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The Science and Software Behind the Food Label

    The Science and Software Behind the Food Label

Nutritics, a global food service software provider, has announced a new partnership with Nutritional Information Solutions (NIS) to further enhance standards in recipe management and food labelling across the UK.

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Higher Sales Prices Fuel Revenue Growth at FrieslandCampina

    Higher Sales Prices Fuel Revenue Growth at FrieslandCampina

International dairy co-operative Royal FrieslandCampina increased revenues by 10.7% to €6.1 billion over the first half-year 2017 and profit by 1.3% to €162 million. Revenue growth was due to an

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Arla Foods Launches New Business in Africa

    Arla Foods Launches New Business in Africa

Arla Foods is adding another market to its Sub-Saharan Africa business region by establishing a new sales and packaging facility in Ghana. The new subsidiary will begin selling Arla’s branded

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Strong Year For Pernod Ricard

    Strong Year For Pernod Ricard

Global drinks group Pernod Ricard has reported a 4% increase in revenue to €9.01 billion and a 5% rise in profit from recurring operations (PRO) to €2.39 billion for its

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New Bord Bia Study Brings High End Culinary Inspiration to Irish Food and Drink Industry

    New Bord Bia Study Brings High End Culinary Inspiration to Irish Food and Drink Industry

Personalized dishes, tapping trees to flavour water and multi-sensory experiences are just some of the innovations being undertaken by the world’s leading chefs and restaurants according to a new ‘Culinary

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Tereos – Developing Tomorrow’s Food Solutions – Today

    Tereos – Developing Tomorrow’s Food Solutions – Today

This year again, Tereos is a partner of Bridge2Food for its 10th Protein Summit (26-28 September, Reims, France). The largest global protein platform, the Protein Summit brings together industry and

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Glanbia Nutritionals Showcases Innovative Solutions and Advanced Beverage Ingredient Expertise at Drinktec 2017

    Glanbia Nutritionals Showcases Innovative Solutions and Advanced Beverage Ingredient Expertise at Drinktec 2017

Leading global nutrition and ingredient specialist Glanbia Nutritionals will showcase its extensive expertise, customised formulations, and advanced beverage solutions at drinktec 2017 in Munich. Addressing key consumer trends, Glanbia Nutritionals

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Discount Retailers to Grab a Further £9 Billion of UK Consumer Spending by 2022

    Discount Retailers to Grab a Further £9 Billion of UK Consumer Spending by 2022

The UK Discount Retail market is set to grow by 36.1% reaching a total value of £32.5 billion by 2022 according to GlobalData, a recognized leader in providing business information

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Cherkizovo Group to Export Poultry Products to Iraq

    Cherkizovo Group to Export Poultry Products to Iraq

Cherkizovo Group, the largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, has received permission to export poultry products to Iraq from its Vasilyevskaya production facility.  The Vasilyevskaya poultry farm

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Nielsen Launches Grocery Sales Measurement in Northern Ireland

    Nielsen Launches Grocery Sales Measurement in Northern Ireland

Grocery retailers and FMCG manufacturers in Northern Ireland will now have access to weekly granular sales data across supermarkets and convenience retailers, courtesy of Nielsen’s Scantrack service launching in the

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Fastest Ever Snacks Bag Maker Offers User and Sustainability Benefits

    Fastest Ever Snacks Bag Maker Offers User and Sustainability Benefits

Ishida has launched a snacks bagmaker which the company says is the world’s fastest VFFS bagmaker while delivering the highest levels of productivity performance, system efficiency and pack quality, along

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Harrogate Water’s New Pack Design

    Harrogate Water’s New Pack Design

Harrogate Spring has unveiled a striking new shrink wrap design to give standout appeal across its retail multipack range. The 12-pack of 500 ml still and a brand new 6

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Premier Foods Completes Strategic Global Partnership With Mondelēz International

    Premier Foods Completes Strategic Global Partnership With Mondelēz International

Premier Foods has completed the signing of a strategic global partnership with US-based Mondelēz International to renew the UK company’s long-standing licence to produce and market Cadbury branded cake and

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Updated Profits Warning From Real Good Food

    Updated Profits Warning From Real Good Food

Real Good Food, the diversified UK food business, has provided an update on its earlier, surprise profits warning. The company announced on 1 August 2017 that it anticipated EBITDA for

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UK Food Service Price Inflation Falls to 7% But Prices Still Rising in Key Categories

    UK Food Service Price Inflation Falls to 7% But Prices Still Rising in Key Categories

The latest edition of the CGA Prestige Foodservice Price Index reveals that in some categories actual prices are starting to come down slightly compared with previous months, although in other

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Irish Quality Assurance, Health & Safety/Farmer Health & Wellbeing Event

    Irish Quality Assurance, Health & Safety/Farmer Health & Wellbeing Event

A Teagasc Quality Assurance event was held on the farm of Harry and Amanda Murphy, Ballamon, Ferns, Co. Wexford on Thursday, 24 August.  In association with Bord Bia, the objective of

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Supercharged Creativity Awaits at Packaging Innovations

    Supercharged Creativity Awaits at Packaging Innovations

Cameron Worth, founder and director of Internet of Things agency, SharpEnd will discuss IoT-enabled creativity at Packaging Innovations London 2017. Here, he outlines the brand potential for a smarter, more

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Arla Foods UK Achieves Strong Brand Revenue Growth

    Arla Foods UK Achieves Strong Brand Revenue Growth

Arla Foods’ business in the UK, which is the international dairy co-operative’s largest market, has reported net revenue up four per cent overall year-on-year for the first half of 2017.

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SuperValu Remains Ireland’s Top Grocer Despite Tesco Turnaround

    SuperValu Remains Ireland’s Top Grocer Despite Tesco Turnaround

The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, for the 12 weeks ending 13 August 2017, show that despite strong sales growth of 3.4% by Tesco, SuperValu

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Danish Crown Forms Chinese Online Alliance With Alibaba Group

    Danish Crown Forms Chinese Online Alliance With Alibaba Group

Danish Crown, the world’s largest pork exporter, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tmall, one of Alibaba Group’s business-to-consumer e-marketplaces in China, to make high quality Danish products available

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Northern Ireland Food and Drink Tops the Bill in International Markets

    Northern Ireland Food and Drink Tops the Bill in International Markets

Four Northern Ireland food and drink companies have been assisted by Invest Northern Ireland to win new business in international markets, estimated to be worth nearly half a million pounds

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New Features in the GEA A-Tec Spiral Freezer Provide Additional Hygiene and Space Benefits

    New Features in the GEA A-Tec Spiral Freezer Provide Additional Hygiene and Space Benefits

GEA has announced two new options for its trusted A-Tec spiral freezer for the North American market that provide significant hygiene and practical benefits to its food processing customers while maintaining all

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HKScan Revises its Strategy

  HKScan Revises its Strategy

HKScan’s board of directors has approved the Nordic meat group’s strategy, which will focus on the consumer by leading the

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Significant Expansion for Yorkshire Food Supplier

  Significant Expansion for Yorkshire Food Supplier

As part of its strategy to become the ‘go-to’ brand for quality, ethically-sourced ingredients in the North of England, Scarborough-based

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FA Chief Executive Martin Glenn to Headline PPMA Show 2017

  FA Chief Executive Martin Glenn to Headline PPMA Show 2017

Martin Glenn (pictured), Chief Executive of the Football Association (FA) has been announced as the keynote speaker at the PPMA

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Drinks Industry Welcomes Fall in Alcohol Consumption in Ireland

  Drinks Industry Welcomes Fall in Alcohol Consumption in Ireland

Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland (ABFI) has welcomed the latest figures from the European Commission which show that the Republic

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Natural Products Scandinavia & Nordic Organic Food Fair Previews its 2017 Exhibitors

  Natural Products Scandinavia & Nordic Organic Food Fair Previews its 2017 Exhibitors

Natural Products Scandinavia & Nordic Organic Food Fair has released its initial exhibitor list for 2017.  Thanks to an increase

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Arla Foods Delivers Higher Returns For Farmer Owners

  Arla Foods Delivers Higher Returns For Farmer Owners

Arla Foods has reported revenue up by three per cent and the performance price up by 19 per cent in

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Hilton Signs Fresh Food Contract With Tesco Central Europe

  Hilton Signs Fresh Food Contract With Tesco Central Europe

Hilton Food Group, the specialist retail meat packing business supplying major international food retailers in Europe and Australia, has signed

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Amazon Deal Will Revolutionise Online Food Retail Sector

  Amazon Deal Will Revolutionise Online Food Retail Sector

The recent proliferation of acquisitions and partnerships in the global food retail sector will define the future of grocery retail

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Flavorchem Launches New Website

  Flavorchem Launches New Website

Flavorchem Corporation, a global supplier of flavour and colour solutions, recently unveiled their new website: www.flavorchem.com. Created with the user experience in

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New Waste Management Service Launched For Food Manufacturing Sector

  New Waste Management Service Launched For Food Manufacturing Sector

A free waste management service that aims to get more food manufacturing businesses to recognise the cost and environmental benefits

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Danish Crown and Tulip to Move Under One Roof

  Danish Crown and Tulip to Move Under One Roof

Since its founding in 1990, Danish Crown has become one of Denmark’s largest companies and Europe’s largest meat processing company.

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Finsbury Food Group to Close Grain D’Or Business

  Finsbury Food Group to Close Grain D’Or Business

Finsbury Food Group, a leading UK speciality bakery manufacturer of cake, bread and morning goods for both the retail and

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Packaging Affects the Senses!

  Packaging Affects the Senses!

It’s official, when it comes to packaging, we have lost our senses. New research suggests that our sense of taste,

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World Cheese Awards 2017 Opens For Entry

  World Cheese Awards 2017 Opens For Entry

The World Cheese Awards is now open for entry, with producers from across the globe invited to submit their cheese

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New Members For ESSNA

  New Members For ESSNA

The European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSNA) has announced another expansion in its membership as Synergy Tastes, Active Nutrition International,

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Lidl Becomes the UK’s Seventh Largest Supermarket

  Lidl Becomes the UK’s Seventh Largest Supermarket

The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 13 August 2017, show Lidl has

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2 Sisters Plans Investment in Welsh Plant

  2 Sisters Plans Investment in Welsh Plant

Britain’s biggest food manufacturer, 2 Sisters Food Group, has announced plans to expand supply from its Welsh processing facility in

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Towards a Fairer Food Supply Chain – European Commission Asks For Input

  Towards a Fairer Food Supply Chain – European Commission Asks For Input

The European Commission is launching an EU-wide public consultation on how to make the EU food supply chain fairer. Farmers,

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Bord Bia Leads First Irish Presence at Japan International Seafood & Technology Expo

  Bord Bia Leads First Irish Presence at Japan International Seafood & Technology Expo

Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) and Irish seafood exporters will exhibit for the first time at Japan International Seafood and Technology Expo in

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New Video Guide to WCB Universal Twin Screw Pumps

  New Video Guide to WCB Universal Twin Screw Pumps

SPX FLOW is committed to providing excellent support and ensuring customers get the most from their equipment. As part of

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World’s Most Modern Snack Plant Begins Operations in Finland

  World’s Most Modern Snack Plant Begins Operations in Finland

The world’s most modern dairy snack plant has commenced operation at Valio Riihimäki in Southern Finland. The snack plant is

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FrieslandCampina Sells Fruit Juice Business

  FrieslandCampina Sells Fruit Juice Business

The Dutch investment company Standard Investment is acquiring Riedel, the fruit juice business of FrieslandCampina, for an undisclosed sum. Based

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LacPatrick is Cream of the Crop in UAE

  LacPatrick is Cream of the Crop in UAE

LacPatrick, the international dairy co-operative, has secured over £1 million of sales of its LP spray dried whole milk and

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Tate & Lyle Launches CLARIA® Instant Functional Clean-Label Starches

  Tate & Lyle Launches CLARIA® Instant Functional Clean-Label Starches

Tate & Lyle, a leading global provider of food ingredients and solutions, has announced a further expansion of its line

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Reveal Impact – Ardagh Group to Launch a Two-Stage Thermochromic Solution

  Reveal Impact – Ardagh Group to Launch a Two-Stage Thermochromic Solution

Reveal Impact features combined temperature-sensitive inks with a twist. The new solution for aluminium cans uses two different thermochromic inks,

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HKScan Opens New €80 Million Poultry Plant

  HKScan Opens New €80 Million Poultry Plant

HKScan, the Nordic meat group, has just opened its new, state-of-the-art poultry unit at Rauma in Finland. Valued at over

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Record Growth For UK Food and Drink Exports in First Half of 2017

  Record Growth For UK Food and Drink Exports in First Half of 2017

The first half of 2017 saw exports of all UK food and drink grow to £10.2 billion, up 8.5% on

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Nurturing Locally, Growing Globally – International Meat Congress ICoMST 2017 in Cork

  Nurturing Locally, Growing Globally – International Meat Congress ICoMST 2017 in Cork

The 63rd International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST 2017) took place at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork, during August

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Tempting Batters Now With Clean-label Benefits

  Tempting Batters Now With Clean-label Benefits

A leading German natural starch producer, KRÖNER-STÄRKE, perhaps better known as a natural, starch supplier for bread manufacturers, has turned

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B&R is Introducing a Hypervisor For Its Automation System

  B&R is Introducing a Hypervisor For Its Automation System

B&R is introducing a hypervisor for its automation system. This software allows Windows or Linux to run alongside B&R’s own

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Florette Further Expands its UK Business

  Florette Further Expands its UK Business

In line with its strategy to be a major player within the UK fresh produce category, Florette UK & Ireland

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FrieslandCampina Simplifies its Organisation

  FrieslandCampina Simplifies its Organisation

Royal FrieslandCampina intends to simplify its organizational structure into four to be set up global business groups – Consumer Dairy,

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