Food and beverage


  • Silvery Tweed Cereals partners with environmental consultants to achieve sustainability goals

    Silvery Tweed Cereals has entered into a partnership with environmental consultants Beyondly to help reduce its carbon footprint and achieve its sustainability goals. Berwick-upon-Tweed-based Silvery Tweed processes, manufactures, and supplies premium-quality cereal and seed ingredients to many of the leading names in the baking and cereals industries throughout the UK and Europe. It consists of…


  • Provisur Technologies future-proofs product handling

    Provisur Technologies’ new Formax Free Movement System (FMS) is a compact and hygienic handling system for sliced products that offers a high level of flexibility, making it ideal to overcome the challenges of today’s ever-changing markets. The FMS utilises free-floating movers that ride along an electromagnetic surface to enable smooth and seamless product handling. The…


  • Interfood brings Salva ovens to the UK

    Frank Teixeira (left), Salva’s export area manager for UK and Ireland, finalises the new partnership with James Fitch, Interfood’s bakery divisional manager. Posted: 26 April 2024 Share this page Interfood has signed a partnership deal with world renowned oven manufacturer Salva to represent the San Sebastian based family-owned company in the UK. This will cover…


  • Manufacturers are cutting back on expensive ingredients, Dutch Consumers’ Association reports

    Image: Photo by Gustavo Fring: https://www.pexels.com/photo/cheerful-woman-using-electronic-scales-in-supermarket-4173320/ Posted: 26 April 2024 Share this page The Consumers’ Association has concluded that manufacturers in the Netherlands have a “new trick to hide price increases” by cutting back on expensive ingredients. According to the association, expensive ingredients are replaced by cheaper ones while the sales price remains the same…


  • Vitafoods Europe 2024: market-first synbiotic combination

    Clasado Biosciences has revealed that Vitafoods Europe 2024 will see the European debut of its market-first synbiotic offering, developed in partnership with Probi AB. The combination of Bimuno GOS (prebiotic) and Probi Defendum (probiotic) is one of the first commercial synbiotic concepts available to formulators with a scientifically proven synergistic effect as shown in a…


  • pladis expands Carr’s Melts portfolio

    pladis, the global snacking company behind some of the UK’s most loved and iconic brands, is solidifying its presence on the cheese board by introducing a new Caramelised Red Onion flavour to its growing Carr’s Melts range. With a chutney-inspired flavour baked in, the new launch sees these iconic crisp wheaten biscuits – which have…


  • Nespresso partners with Change Please to tackle homelessness in the UK and Ireland

    Nespresso has announced a partnership with Change Please, a social enterprise founded in London in 2015, with the mission of empowering individuals who are experiencing homelessness through a commitment of £1m in its first year. As part of its 2022-2023 Impact Report, Change Please noted a 50% increase in homelessness between March 2022 and March…


  • Broad welcome for DRS delay

    Industry has welcomed the news that the UK government and devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have confirmed that Deposit Return Schemes will be launched across the UK in October 2027. There will be three separate schemes: one covering England and Northern Ireland, and others in each of Scotland and Wales. Karen Betts,…


  • Dutch retailer lowers CO2e emissions with hybrid meat range

    Dutch consumers will have to become accustomed to half-and-half minced meat that consists of part pork and part beef mince, but now they have to become familiar with half-and-half products consisting of a combination of chicken and beef as well as products with added beef protein. Albert Heijn introduced these products as both have lower CO2e…


  • Welsh producers to showcase at UK’s leading food and drink show

    Wales’ finest food and drink companies are gearing up to showcase their innovative spirit and exceptional quality produce at a pivotal show in the UK food and drink calendar. The group includes 44 Welsh food and drink companies who will be attending the Farm Shop & Deli Show 2024 being held at the NEC in…