Food-grade Lubricants

Vickers Opening Food-grade Lube Plant
Vickers Oils opened a plant dedicated to making food-grade lubricants. Photo courtesy of Vickers Oils

Vickers Opening Food-grade Lube Plant

Lube Report EMEA - February 6, 2024

Vickers Oils announced it has built a lubricant blending plant in the Leeds, United Kingdom, area dedicated to productio ...

SPOTLIGHT on Food-Grade Lubricants

SPOTLIGHT on Food-Grade Lubricants

Lubes'n'Greases - November 1, 2023

LANXESS explains how its food-grade greases are ideal for use in complex food processing environments.

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Jax Opens New Headquarters in Wisconsin

Lube Report Americas - August 23, 2023

Jax Lubricants has completed construction of a new headquarters and a factory expansion that increases its lubricants an ...

Food-Grade for Thought?

Food-Grade for Thought?

Lubes'n'Greases - July 20, 2023

The term food-grade lubricant has been generally accepted by the lubricants industry for some time, but perhaps it is no ...

Outlook for Grease Working Groups

Outlook for Grease Working Groups

Lubes'n'Greases - January 3, 2023

NLGI and ELGI’s grease working groups stay busy. What are some of the latest and most pressing things on their to-do l ...

A New International Vegan Certification

A New International Vegan Certification

Lubes'n'Greases - September 1, 2022

Find out how a new international vegan certification might affect food-grade lubricants.

Spotlight on Food-grade Lubricants

Spotlight on Food-grade Lubricants

Lubes'n'Greases - July 3, 2021

Regulations Ramp Up for Food-grade Lubes COVID-19 may have caused widespread disruption this past year, affectin ...

Food-grade Lube Formulators Draw from a More Colorful Palette

Food-grade Lube Formulators Draw from a More Colorful Palette

Lubes'n'Greases - July 3, 2021

While COVID-19 brought contraction to certain markets, the options for formulators of incidental food contact lubricants ...

Lubricants’ Role in Food Safety

Lubricants’ Role in Food Safety

Lubes'n'Greases - January 1, 2021

Lubricants and other nonfood compounds play an important role in the safe operation of food processing and production pl ...

Spotlight on Food-grade Lubricants

Spotlight on Food-grade Lubricants

Lubes'n'Greases - July 2, 2020

From dairy and meat to confectionary and fruit, the food processing industry is thriving and demand continues to grow. O ...

Out of the MOSH Pit

Out of the MOSH Pit

Lubes'n'Greases - July 2, 2020

Southeast Asia’s palm oil industry is embracing H1-registered food-grade lubricants to boost sales in the West, where ...

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Food-grade Lube Market Set to Grow

Lube Report EMEA - May 31, 2020

A new report by market research company Data Bridge forecasts the food-grade lubricants segment will grow by 7.1 percent ...

Upping the Ante on Food-grade Lubes

Upping the Ante on Food-grade Lubes

Lube Report Americas - April 29, 2020

Food-grade lubricant manufacturers looking to distinguish their products in the marketplace may wish to consider adding ...

Food-grade Lube Demand Spikes

Food-grade Lube Demand Spikes

Lube Report Asia - April 16, 2020

Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns in Asia have resulted in increased demand for food-grade lubricants, industry insiders said.

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Pitching Food-grade Lubes to Palm Industry

Lube Report Asia - March 20, 2020

As Europeans consider regulating the presence of two categories of mineral hydrocarbons in food, some palm oil producers ...

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Gost in the Machine

Lubes'n'Greases EMEA - January 17, 2020

When lubrication is concerned, standards need to evolve to match advances in technology. In Russia, some grease manufact ...

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Same Difference?

Lubes'n'Greases - June 24, 2019

Food comes from plants, but that doesnt mean biobased lubes are always fit for food processing.