From the smallest restaurant, supermarket or butcher shop to the largest industrial meat processor, Hollymatic, Countryside, Ill., offers six different formers, complete with varying capacities from 1,200 to 7,800 patties per hour to form and portion beef, poultry, fish, vegetables and more.

Like any good superhero, meat, poultry and seafood processors have evolved with the times, embracing consumer demand and flexing their powers to become bigger and bolder than ever.

When hunger pains strike, there’s no turning back. From there, it’s the constant nagging and throbbing of your insides saying, “Feed me, feed me.”

Koch Foods, Park Ridge, Ill., expanded its Snack Cravers product line to include boneless chicken chunks accompanied by two mix-and-match sauces, giving consumers multiple sauce selections.

Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) 4010 EP Food Label from Checkpoint Systems, Inc., Thorofare, N.J., earns certification as microwave-safe from TUV Rheinland, a testing and certification group based in Germany.