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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

June 24, 2019

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