Food and beverage


  • Primary school student’s award-winning sausage recipe makes impression at Heck

    Judges thought Lola’s Lemon & Honey recipe was bang-on! (credit: Glen Minikin) Posted: 22 July 2024 Share this page A local primary school pupil’s winning sausage recipe could soon be making it to supermarket shelves, after impressing the bosses at Heck! Eight-year-old Lola Fenn who attends Bedale Primary School in North Yorkshire is celebrating after…


  • Innovia’s low density film performs on high-speed flow wrap machines

    Innovia Films has announced the launch of a white ultra low density film that was specifically engineered to be a good fit for ice cream flow wrap packaging. “Nothing screams summer more than ice cream and we are proud to be able to offer our new VL40 white cavitated film that is an excellent partner…


  • TIPA and Fresh-Lock in partnership to expand home compostable packaging

    TIPA and Fresh-Lock closures are collaborating to advance the adoption of home compostable packaging. Thanks to the combined efforts, the Fresh-Lock team is launching a new portfolio of home compostable closures for pouches. These new reclosable solutions for flexible packaging are designed with TIPA’s proprietary home compostable resin formulation for various end-use markets including food.…


  • Expert urges food manufacturers to focus on functional foods

    Food producers must acknowledge and address the growing consumer desire for functional foods that not only enhance wellbeing but also align with the fast-paced routines of the modern workforce. These are the words of Andreas Preisler, strategic business development manager for Health and Nutrition at Ohly, a provider of yeast-based solutions to support immune health,…


  • Equi’s unveils three new flavours

    Equi’s, a Scottish Italian ice cream brand with a 100-year history, is unveiling a trio of mouth-watering new flavours tomorrow (Friday 19th July) for Scots to enjoy this summer. The ice cream producer, headquartered in Rutherglen, Glasgow, is adding Strawberry Cheesecake, Pistachio Swirl, and Chocolate Hazelnut and Raspberry to its 50+ strong list of flavours…


  • Kalsec in partnership with Thimus for T-Box by Thimus launch

    Kalsec alongside sensory neuroscience product developmer Thimus are launching a platform T-Box by Thimus at the premiere of the new House of Humans facility located in Wageningen, Netherlands. The facility — located at Wageningen University & Research — will be one of many new global locations offering access to advanced sensory neuroscience for stakeholders’ research,…


  • Thumbs up for ‘positive’ King’s speech

    The new government will introduce a wealth of measures in the next year to boost growth, the King’s Speech has confirmed. Karen Betts, chief Executive, The Food and Drink Federation said it “very much supports” the government’s ambitious agenda. “It’s a sound basis on which we can partner with government and others to deliver investment,…


  • UK approves first cultivated meat product for sale in all of Europe

    UK business Meatly has received regulatory clearance to sell cultivated meat for pet food in the UK, making it the first in the world to get authorisation for cultivated pet food. This also makes it the first-ever cultivated meat company approved for sale in any European country. The public announcement follows a close collaborative process…


  • Synergy Flavours identifies a growing market for flavoured beers

    Synergy Flavours’ assessment of the flavoured beer market has uncovered growth in recent years; which countries are driving this activity; the top flavours that are emerging in flavoured beer and cider launches; and what age groups are driving trends in flavoured beer. Synergy conducted research of the flavoured beer market using data from Innova and…


  • Fuerpla helps small family business optimise production

    Fuerpla has helped a small family business with extensive experience and excellence in producing authentic, homemade sauces meet industrial demand. The authentic flavour of L’Autentic’s products has led to exponential growth in recent years. To meet the growing demand, L’Autentic had to industrialise some processes, always maintaining its values and recipes, but speeding up packaging…