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Domino Launches High-reliability Ink For the Beverage Sector

    Domino Launches High-reliability Ink For the Beverage Sector

Domino Printing Sciences has reaffirmed its status as a leading provider of coding and marking solutions for the beverage sector with the introduction of a high-contrast, alkali-washable yellow ink. Compatible

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The Great Fragmentation of Health Drives Growth For Small and Niche Brands

    The Great Fragmentation of Health Drives Growth For Small and Niche Brands

The massive fragmentation of consumers’ beliefs about health is contributing to the break-up of traditional food and beverage markets and opening the doors of opportunity for start-ups and small brands,

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Nestlé Investing in Breakthrough ‘Ecobiotics’ to Tackle Serious Public Health Issues

    Nestlé Investing in Breakthrough ‘Ecobiotics’ to Tackle Serious Public Health Issues

Nestlé Health Science has signed an exclusive agreement outside of the United States and Canada to support the potential future commercialisation of Seres Therapeutics’ novel ‘microbiome therapeutics’. The aim is

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ADM Expands EMEA Supply Chain Footprint

    ADM Expands EMEA Supply Chain Footprint

Archer Daniels Midland Company, one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, has agreed to purchase a 50% stake in Cairo-based Medsofts Group. The new 50-50 joint

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Poland’s International Food Exhibition Launches Inaugural Organic Food Sector

    Poland’s International Food Exhibition Launches Inaugural Organic Food Sector

WorldFood Warsaw, Poland’s 3rd international food and drink exhibition, will return on 19–21 April 2016 with a new EcoFood Zone for professionals operating in the organic food sector. In recent

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Feel Confident in Your Seafood Products

    Feel Confident in Your Seafood Products

Below are a number of responsible questions to ask about your fish. Sustainably sourced? Retailers and buyers need to be sure that their fish are sustainably caught from stocks that

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Revolutionary Multi-Toxin Screening

    Revolutionary Multi-Toxin Screening

Food consumers globally are becoming increasingly discerning in selecting produce to fill their fridges, cupboards and, indeed, stomachs. Factors of choice are moving beyond taste, appearance and nutritional content. Public

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Data Management in Food & Beverage: Connecting Your Suppliers

Few industries are as dependent upon their supply chains as food and beverage manufacturers. Delivering good quality food in time to consumers requires all stakeholders in a food and beverage

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Arla Foods Launches New Milk Brand

    Arla Foods Launches New Milk Brand

Arla Foods, the UK’s largest dairy company, has launched a unique branded milk product – Arla ‘Best of Both’ (Arla BOB®), fat-free milk that tastes as good as semi-skimmed, packaged

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42 Technology and Gabler Develop Gum Manufacturing Breakthrough With Mondelēz International

    42 Technology and Gabler Develop Gum Manufacturing Breakthrough With Mondelēz International

42 Technology has partnered with Gabler, one of the world’s leading providers of manufacturing process equipment, to help Mondelēz International make a dramatic improvement in the efficiency of its chewing

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14th International Fresenius Conference on “Food Safety and Dietary Risk Assessment” – 29 February to 1 March 2016 – Cologne/Germany

    14th International Fresenius Conference on “Food Safety and Dietary Risk Assessment” – 29 February to 1 March 2016 – Cologne/Germany

The research on food safety constantly produces new findings and improved procedures, but regulation and associated requirements with regard to the topic also develop steadily. The Akademie Fresenius presents everything

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Solar Boost For Northern Ireland Food Producer

    Solar Boost For Northern Ireland Food Producer

Armagh-based food producer Linwoods, which employs almost 300 people and is known for its premium bakery products, fresh dairy and health foods, has invested in 200 rooftop solar panels as

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Mitsubishi Electric Europe appoints Director for Food & Beverage and Consumer Packaged Goods sector

    Mitsubishi Electric Europe appoints Director for Food & Beverage and Consumer Packaged Goods sector

Malte Schlüter has been appointed as Director for Food & Beverage and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) of the Factory Automation – European Business Group at Mitsubishi Electric Europe. His role

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Getting the Mix Right

    Getting the Mix Right

For all food manufacturers, quality is key. Only by providing foods of consistently high quality can they build markets, keep increasingly discerning customers happy, and protect the vitally important image

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Just 15% of British Consumers Regard Themselves as Unhealthy

    Just 15% of British Consumers Regard Themselves as Unhealthy

New research from market intelligence agency Mintel reveals that just one in six (15%) British consumer say they are either somewhat or very unhealthy, with half of the nation (50%)

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Asda Joins EMD

    Asda Joins EMD

Asda has joined EMD, the leading buying group for the food retail sector with a presence in 15 European countries. With headquarters in Leeds, Asda is one of the leading retailers in

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Carlsberg Group Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

    Carlsberg Group Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

Carlsberg Group has appointed Heine Dalsgaard as new Chief Financial Officer. Heine Dalsgaard, who is a Danish citizen born in 1971, joins from ISS A/S, where he has served as

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Greenvale Ramps Up Storage to Meet Christmas Potato Rush

    Greenvale Ramps Up Storage to Meet Christmas Potato Rush

Greenvale, which supplies potatoes to some of the UK’s leading supermarkets, ramped up production to meet significant increase in demand from major supermarkets during December. As a nation that consumed

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Authorised 13.5 Health Claim With Proprietary Use For BENEO’s Inulin Promoting Digestive Health

    Authorised 13.5 Health Claim With Proprietary Use For BENEO’s Inulin  Promoting Digestive Health

Functional ingredients manufacturer, BENEO, has announced that the EU Commission has authorised a 13.5 health claim with proprietary use for its chicory root fibre inulin promoting digestive health[1]. The official

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Domino Director Wins Prestigious Engineering Award

    Domino Director Wins Prestigious Engineering Award

Rachel Hurst (pictured), Group Operations Director at Domino Printing Sciences, has been presented with an IET Achievement Medal, one of the key prizes of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s

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Müller Aims to Reinvigorate UK Milk and Ingredients Sector

    Müller Aims to Reinvigorate UK Milk and Ingredients Sector

Müller Milk & Ingredients can play a major role in invigorating and revitalising the UK’s fresh milk and dairy ingredients sector, according to managing director, Andrew McInnes. But the new

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New Dawn For British Gin-naissance

    New Dawn For British Gin-naissance

New research from Mintel reveals that although over half (56%) of white spirit and RTD (ready-to-drink) drinkers think that gin is an older person’s drink, it is younger consumers who

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Important Step Made Towards the Development of Hybrid Ryegrass Varieties

  Important Step Made Towards the Development of Hybrid Ryegrass Varieties

Self-incompatibility is a genetic mechanism used by plants to avoid self-fertilisation and promote outcrossing. The mechanism works by enabling plants

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Navman Wireless Technology Delivers Wright Result For Top British Baker

  Navman Wireless Technology Delivers Wright Result For Top British Baker

‘Out of sight, out of mind’ is not an option for today’s managers of refrigerated fleets. Valuable time-sensitive perishable cargo,

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Carlsberg Sells Danish Malting Business

  Carlsberg Sells Danish Malting Business

The Carlsberg Group has signed an agreement regarding the sale of Danish Malting Group to Viking Malt. The transaction is

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Tougher Food Recycling Targets in Scotland

  Tougher Food Recycling Targets in Scotland

Thousands of organisations in Scotland are being urged to act on new regulations to tackle food waste which came into

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Development of the 1881 Range Offered by Esterform

  Development of the 1881 Range Offered by Esterform

Since its launch in 2013 Esterform’s extensive market leading range of 1881 PET preforms has helped their customers to reduce

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Partner Logistics Looks at the Bigger Picture

  Partner Logistics Looks at the Bigger Picture

Over the last ten years the way the frozen food supply chain operates has changed significantly as a result of

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General Mills Expands in Brazil

  General Mills Expands in Brazil

General Mills has acquired Brazilian yogurt maker Carolina Administracao e Participacoes Societarias, a privately-held dairy products company headquartered in Ribeirao

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Dairy Crest Completes Sale of Dairies Operations to Müller UK & Ireland Group

  Dairy Crest Completes Sale of Dairies Operations to Müller UK & Ireland Group

Dairy Crest has completed the £80 million sale of its Dairies operations to Müller UK & Ireland Group. Dairy Crest’s

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Big Hitters to Speak at Packaging Innovations NEC 2016

  Big Hitters to Speak at Packaging Innovations NEC 2016

A prestigious line-up of packaging and brand professionals has been unveiled by Easyfairs, show organisers of Packaging Innovations, Empack and Label&Print, for its

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Azanechiller 2.0 Sets New Benchmark in Air Cooled Ammonia Chiller Performance

  Azanechiller 2.0 Sets New Benchmark in Air Cooled Ammonia Chiller Performance

Star Refrigeration’s latest air-cooled Azanechiller 2.0 range raises the bar in chiller efficiency. Headline seasonal efficiency figures are 50% higher

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Tönnies Takes Over Danish Company Tican

  Tönnies Takes Over Danish Company Tican

Tönnies, the German meat and food group, is acquiring Danish slaughterhouse and meat processing company Tican subject to antitrust approval.

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AB InBev to Acquire British Craft Brewer

  AB InBev to Acquire British Craft Brewer

Global brewer AB InBev is acquiring London-based craft brewer Camden Town Brewery for an undisclosed amount. Founded by Jasper Cuppaidge,

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Lotus Bakeries Expands Healthy Snacking Portfolio

  Lotus Bakeries Expands Healthy Snacking Portfolio

Belgium-based Lotus Bakeries has acquired 100% of Urban Fresh Foods, the innovative British healthy food company, which makes natural fruit

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Dairy Crest Takes Full Control of GOS

  Dairy Crest Takes Full Control of GOS

UK dairy group Dairy Crest has purchased the outstanding 50% share of Promovita Ingredients held by Fayrefield Foods for a

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Carlsberg Group Sells Tuborg Site

  Carlsberg Group Sells Tuborg Site

The Carlsberg Group has signed an agreement regarding the sale of its remaining undeveloped land at the Tuborg site north

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Momentous Year For Teeling Whiskey Company

  Momentous Year For Teeling Whiskey Company

Independent Irish whiskey business Teeling Whiskey Company (TWC) has welcomed over 25,000 visitors through the doors of its distillery since

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Irish Food Research Conference

  Irish Food Research Conference

The 44th Annual Food Research Conference took place recently at the Teagasc Food Research Centre Moorepark in Fermoy, County Cork.

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William Grant & Sons Chief Steps Down

  William Grant & Sons Chief Steps Down

Global premium spirits business and independent family distillers, William Grant & Sons has confirmed that chief executive, Stella David (pictured

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Nescafé Dolce Gusto Expands in Brazil

  Nescafé Dolce Gusto Expands in Brazil

One of Nestlé’s fastest-growing brands Nescafé Dolce Gusto has opened its first factory outside Europe, as enthusiasm for the premium

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Anna Malmhake Wins Irish CEO of the Year Award 2015

  Anna Malmhake Wins Irish CEO of the Year Award 2015

Anna Malmhake (pictured), chief executive of Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard has won the title of CEO of the Year at

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Back to Basics Approach Creates New Paleo Diet Opportunity

  Back to Basics Approach Creates New Paleo Diet Opportunity

The so-called Paleo Diet has been around for some years, but has grown to achieve almost cult status, particularly in

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Parmalat Group Expands in Australia

  Parmalat Group Expands in Australia

Italian dairy group Parmalat is acquiring Fonterra’s yoghurt and dairy dessert business in Australia, including two production facilities (Tamar Valley

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Greene King Chief Joins Morrisons’ Board

  Greene King Chief Joins Morrisons’ Board

The board of Wm Morrison Supermarkets has appointed Rooney Anand (pictured), the current chief executive of UK brewer and pub

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€75 Million Loan to Support Chr. Hansen’s Development of Healthier Food Products

  €75 Million Loan to Support Chr. Hansen’s Development of Healthier Food Products

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has provided a €75 million loan to Chr. Hansen for the company’s research into and development

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Durable and Hygienic Wall Kerb

  Durable and Hygienic Wall Kerb

In food and drink factories, hygiene and cleaning is an important factor when manufacturing, processing, packaging and distributing quality products,

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Sainsbury’s Stands Out in the Run Up to Christmas in UK Grocery Market

  Sainsbury’s Stands Out in the Run Up to Christmas in UK Grocery Market

The latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 6 December 2015, show total grocery market

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Ornua Sells Majority Stake in Non-core US Business

  Ornua Sells Majority Stake in Non-core US Business

Ornua (formerly the Irish Dairy Board) has sold a majority stake in its US specialty foods distribution business, DPI Specialty

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Kellogg Company Announces New, Ambitious Global Greenhouse Gas Emission Goals

  Kellogg Company Announces New, Ambitious Global Greenhouse Gas Emission Goals

Kellogg Company has taken another step forward in its commitment to climate action by announcing new, ambitious science-based greenhouse gas

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Swiss Dairy Choses IML Packaging For About 50 Yoghurt Varieties

  Swiss Dairy Choses IML Packaging For About 50 Yoghurt Varieties

Swiss yoghurt is becoming a top seller in Asia and the Middle East, whether it is pineapple yoghurt in Asia

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PepsiCo and Muller Terminate US Yogurt Venture

  PepsiCo and Muller Terminate US Yogurt Venture

PepsiCo, the global beverages and snacks giant, and German dairy company Theo Muller Group have ceased production at their US

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Nestlé Waters to Build New Bottling Plant in Italy

  Nestlé Waters to Build New Bottling Plant in Italy

Sanpellegrino Group, part of Nestlé Waters, is investing SFr17 million (€15.7 million) to build a mineral water bottling plant in

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OMSCo Wins at Food and Farming Industry Awards

  OMSCo Wins at Food and Farming Industry Awards

Leading organic dairy co-operative, OMSCo (the Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative), has won the prestigious Food Chain Marketing Award, an annual

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