re-inspect and remediate on-hold product quickly and cost-effectively – while also ensuring that you have the right information to make an informed decision on what to do with product.

From this webinar, attendees will learn:

The most common sources of foreign material contamination
How to respond when an incident occurs
How external X-ray inspection technology differs from an in-line setup
The benefits of managing externally vs. in-house

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May 23, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

Tipping Point: Sugar Reduction’s Progress and Promise

Every challenge provides an opportunity for growth. And perhaps there’s been no bigger ongoing challenge than sugar when it comes to the American diet, nutrition, and health. Yet ingredient suppliers and food and beverage formulators learn more each year about creative and clever ways to keep the sweet without the added sugar.

This exclusive Prepared Foods webinar looks at the industry’s latest low-and no-sugar new foods and beverages—as well as the new ingredient options to consider for 2024 and beyond.

Webinar registrants will hear about the latest:

Sugar reduction market topics & trendlines
New product examples involving low- and no-sugar products
Sugar reduction strategies in formulation
New and emerging natural sweetener options for 2024 and beyond

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May 16, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

2024 Trends in Flavors

The right flavor or flavor combination can add excitement to — and encourage trial of — new dairy products such as ice cream, cultured dairy products and dairy beverages. Conversely, the wrong flavor or flavor combination can result in new product failure. Join Dairy Foods for its latest webinar, featuring John Crawford, Vice President of Client Insights-Dairy at Circana, and Gina Roberts, Solutions Architect at SPINS, as they explore ways to find flavor inspiration for new dairy products.

Learning Objectives:

Learn the latest flavor data from trusted research partners
Learn about what flavors are trending in various dairy categories
Identify fresh sources of new flavor inspiration

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May 16, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

How to Achieve Excellence in Food Safety Business Leadership

How do we define food safety business leadership in the retail foodservice industry? And how can leaders strive for excellence, so that they can serve as models for other food safety professionals to achieve in their careers? Led by renowned food safety business leader and public health specialist Hal King, Ph.D., this webinar features the perspectives of three top food safety business leaders at best-in-class retail foodservice operations. The discussion will draw on the learnings shared in Dr. King's recently published book, Food Safety Leadership in the Business of Food Safety.

Our speakers, who contributed to the book, will share insights on how to align food safety to business objectives, how to lead a food safety program as a value proposition for the business, and how to succeed in global food safety business leadership through the power of influence, among other topics. Join us for a comprehensive discussion on how to achieve excellence in food safety business leadership!

From this webinar, attendees will learn:

How top food safety professionals define and achieve food safety business leadership
How food safety business leaders can facilitate effective leadership in food safety and business management within their companies and the wider food industry
Why food safety business leadership is so important to the success of a retail foodservice or sales business, and how it impacts public health

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May 15, 2024 12:00 p.m. EDT

Predicting the Future of RTDs

The rise of Hard Seltzers was nothing short of spectacular. It took the alcohol industry completely by surprise - but not Black Swan Data. Their analysis identified the rise of key converging need-spaces and trends before brands like White Claw and Truly turned the category upside-down. Fast-forward to today, and RTDs remain a key growth space, but the market has become increasingly crowded. In this webinar, Black Swan uses AI-powered social intelligence to analyze the key trends driving change in the RTD space with recommendations for how brands can stay ahead of the curve.

They will cover:

The emerging consumer needs and drinking occasions shaping behavior and choice
The new flavors, ingredients, and formats to watch out for
The innovation opportunities that brands should prioritize NOW and NEXT

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May 1, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

Six Steps To Kick-Start Your Preventive Maintenance Program

If you are like most managers, it feels like you never have the time you need to hone and define your preventive maintenance program. However, setting up a plan does not need to be complicated. In fact, it can be drilled down to six proven steps.

Join Matt Burtz, former Maintenance Director at Preferred Popcorn, and Kristin Drake, Vice President of Customer Success at Limble, as they walk through how to set up a preventive maintenance program that improves uptime, productivity, compliance, and scale.

Attend this webinar, and walk away with actionable steps to help you understand:

How to set up your preventive maintenance program to build a sustainable path toward increased uptime
How to document procedures and track completed work so you can pass audits with ease
How software can help you optimize equipment maintenance to reduce breakdowns

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April 30, 2024 03:30 p.m. EDT

Ahead of the Curve: Managing Global Pesticide Maximum Residue Levels

Navigating varying pesticide maximum residue levels (MRLs) is not just a matter of compliance; it is integral to maintaining product safety, consumer trust, and market access. Managing these regulations in a global market lacking harmonization presents several challenges for the entire food industry from farm to table. From tracking MRLs for multiple commodities and markets to understanding and applying complex deferral policies, companies must always be a step ahead to protect their reputation and mitigate risks. Join our webinar to explore these critical issues and learn actionable solutions to efficiently manage MRLs.

From this webinar, attendees will learn:

The critical role of managing pesticide MRLs in the food industry
Recent examples of violations and impacts
Why lack of harmonization creates barriers to managing regulations for multiple markets
Proactive strategies to streamline compliance management

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April 30, 2024 03:00 p.m. EDT

2024 State of the Industry: Alcoholic Beverages

The three key beverage alcohol markets ― beer, wine, and spirits ― continue to see consumers approach alcohol consumption in new ways as premiumization and sober-curious trends take on a bigger role. However, inflation concerns could upend some of these effects. In Beverage Industry’s annual State of the Industry: The Alcohol Beverage Market, analysts at Beverage Marketing Corporation delve into these trends and how they’re shaping the industry.

In this webinar, you will learn:

What impact alcohol-free products are having on beverage alcohol
Which innovations are driving ready-to-drink/ready-to-serve growth
What impact inflation is having on market growth
Whether cannabis will have an effect on beverage alcohol in the coming year

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April 30, 2024 02:30 p.m. EDT

Breaking Bread: How a Century-Old Tool is Reducing Sodium Today

Join global expert Dr. Soo-Yeun Lee of Washington State University and Chef Aaron Andrews of Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America (AHN) as they share how umami and specifically, monosodium glutamate (MSG), can reduce sodium in bread and other baked goods. Dr. Lee will review her new research findings on umami as a sodium-reduction tool alongside the consumer acceptance of reduced-sodium bread products with MSG. Chef Andrews will round out the discussion sharing how AHN has applied these learnings to achieve up to 30% sodium reduction across various baked applications. Attendees will be empowered to reduce sodium without compromising taste.

Attendees will learn:

Details of university-led studies confirming consumer acceptance of reduced-sodium bread with MSG
Effective strategies for meeting FDA sodium reduction targets ahead of your competition
How MSG can serve as a partial substitute for salt while preserving texture, mixing time and rise in bread
The broad range of sodium-reduction applications AHN has completed, including milk bread, brioche, hamburger buns, pizza dough and crackers

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October 4, 2017 02:00 p.m. EDT

Milk Protein Ingredients – What Every Food Product Developer Needs To Know

To successfully develop new food products, developers must fully understand the nutritional and functional properties of food ingredients. Milk protein ingredients provide excellent solutions for product developers seeking to develop nutritious foods that can meet consumer needs. Learn why today’s product developers are increasingly seeking highly functional milk protein ingredients to develop value added health and wellness food products that are on trend and in demand globally. Gain a better understanding of the potential health and wellness benefits of dairy protein consumption. Become a smarter user of milk protein ingredients by learning which milk protein ingredients are best suited for your food product application.

Learning Objectives:

Become familiar with the similarities and differences in milk protein ingredients composition
Receive updated information on health and wellness benefits of milk proteins
Gain better proficiency in selection of milk protein ingredients for optimal function in food applications

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