Tesco has announced it will issue contracts worth £12 million over three years to help support British Agriculture, and become
- €500 million sale of Kerry Dairy Ireland to Kerry Co-Operative Creameries Kerry Group plc has entered into an agreement with Kerry Co-Operative Creameries Limited to sell Kerry Dairy Holdings (Ireland) Limited to the co-op for a total expected consideration of €500...
- Belfast-based Cocktail Keg Company secures £1.2 million of investment to grow its business A Belfast company, which creates the world’s only freshly batched cocktails, has attracted £1.2 million in funding to grow its business from the Investment Fund for Northern Ireland (IFNI), managed...
- Blackburn cupcake manufacturer secures grants from UK adoption programme to digitalise A cupcake manufacturer is among 23 more to secure backing from Made Smarter, the movement accelerating the digital transformation among SME manufacturers in the UK. Cupcakes By Sophia, based in...
- Nestlé introduces culinary innovations focusing on protein Nestlé is expanding its culinary portfolio with high protein products across key geographies. This includes solutions developed to meet specific nutritional needs under new brands, as well as the continuous...
- ALDI announces new €24 million contract extension with Manor Farm ALDI Ireland has signed a contract extension with poultry producer Manor Farm for a further year, worth €24 million to the supplier. Manor Farm, a prominent producer of Irish chicken...
To help Bakkavor achieve its sustainability goals it has appointed waste water treatment specialist Aquabio to design and construct a
Bakkavor, the UK’s leading fresh prepared foods manufacturer, has agreed the sale of its Belgian fresh prepared food business, Vaco,
Two production facilities will combine into one as Kalenobel will become part of Mondi’s consumer goods packaging business.
Created for bulky loads, the durable 110-Plus Pallet can be utilized for various functions extending agriculture to food industry applications.
Ardagh Group, a glass packaging business, has widened its variety of wine bottles with the extension of a range of 187ml wine bottles to please growing customer demand for wine miniatures.
Henry Broch & Company has releaseded two new “nutritional powerhouse ingredients” that can add protein, vitamins and minerals to a large variety of flour-orientated products – including bread, pancake and waffle mixes – as well as tortillas, chips and several other snack foods.
Ganeden partners have released over 75 probiotic product SKUs across eight divisions, adding to more than 60 SKUs released priorly in the year for a total of 500+ SKUs now available globally.
The Irish agriculturist of speciality mushrooms, Ballyhoura Mountain Mushrooms, has announced the United Kingdom’s release of a variety of mushroom-concentrated goods.
Corbion Purac has released that results displaying that its Opti.Form does more than supply top shelf Listeria control, it also carries extended shelf life, refineed cook yield, purge control and texture enhancement of completed meat and poultry products.
Bord Bia recently brought together over 180 Irish food and drink exporters and experts from the UK food retail market
A new state-of-the art bottling plant for Nestlé Vera Naturae mineral water has been opened in Castrocielo in Italy. The
As British industry faces an unprecedented set of challenges, senior leaders in food and drink have announced the launch of
Arthur Mallon Foods is one of the leading Irish sausage producers, who have been creating award winning sausages since 1942
Royal FrieslandCampina has agreed to acquire 51% of Engro Foods for €420 million in partnership with the World Bank Group’s
The Global Market Insights state that the global edible insects market is set to surpass $522 million by 2023.
An analysis administered by Wageningen University has displayed that the result of dietary fibres on satiation is not only due to the length of time the high-fibre food stays in the stomach.
There is a growing demand for products that are reduced or sugar free, according to Wisdom Natural Brands (WNB).
The Korozo company has released bendable spout pouches for liquid goods, constructed for secure movement of fluids.
Diageo has announced that Johnnie Walker is to be its first global brand to provide consumers around the world with
Misconceptions about how to freeze food safely are contributing to food waste in the UK, according to new research by
The PPMA Total Show 2016, running from 27-29 September 2016, at the NEC Birmingham, will once again play host to
Consumers in Ireland will buy 120 million packs of potatoes this year, spending €175 million on Irish-grown spuds (according to
Taking certain type of food supplements, based on a molecule produced by bacteria, lessens cravings for high-calorie foods, a study by scientists from Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow proposes.
The American-based NewfoodZ has developed a new development which will permit food and drink companies and agricultural operators to remove food by-product waste by changing it back into healthful powders for a large range of industry applications.
The re-launching of The Berry Company’s core juice range has been announced. The core juice range now is low in calorie and has low sugar formulation.
FruitWorx Concord Grape Juice Powder has officially been launched by Welch’s Global Ingredients Group, extending a field that already involves a field of Concord and Niagara grape-based fruit flakes, pastes and pieces.
Wessanen, the Netherlands-based group which specialises in healthy and sustainable food, has completed the acquisition of Mrs Crimble’s, a pioneer
A new report has been disclosed by both Research and Markets: “Global Baking Ingredients Market 2016-2020”. The analysts predict the global baking ingredients market will grow at a CAGR of 5.36% throughout the duration of 2016-2020.
Orkla Foods Norway has selected Danish plastic packaging company RPC’s new pack for its Denja range that comprises beans, chicken,
Bell Packaging has announced that is now able to supply Jetran packaging suitable for presenting food. Traditionally Jetran has been
US-based Toray Plastics has launched new LumiLid XL7AF anti-fog and easy-peel PET lidding film, developed for use with polypropylene (PP)
A brand new technology created by Guy Woodall, the man responsible for Thorncroft drinks and the Yum Cha range of cordial-style iced teas, brings a new type of tea to the table. One that “could revolutionise the way we drink tea”.
Innova Market Insights data shows a +60% rise in global food and beverage launches using a vegetarian claim between 2011
Almarai Company, the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy company, has announced a five-year plan for the period 2017-2021. This plan
HEINEKEN Ireland, a leading beer and cider company, has published its sustainability report for 2015, demonstrating that sustainability is embedded
EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) has assessed the impact of time and temperature on the growth of spoilage bacteria in
Two pioneers of the food packaging industry, Faerch Plast and Colpac, recently joined forces to develop an exciting pack design in
ACMA, a company of Coesia group, is an entity specialized in the design, manufacture and commercialization of automatic machines for packaging
English regional brewer, Cornwall-based St Austell Brewery Company has acquired fellow West Country brewer and pub company, Bath Ales. The
The European Commission has opened an investigation, on its own initiative, to assess whether Anheuser-Busch InBev SA (AB InBev) has
A corrugated packaging redesign has resulted in a recyclable and cost-saving logistics solution for a leading online fresh food ingredients
The global premium-and-above spirits market gained 6.7 million nine-litre cases in 2015 versus 2014, a 5% uplift, according to the
The European Commission has further increased the public intervention ceiling for skimmed milk powder from 218,000 tonnes to 350,000 tonnes.
Diageo Ireland has announced that it is rolling out new, more detailed and consumer friendly labelling standards for its products
Ball Corporation has completed its acquisition of Rexam for approximately $6.1 billion of cash and equity, plus the assumption of
The Competition Tribunal of South Africa has approved with conditions Anheuser-Busch InBev’s proposed acquisition of SABMiller. The Competition Tribunal’s approval
The board of the Hershey Company, the US-based confectionery giant, has unanimously rejected a preliminary, non-binding indication of interest from
Product availability and quality are the most highly influential factors when it comes to where Irish shoppers choose to buy
Tesco has unveiled a new Fair For Farmers Guarantee on all of its fresh milk, as it continues to build