Food and beverage

The World Packaging Organisation has presented Vetropack’s lightweight, returnable Echovai bottles with a WorldStar Award in the “Packaging Materials & Components” category. It is, however, not just the jury that is impressed with the robust, yet light bottles: following their debut at the Mohrenbrauerei brewery, they have now become a standard solution for the Austrian…

James May is a man of many talents – TV presenter, automotive obsessive, occasional flautist, Wiltshire Pub Landlord… so of course it would make sense for him to start a gin brand, as all good celebrities do at some point in their careers… But rather than just sticking his face on a bottle, it turned…

CSM Ingredients – a global player in research, innovation and production of food ingredients, part of the ingredient-tech platform together with HIFOOD, Italcanditi Group and Parker Food Group – has launched Generate, its new incubator of innovative food concepts and business models that aims to bring added value to the industry. The new brand will…

Made Smarter and leading technology demonstrators have joined forces to demystify digital transformation with a new white paper. ‘Made Smarter technologies: powering the digital transformation of SME manufacturers’ is a practical guide from the government-backed and industry-led technology adoption programme in the North West. The free-to-download document aims to inform and inspire manufacturers exploring existing…

Leeds Beckett University is looking to increase food safety using innovative new technology. Leeds Beckett University experts have partnered with a family-owned Bradford business to revolutionise the screening process for aflatoxin in pistachio nuts, using artificial intelligence. The academic team has established a knowledge transfer partnership, partially funded by the Government through Innovate UK, to…

Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection has announced its upcoming webinar titled “4 Steps to Maximise Product Quality in Horizontal Flow Wrap Applications.” The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday 8th May with sessions at 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM GMT. In this impactful session, attendees will hear from industry experts as they explore the challenges confronting food manufacturers packaging…

Greenfood is continuing its rapid expansion of the Picadeli salad bar brand in the USA. A new agreement with the food conglomerate Coborn’s means that Picadeli’s AI-driven salad bars will be established in several Coborn’s stores in the American Midwest. Greenfood, one of Europe’s major food groups focusing on healthy and sustainable food, has nearly…

Crave has announced the exciting arrival of its latest creation: P’Not Butter, a peanut free spread launching into Sainsbury’s and Asda across the UK this April. P’Not Butter is a luscious and crunchy alternative that cleverly emulates peanut butter. However, unlike traditional peanut butter, it is made entirely from sunflower seeds. Why this departure from…

SIG is consolidating a strategic partnership with DPA Brasil, strengthening its operations in the Brazilian market. With brands such as Leite Moça, Nescau Prontinho, Nature’s Heart, Nesquik, and others already part of its customer base in Brazil, SIG took over the production of spouted pouch packaging for the Chamyto brand yogurt line in 2024. Posted:…

In response to global challenges, promising innovations are emerging from the Italian start-ups’ ecosystem to support the cocoa supply chain. Two pioneering start-ups, chosen through FoodSeed, the foodtech acceleration program of the National Network of CDP Venture Capital SGR, have been instrumental in this endeavour. Supported by key backers and co-investors including Fondazione Cariverona and…