June 3, 2024 | Company News

Kelpi secures £4.3Mn funding to take seaweed packaging to market

The funds will be used to advance manufacturing pilots and gain regulatory approval for proprietary coatings for paper and cards as well as continue a commercial roll-out which has already…

May 30, 2024 | Beverages

Japan’s ITO EN launches beverages with SIG drinksplus technology

The two new products from ITO EN are Crunchy Smoothie, a carrot smoothie with carrot pieces, and Crispy Potage, a creamy tomato potage with onion bits ITO EN, a key…

May 29, 2024 | Africa

ALPLA Group partners with Re-Purpose for sustainable packaging in Africa

ALPLA is investing 60 million euros in the construction of a state-of-the-art recycling plant in Ballito in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal The ALPLA Group and Re-Purpose have announced…

May 29, 2024 | Company News

Bayer advances genome-editing initiatives for nutrition-enhanced vegetables

Collaboration with G+FLAS to develop new tomato varieties addresses Vitamin D deficiency affecting a billion people worldwide As part of its strategic open innovation approach global life science company Bayer…

May 28, 2024 | Beverages

Diageo announces paper-based bottle trial for Baileys Irish cream liqueur

In partnership with PA Consulting, as part of the Bottle Collective with PA and PulPac, Diageo is trialling a Dry Molded Fiber bottle which is 90 per cent paper Diageo,…

May 27, 2024 | Middle East

ICBA research paves the way to fast-tracking quinoa breeding

Research by ICBA has identified genetic markers that are correlated with particular traits in quinoa Quinoa breeders now have the genetic information about the crop which will help them develop…

May 27, 2024 | Academic

Cesarbiotic Formula may reduce number of illness incidences

PolyU launched a study on infants’ health needs based on different delivery and feeding methods Two in five newborns in Hong Kong were delivered by C-section. The Hong Kong Polytechnic…

May 23, 2024 | Company News

Unilever’s The Good Cart partners with GCTEF in Singapore

The collaboration with the Food Bank Singapore has successfully facilitated the donation of over 4,000 meals and S$50,000 in personal care items for low-income and underprivileged individuals and families  The…

May 23, 2024 | Academic

PolyU researchers develop novel fungus-based fat replacer AkkMore

This replacer not only helps lower the calorific content of food but also extends the shelf life of cream products A research team from the Research Institute for Future Food…

May 22, 2024 | Company News

Avery Dennison promotes plastic circularity and aids in waste reduction

The latest CleanFlake has also been recognised for meeting or exceeding the voluntary requirements for APR Design for Recyclability Avery Dennison Corporation has achieved a significant milestone with their groundbreaking…