Food and beverage


  • Love British Food’s inaugural ‘Public Sector Influencers event’ to connect supply chain

    Love British Food’s inaugural ‘Public Sector Influencers’ event on Wednesday 20th March is set to connect the most influential people in the public sector with British farmers, producers and suppliers. All major public sector providers are attending, for a day of frank discussion and shared sense of purpose. The public sector has the potential to…


  • Icos and Bühler summit to hasten progress towards sustainability

    A climate tech venture capital fund, Icos Capital, and partners intend to grow their ecosystem of collaboration and innovation to enable start-ups to scale up their efforts in tackling some of the most urgent and complex challenges in the food and chemicals industries. At the “Collaborative Innovation Summit” at Bühler’s CUBIC Innovation Campus on February…


  • Choco Cakes launch in the UK

    St. Michel, France’s favourite cake and biscuit brand, brings its much loved Choco Cakes range to the UK: a selection of Choco Muffin, Choco Waffle, Choco Donut and Choco Burger are now available in Tesco and Waitrose stores plus online at Ocado with rrp £2.00 per box. Made in France using French wheat, cage-free eggs…


  • Festo’s electric drive automation craft Easter egg flavour pairings for Mondelez

    Dual Festo ELGA timing belt shafts and ESBF electric cylinders direct the filling conveyor in the correct direction to fill the pallet bins evenly. Posted: 1 March 2024 Share this page Mondelez has chosen Festo electric drive technology for a new automated chocolate Easter egg mixing installation at its site in Herentals, Belgium. The egg…


  • Ashbury helps industry to balance consumer expectations and compliance demands

    A leading food regulatory consultancy is supporting manufacturers in their quest to find the sweet spot between meeting consumer expectations and upholding ever-changing compliance demands regarding sugar reduction. Ashbury finds this year, there seems to be growing concerns about the impacts of added sugar on human health, the environment and the economy – the 2023…


  • Kikkoman rolls out limited edition iconic 150ml dispenser bottle

    Leading soy sauce brand, Kikkoman, is to roll out a new limited edition of its iconic 150ml dispenser bottle. ​Around 400,000 of the new bottle design will be made available and will appear in supermarkets now. ​Following the success of its last four creatives the latest one carries symbols of sustainability and harmony from Japanese…


  • DTM Print tailors AP380e label applicator for round and cylindrical containers

    DTM Print, international OEM and solution provider for specialty printing systems, is recommending semi-automatic labelling solutions like the AP-Series label applicators for a consistent look across all packages to help businesses speed up their production. Having a label applied accurately, precisely and wrinkle-free is important as it elevates the product presentation, a critical factor in…


  • Alvinesa is now a B Corporation

    Alvinesa Natural Ingredients has announced today it is now a B Corporation (or B Corp), joining a growing group of companies reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit. Alvinesa has been certified by B Lab, the not-for-profit behind the B Corp movement, as having met rigorous social and environmental standards which represent its…


  • WEG’s direct drive increases uptime in juice maker’s cooling towers

    WEG’s recommendation of a cooling tower direct drive system, featuring permanent magnet motors, has led to an increase in reliability and efficiency and significantly reduced maintenance costs and enhanced equipment availability. The system has proven to be the game-changer for Citrosuco, the world’s largest orange juice company, with a production capacity that makes up more than…


  • James White’s new drink aims to be a worthy successor to V8 vegetable juice

    James White Drinks has announced the launch of Veg It new vegetable juice. Made with a blend of eight different vegetables, Veg It Juice is a delicious way to bolster vegetable intake. With the recent unexpected disappearance of V8 juice from the UK supermarket shelves, Veg It aims to widen the market for vegetable juices…