Food and beverage


  • Food Matters Live expands European reach with new Rotterdam event

    Food Matters Live has announced its European debut with its first-ever event in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Food Matters Live is an events organiser providing a unique platform for the food and drinks industry that supports food ingredient innovation, sustainability, and industry collaboration. For over a decade, Food Matters Live events have been the go-to for…


  • EPP extends portfolio with addition of Danish manufacturer’s ovens

    EPP is now the exclusive distributor of Senius products in the UK and Ireland. Based in Denmark, the Senius offering includes indirect and direct impingement ovens and direct gas fired (DGF) ovens as well as hybrid DGF and Impingement ovens – all featuring low energy consumption. According to EPP, Senius tunnel ovens have been installed…


  • Kellanova’s investment in Wrexham site creates Europe’s largest cereal factory

    Kellanova revealed its plans to allocate £75 million towards the enhancement of its cereal production plant in Wrexham, North Wales. It is the company’s largest single investment in British cereal production in over 30 years, the company formerly recognised as Kellogg Company said. The factory opened in 1978 and is Kellanova’s largest Special K plant…


  • Brunswick Aces makes its debut in the UK

    A recently launched, award-winning Australian gin is now available in the UK. This gin was specifically distilled to provide the same enjoyable experience for both drinkers and non-drinkers. Brunswick Aces is the world’s first gin to have been created in both alcohol-free and a 40% ABV versions and is available through UK drinks collective Virtus…


  • Thai Union opens Innovation Hub in the Netherlands

    Thai Union has officially opened its Innovation Hub in Wageningen, Netherlands, marking the latest expansion of its global innovation network. The Innovation Hub focuses on product and packaging innovation for the Group’s ambient seafood brands. Around 40 product, process and packaging developers, nutritionists, sensory and consumer scientists, and innovators are working at or for the…


  • OPRL keeps watching brief on Defra following mandatory labelling delay

    In response to Defra updating industry on mandatory labelling will not now be included in the first stages of Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging (pEPR), Jude Allan, interim managing director at OPRL, said she was encouraged that Defra had highlighted the need for brands to continue to use labelling to help customers recycle in the…


  • Kerry tool calculates the benefits of using egg reduction enzyme for baking

    Kerry’s Egg Reduction Guide allows manufacturers to calculate the monetary and environmental savings achieved by using  Biobake EgR. To combat market price volatility and supply chain issues, Kerry created its proprietary Egg Reduction Guide to provide manufacturers indicative financial and sustainability savings available by executing a reduction in egg content using Biobake EgR, without compromising…


  • Pukka launches grab-and-go food parcels inspired by global flavours

    Pukka is launching a brand-new range of grab and go parcels, inspired by iconic flavours from across the world, in what it says is set to be its biggest launch yet. In a bid to bring “innovative, full-on flavour” to the typically functional savoury pastry category, the Pukka team travelled across the world to discover…


  • The perfect sustainable Neapolitan pizza

    ADM has teamed up with Ooni to deliver a high-quality pizza flour while advancing ADM’s regenerative agriculture program. Launched in 2023, this initiative was designed to partner with farmers and focus on “an outcome-based farming approach that protects and improves soil health, biodiversity and water resources while also supporting business development” explained Ashley Fuller, ADM’s…


  • Upcoming webinar to explore solutions for reducing the food industry’s reliance on PFAS

    Industrial lubricants manufacturer, ROCOL, is hosting a webinar on Friday 4th October 9:00AM BST to discuss the issues and solutions concerning the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food grade lubricants for the food industry. The central theme of this event will be why brands should get ahead of proposed regulatory changes and growing consumer demand…