Scottish salmon top food export from UK in 2023

Scottish salmon exports were far higher than the UK's second-largest food export, Cheddar cheese, as well as other popular British products like lamb and beef Scottish salmon was named the UK’s top food export in 2023, following the publication of annual HMRC figures. Sales of the nutritiou...

MYCO to launch Britain’s greenest burger after £1.5m investment

The sustainable range will be available to the trade by the end of March 2024 MYCO is set to launch Britain’s greenest burgers following a £1.5 million investment. MYCO’s plant-based protein, Hooba, is produced from vertically farmed oyster mushrooms grown at our new production site in ...

Onubafruit unveils new varieties of blueberries at Fruit Logística

Onubafruit's berries are predominantly sold in Europe, accounting for nearly 99 per cent of its international sales, with the remaining sales in Asia Onubafruit showcased five blueberry varieties at Fruit Logistica, including Demba, Sana, Selma, Aila, and FV1905 variety. This marks a significant...

BRITA SE Germany acquires innovative hydration company LARQ 

Experts in drinking water optimization continue international expansion into North American consumer business under the LARQ brand BRITA SE, one of the world's leading companies in the field of drinking water optimisation and individualisation, has acquired LARQ, Inc., the innovative brand behi...

Nestlé announces sell of Nordic premium culinary brands to Solina

The transaction is expected to close end of March following an information process with employees where required Nestlé announces an agreement to sell its Nordic Professional Premium Culinary business, which includes the brands OSCAR and PULJONKI, as well as two factories located in Roennede, D...

EU-Thailand FTA incorporates measures to improve sustainability of seafood: MAC

The main product imported into the EU from Thailand is prepared and preserved fish, of which canned and preserved tuna represents the majority of the volume The Market Advisory Council (MAC) provided recommendations to the European Commission concerning the ongoing negot...

ABB launches process automation solution for cold block stage of beer production

The cold block stage of the brewing process involves fermentation and maturation, yeast management, filtration, bright beer tanks (BBT) area, cleaning in place (CIP), and all secondary processes Following the introduction of its ABB Ability™ BeerMaker intelligent process automation control sol...

Netherlands’ Dawn Foods announces acquisition of Royal Steensma

The acquisition includes four manufacturing plants in The Netherlands, a manufacturing facility in Thailand, and continued involvement with the Food Innovation Academy (FIA) education centre in The Netherlands Global bakery manufacturer and ingredients supplier Dawn Foods announced the a...

UK’s Complete Food acquires SK Foods and Zorba Foods

The two food businesses are category leaders in private-label chilled party foods and dips and deli fillings, with a combined turnover of over £160m and over 1,150 employees The Complete Food Group announced that SK and Zorba Foods have been acquired from The Entrepreneurial Food Group. The ...

Krones to expand portfolio into injection moulding with acquisition of Netstal

The final signing of the transaction is scheduled for the beginning of February 2024 Krones is close to signing an agreement regarding the acquisition of 100 per cent of Netstal Maschinen AG (Netstal) from KraussMaffei. Based in Naefels, Switzerland, Netstal is a leading supplier of injection mo...

Coca-Cola trials label-less packaging in UK

The pilot will see labels temporarily removed from single 500ml Sprite and Sprite Zero bottles and replaced with an embossed logo on the front of the pack Coca-Cola will temporarily remove labels from Sprite and Sprite Zero on-the-go bottles this January in a limited trial of “label-less” pa...

Seviroli Foods acquires portfolio of Italian food products from Ajinomoto Foods

Acquisition expands seviroli’s product offering and bolsters customer and vendor relationships Seviroli Foods LLC (Seviroli), a portfolio company of Mill Point Capital LLC (Mill Point) and a leading manufacturer of frozen pasta and other food products and importer of speciality foods, announce...

Fonterra to install first electrode boiler in Switzerland

In its next step to get out of coal, Fonterra has announced it will install a 20-megawatt electrode boiler at its Edendale site in Switzerland This is another step for the cooperative as it works to get out of coal by 2037 and reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50 per cent by 2030 (from 2018 base...

EverSweet stevia sweetener receives safety opinions from EFSA and FSA

Avansya has quantified the sweetener’s environmental benefits through consecutive, third-party-verified life cycle assessments Avansya, the joint venture between Cargill and dsm-firmenich, announced that the EverSweet® stevia sweetener has received a positive safety opinion fro...

ABB announces commercial launch of 3 new raspberry varieties

The addition of these three varieties to ABB’s portfolio of raspberry varieties, enables growers to achieve year-round production Netherlands-based Advanced Berry Breeding (ABB) is proud to announce the commercial launch of three new varieties – the premium Malaika®, as well as Zawadi and B...

CELSIUS expands to Canada, UK and Ireland

CELSIUS and PepsiCo expand distribution arrangement to include Canada Celsius Holdings, Inc., maker of energy drink brand CELSIUS®, announced its expansion into new international markets, growing the company's global sales and distribution footprint to provide energy to more consumers in ...

Plukon Food acquires Spanish poultry firm Redondo

Plukon and Redondo both have a strong focus on quality and performance Plukon Food Group B.V. (Plukon) has reached an agreement for the 100 per cent acquisition of Redondo, an integrated poultry company located in the region of Madrid. Redondo is a second-generation family-owned business that...

IFF and Bellona partners to restore Norwegian seaweed forests

The collaboration on the Norwegian Marine Restoration (NoMaRe) project aims to restore 5,000 square kilometres of seaweed forest by managing invasive sea urchin predation IFF a global leader in food and beverage, home and personal care and health, announced its partnership with environmental non...

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