Food-grade Lubricants

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Simmering Over Food-grade Lubes

Lubes'n'Greases - May 27, 2014

Both Europeans and North Americans are advancing ideas aimed at helping food processors to buy and apply the safest prod ...

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Food-grade Choice: H1 or H2?

Lubes'n'Greases - May 27, 2014

Some blenders would like to see more teeth in the registration programs for food-grade lubes. To start, they think H2 pr ...

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Put H2 Lubes in Their Place

Lubes'n'Greases - May 27, 2014

No, theyre not food grade lubes, but when it comes to protecting food and beverage plants, these products still can brin ...

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Sweet-and-Sour Days for Food Grade Lubes

Lubes'n'Greases - May 22, 2014

Its an appetizing market, full of tasty and profitable morsels. How lubricant and grease companies can get a seat at the ...

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From Farm to Fork

Lubes'n'Greases - May 21, 2014

The worlds food processors are experiencing dramatic growth, along with heightened scrutiny at every step by consumers a ...

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A Multitool for Formulators

Lubes'n'Greases - May 21, 2014

Alkylated naphthalenes were once the high-priced alternative to esters; today its a different story. Heres a look at the ...

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Sweet Success

Lubes'n'Greases - May 17, 2014

Despite misgivings, maintenance was told to use only food grade lubes throughout Hersheys confectionery plant in Memphis ...

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Dishing Up Food-grade Lubes

Lubes'n'Greases - May 16, 2014

Heightened regulations. Worries about equipment reliability. Smarter and better production methods. They all smell like ...

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Rumblings in Food-grade

Lubes'n'Greases - May 12, 2014

Lubes. In this acronym-giddy market - where USDA, FSIS, FDA, EPA and HACCP rule - lube makers have plenty to stew over. ...

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Welcome to the Food Business

Lubes'n'Greases - May 12, 2014

Canadas new packaging safety recommendations could have sweeping effects along the global food chain - including lubrica ...

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Creative Juices for Food-grade Lubes

Lubes'n'Greases - May 10, 2014

Demanding equipment, regulatory scrutiny, growing competition. How can formulators meet all those targets with a limited ...

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Awash in Challenges

Lubes'n'Greases - May 8, 2014

Bakers, chillers, bottlers, packers, canners, milkers, brewers, slicers, freezers: They all need lubricants, and they al ...

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Premature Epitaph for Group I Base Oils?

Lubes'n'Greases EMEA - May 1, 2014

The news has been full of dire warnings about the inevitable demise of Group I base oils. But a marketing consultant doe ...

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Sorting Out Food-grade Lubes

Lubes'n'Greases EMEA - April 25, 2014

Food-grade lubricants continue to make inroads with food and beverage processing companies. As an industry insider expla ...

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Safe Lubes for Food Packaging

Lubes'n'Greases EMEA - April 15, 2014

One area often overlooked in food production is the lubricants for the machines fabricating food packaging. One industry ...

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One Companys Perspective on Biobased Lubricants

Lubes'n'Greases EMEA - February 12, 2014

Otto Botz of Rowe Minerallwerk GmbH examines the capabilities and future prospects for biolubricants.

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Food-grade & Fire-resistant: The Best of All Worlds

Lubes'n'Greases - January 3, 2014

Food-grade and Fire-resistant. Heat abounds in food processing plants -- for frying, grilling, scalding, singeing and mo ...

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Food Industry Lubricants Discussed

Lube Report - November 21, 2012

LISBON-European manufacturers of H1 lubricants for the food industry say they are concerned about what they view as pote ...