Food and beverage

Vemag Maschinenbau and Maschinenfabrik Seydelmann have founded a sales and service company in the Netherlands to take over the joint sales of the mechanical engineering companies. Vemag CEO Andreas Bruns says customers benefit from the cooperation with an offering of an even broader machine portfolio and optimising planning, expert advice and service. “This will enable…

The solution to finding an alternative to traditional polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cling films for fresh food applications is outlined in a new white paper from Berry Global. How OmniXtra+ Can Drive More Recycling of Cling Films details the challenges that users of PVC cling films now face owing to its inability to be widely recycled…

Synergy Flavours is launching new gin and tequila flavour ranges, suitable for both alcoholic and low- and no-alcoholic products. Drawing on its 140-year beverage expertise, the new flavourings were created from detailed analytical insights and are part of Synergy’s growing spirit flavours portfolio, following the company’s launch of whiskey flavours in December 2023. The gin…

Bühler, in partnership with leading Canadian packaging equipment manufacturer Premier Tech, announce the launch of the Chronos OMP-2090 B, a fully automatic bagging station. The new bagging station was developed for a wide range of powdery and other non-free-flowing products. It delivers maximum productivity through full automatic operation, bagging accuracy and high product and operational…

Cargill has announced a new commercial partnership with Voyage Foods to scale up and deliver sustainable alternatives to cocoa-based products along with nut spreads without their traditional ingredients – peanuts and hazelnuts. Cargill will be the exclusive B2B global distributor for Voyage Foods, expanding its traditional chocolate portfolio to bring even more sustainable alternatives for…

The latest British premium bitters brand has launched in the UK, designed in the heart of the city’s capital. Crafted with passion and precision, The Bitter Club’s debut range features three premium and distinctive bitter flavours; Grapefruit & Elderberry, Cinnamon & Orange and Hibiscus & Rose. Presented in simplistic, yet sophisticated fragrance-inspired dropper bottles, these…

The global chocolate business delivered +1.0% volume growth, ahead of a declining global chocolate confectionery market according to Nielsen (-2.0%). Food Manufacturers continued to be impacted by soft consumer demand held back by high-inflation. Barry Callebaut was able to mitigate these pressures as it was able to meet the consumer shift towards private label chocolate…

Edinburgh-based startup is exploring a new technology that could create gluten-safe food products, such as bread, while retaining the taste and texture of the real thing. Scientists from Prozymi Biolabs, a biotechnology business with facilities at the Roslin Innovation Centre, are testing the feasibility of a new enzyme technology that degrades gliadin – the protein…

Molson Coors Beverage Company has announced plans to invest more than £100m in its UK brewery and beverage network over the next five years. A programme of significant investment and infrastructure upgrades will improve capabilities and introduce greater efficiencies across its entire UK network. It will also play a crucial role in supporting Molson Coors’…

Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) has launched the first food packaging trays comprising 100% recycled PET (rPET) deriving exclusively from trays, marking a significant food packaging industry milestone, the company claimed. Until now, food packaging trays have been manufactured using ever increasing proportions of recovered PET material; however, the newly launched Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) tray is the…