It's the final days of the year, which means we're all inundated with countless "Top XX of the Year" lists. To that I say, embrace it. Even in such a tumultuous year as 2021, it's always worth taking a look back at the year that was.
Here's a look back at the most-read articles published by Food Manufacturing during 2021, and they're all worth giving another read, or a first if you haven't yet.
- Food & Beverage Class Actions: What You Need to Know for 2021 (published Jan. 6)
- Exploring the Growth of Plant-Based Milk (published Sept. 23)
- How Tech Improves Traceability in Food & Beverage (published April 15)
- Food Ingredient GRAS Conclusions: What You Should Know (published Feb. 15)
- Beyond Recycling: The Role of Contract Packaging in a Circular Economy (published April 9)
- Here's How One Energy Drink Maker is Standing Out With Natural Ingredients (published Feb. 26)
- Automating Food & Beverage Operations Now to Meet Future Demands (published Oct. 27)
- 4 Considerations When Future-Proofing Plant-Based Food Manufacturing (published Aug. 30)
- Infographic: The Pros and Cons of Various Food Processing Technologies (published Jan. 13)
- What California’s Farm Animal Confinement Law Means For Your Business (published Nov. 29)
- Strategic CPG Brands’ Secret Weapon for Combatting Price Inflation (published Dec. 2)
- One Year Later: The Pandemic’s Impact on the Food Supply Chain (published April 7)
- Sick on the Job: Meatpacking Plants as COVID-19 Hotspots (published March 1)
- Food Manufacturing Executives Need to Embrace the Triple Bottom Line (published Aug. 16)
- Q&A: What's Causing Supply Chain Shortages, and How to Prevent Them (published April 30)
Oldies but Goodies
Additionally, here are the blogs & articles that were published prior to 2021 that still were among the most-read items this year:
- Ways to Improve Productivity in Food Manufacturing (published Oct. 11, 2018)
- The Pandemic's Bullwhip Effect on Food & Beverage Inventory (published July 16, 2020)
- How COVID-19 Has Impacted Consumer Food Habits (published May 18, 2020)
- Top Challenges Facing The Snack Food Industry (published June 12, 2018)
- 4 Effective Steps for Rodent Control in Your Food Processing Facility (published April 24, 2019)
- Simplifying Quality Assurance for the Meat Processing Industry (published March 14, 2019)
- What to Know About Naturally Preserving Food With Gases (published April 14, 2020)
