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The innovation hub Generate – born to drive the development of next-generation food ingredients under the guidance of the ingredient-tech platform also known as CSM Collective – has launched a global Open Call for start-ups. The aim is to identify and select the next start-ups with breakthrough ingredient innovations that will join the Generate program,…

UK bakery – Robert Andrew is launching low-carb sourdough – developed to have less than half the carb count of traditional bread. Combining sourdough expertise with low-carb baking science, the bread also has lower sugar levels and is boosted with plant protein. It is a new option for lower carb lifestyles and those with specific…

Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe has worked with Hernö Gin to produce a new lightweighted 500ml glass bottle. The new Hernö Gin bottle, and the brand’s first bespoke bottle, has launched with an upgraded graphic profile, and is produced and decorated at AGP-Europe’s Limmared facility in Sweden. The new bottle design features the Hernö copper still, with…

Producers who want to attract consumers to creations with a mix of wow and tradition can turn to Herza Schokolade’s attractive chocolate pieces. At Biofach 2025 the company is presenting colourful Compound Pieces in organic quality, as well as small Organic Nougat Chocolate bits. Sister company SternLife is also addressing trendy indulgence with a new Organic…

In the growing hubbub that builds this side of Christmas, it’s easy to understand how we might have momentarily lost sight of the fact that January 4th is National Spaghetti Day. In an age of countless fancy twirled & tubed pasta its reassuring to know that it’s actually the straight-talking, thin lined spaghetti that retains…