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A range of coated oven snacks from the Dutch manufacturer Royaan is shaking things up in the frozen snack foods market. Having won Food Personality’s “2015 FoodTopAward” at the end

At its third annual forum on Global Food Security held recently in Dublin, Teagasc, the Irish agriculture and food development agency, called on all parties involved to form more dynamic

FrieslandCampina has increased its equity stake in its subsidiary FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria from 54.6% to 67.6% at a cost of approximately €180 million. FrieslandCampina WAMCO has been a key player

Glanbia, the global performance nutrition and ingredients group, has appointed Henry Corbally as chairman. Henry Corbally succeeds Liam Herlihy, who retired as chairman and director of the company on 12

Nestlé has celebrated the 10th year anniversary of its Nestlé Professional Beverage Centre in Orbe, Switzerland, the company’s R&D facility entirely dedicated to its out-of-home beverage business. The ceremony was

The Danish company, DK-Konfekture from Herlev, is a new customer of Nagel Danmark, a subsidiary of the Nagel-Group. The food logistics specialist has taken over the warehouse management and order

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is referring the proposed sale of Dairy Crest’s Dairies operations to Muller UK & Ireland Group for a phase 2 investigation. The CMA

Coca-Cola Enterprises has launched its tenth annual Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability report, which includes its most ambitious commitments to date. The new targets provide a strong response to stakeholder feedback

The Teeling Whiskey Company (TWC) has officially opened its brand new distillery and visitor centre in The Liberties area of, Dublin. The €10 million distillery is the first in Dublin

Nestlé is strengthening its ice cream business in China with a RMB100 million (more than SFr15 million, Eur14 million) investment in its factories in Tianjin and Guangzhou. The company has

Tetra Pak has launched a new high-capacity extrusion line, which is the most efficient solution currently available on the market for the large scale production of ice cream sticks and

PepsiCo’s flagship global brands Lay’s, Gatorade and Pepsi MAX are joining forces with the UEFA Champions League as global beverages and foods giant has entered a new partnership with the

A new Irish biscuit company, East Coast Bakehouse, has been launched and will invest €15 million in a new large scale commercial biscuit manufacturing facility located on Ireland’s east coast

US-based food group General Mills has launched its Yoplait yogurt brand in China. Three new yogurt lines will be rolling out in hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores in Shanghai, giving

Mondelez International has announced a breakthrough mobile marketing initiative, Shopper Futures, which brings together ambitious entrepreneurs and retailers to help transform the consumer retail experience. The program will pair Mondelez

Incorporating brands such as Anhydro, APV, Bran+Luebbe, Gerstenberg Schröder, Seital, e&e, Lightnin and Waukesha Cherry-Burrell; SPX has a long history in supplying leading processing solutions across dairy, food and beverage

Qualitative consumer research commissioned by functional ingredients manufacturer BENEO, reveals that consumers are increasingly aware of the benefits of low glycaemic nutrition. Carried out in the UK, Germany and Spain

A new drive to address palm oil’s global sustainability challenges emerged at RSPO’s third European Roundtable held recently in Amsterdam, gathering an audience of around two hundred and eighty industries,

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently advised that free sugars should be limited to below 10% of total energy intake and has suggested action needs to be taken promptly

SternMaid, one of Europe’s leading contract manufacturers, has commissioned a new, fully automatic can filling line for powdered and granulated products at its facility in Wittenburg, Germany. A tray and
Hinoman has created a cultivation system to address one of the major challenges in the development of healthy food products for the coming decades. The new, groundbreaking technology grows a
Since 13 December 2014 nanoparticles have to be labelled on foodstuff. According to the EU regulation concerning food information the

Ann-Beth Freuchen (pictured) has been appointed Orkla Executive VP and CEO of the Orkla Confectionery & Snacks business area. She

Arla Foods UK, the farmer-owned dairy company, is unveiling the latest phase of its multi-million pound campaign that has seen

The 2015 FreeFrom Eating Out Awards, after an extremely successful launch last year, are now open for entry. The awards, which

Carlsberg UK has grown its Crafted portfolio of craft and speciality beers for 2015, with the range increasing to 39

In recent years, FrieslandCampina has invested heavily in greater production capacity, quality improvements and safety at production facilities including those

The Irish Whiskey Association has welcomed the news that US distiller Brown Forman, the company behind the Jack Daniel’s brand,

US distillery group Brown-Forman Corporation has purchased Slane Castle Irish Whiskey. Brown-Forman will invest approximately $50 million to build a

European Independent Purchasing Company (EIPC) has announced that production of the SUBWAY® brand’s cookies has moved to Europe – marking

Ireland’s leading food and support services company Compass Group Ireland, continues to expand its Irish supplier portfolio with the appointment

The latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 24 May 2015, show continued slow growth

Nomad Holdings has completed its acquisition of Iglo Foods Holdings, Europe’s leading frozen food company, for approximately €2.6 billion from
Fisheries in Europe are further progressing to sustainability in the North and West of the European Union. More fish can

50,000 young Europeans have found jobs or training opportunities in the first year of the Alliance for YOUth – a

Bel Group, the French branded cheeses specialist, is acquiring a 69.82% majority shareholding in Safilait, the third largest dairy processor
McCormick & Company, the US-based global flavour specialist, has completed the purchase of 100% of the shares of Drogheria &

Joloda International have recently installed a new fully automatic loading system for food giant PepsiCo to move 42 pallets of

Nicholas Thorne, VP Research and Development for Global Closure Systems (GCS), will present the “sustainability approach for the caps &

The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the final set of results from its year-long survey of campylobacter on

We all know that pleasurable feeling of satiety, the satisfaction you experience when you’ve eaten a good meal and feel

Carlsberg Group’s Jacobsen craft brewery in Copenhagen was inaugurated ten years ago. The brewery began its life as an ode

Mondelez International has published its Call For Well-being 2014 Progress Report. The report details how the world’s leading snacking company exceeded

Reinforcing its role at the forefront of sectoral Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in the agri-food chain, the European Starch Industry
Potential danger is hiding as food makes the journey to your customer. Introducing a touch of temperature-monitoring technology at critical

The Eckes-Granini Group, the international producer and supplier of non-alcoholic beverages under the umbrella of Eckes AG, ended business year

International buyers and leading decision makers will be flocking to Packaging Innovations London 2015 to see the most innovative and

TOMRA Sorting Solutions has installed a brand new 56 square meter cold room in its test and demonstration center in
NVP Energy, a clean-tech company with an innovative technology that can turn wastewater into a revenue generator for end users

A preliminary estimate of the Teagasc National Farm Survey results show that Irish family farm income increased by 6% in

Egemin Automation will build a new automated deep-freeze warehouse for Belgian producer of frozen French fries Agristo on its production

In food production it is vital that the correct flooring is chosen for maximum safety and efficiency around the workplace.
Dairy Crest, the UK dairy foods processor, has reported a 4% drop in group revenue from continuing operations to £1.33