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  • London Flavour Day 2024 delves into the factors shaping our food preferences

    Leading experts from the flavour industry gathered in London (8 April 2014) for London Flavour Day, hosted by the UK Flavour Association. The event, held at the prestigious Wellcome Collection in London, explored the crucial role of flavour in food, the choices consumers make, the impact of these on diet and how the flavour industry…


  • AB Akola Group to construct €9.5m seed factory

    AB Akola Group is investing €9.5m in a seed factory in Latvia. The factory, which is expected to be operational by mid-2025, is being built by the subsidiary SIA Dotnuva Seeds on its own land in Iecava. The maximum annual capacity of the factory will be around 30 thousand tonnes of cereal and leguminous plants seeds.…


  • Hitachi Rail unveils long-distance hybrid battery trains in Italy

    Image courtesy Hitachi Rail Hitachi Rail has unveiled its first long-distance hybrid battery train which will help cut carbon emissions by 83% when it enters service later this year. The train is the first of seven intercity hybrid battery trains for Italian transport company Trenitalia, which will run on routes between Calabria, Basilicata and Puglia.…


  • Givaudan, MISTA, and Bühler celebrate opening of new extrusion hub

    Givaudan, MISTA, and Bühler,  have announced the opening of a state-of-the-art extrusion hub at the MISTA Innovation Center in San Francisco. The opening of this new facility advances MISTA’s capabilities in driving food innovation and highlights Givaudan’s and Bühler’s commitment to supporting the transformation of the food system. This collaborative effort between Givaudan and Bühler…


  • Salmon Scotland secures protected status

    The UK government has updated the protected legal status of Scotland’s top food export, which Salmon Scotland believes will boost consumer confidence in recognition of its world-beating quality. Farm-raised salmon from Scotland will continue to have post-Brexit protection to prevent the risk of food fraud through imports of inferior salmon products with lower environmental and…


  • Inamed and SIG introduce El Boustane sauces with carton packaging in Algeria

    Inamed portfolio packed with SIG. Posted: 8 April 2024 Share this page Mediterranean Agro-food company Inamed, in partnership with SIG, introduced a series of new El Boustane sauces featuring carton packaging in Algeria. Offering a diverse selection of sauces in SIG Small carton packs in different volume sizes, Inamed presents tomato sauce in 300ml, bechamel sauce in 250ml,…


  • EV charging flexibility integrated into National Grid ESO’s Reserve service

    Image courtesy 123rf Flexitricity and ev.energy have announced a partnership to utilise EV charging flexibility in National Grid ESO’s (NGESO) Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR) service for the first time. The new activity builds on and reinforces the UK’s work in opening up power markets to aggregated distributed energy resources. Through the partnership, Edinburgh-based demand…


  • Seven Bro7hers Brewing Co and Aldi collaboration returns with two fruit beers

    Seven Bro7hers Brewing Co is returning to Aldi for 2024, with two vegan-friendly beers branded under the ‘The Hop Foundry.’ The Salford-based brewery will hit shelves across the UK with a new Pineapple Pale Ale (£1.79, 440ml per can) alongside the returning Watermelon Pale Ale (£1.79, 440ml per can). Both beers have been brewed and…


  • Britain’s future national energy system operator to be a ‘digital leader’

    Image: National Grid ESO National Grid ESO has renewed its digitalisation strategy to ensure the future National Energy System Operator (NESO) is a digital leader and drives collaborative digitalisation of the whole energy system. The strategy is aimed to build on previous digitalisation efforts with a focus on transforming the organisation’s people, processes, data and…


  • EDF subsidiary Exaion to lend expertise to sports sector

    Image: Chiliz EDF Group web3 subsidiary Exaion has joined the Chiliz blockchain network as a validator node. In this role, Exaion takes on a key role in ensuring the security, accuracy and reliability of the Chiliz blockchain, which is focused on the engagement of fans with sport teams and entertainment brands via the creation of…