Food and beverage

Leading Dutch cultivated meat and seafood companies Meatable, Mosa Meat, and Upstream Foods are welcoming the news that the Dutch Government has announced its independent expert committee to evaluate cultivated meat tastings. The committee, which includes a toxicologist, microbiologist, physician and an ethical expert, will evaluate requests by companies to conduct tastings of cultivated meat…

Coca-Cola has initiated a limited trial of “label-less” packaging for Sprite and Sprite Zero on-the-go bottles. The pilot will see labels temporarily removed from single 500ml Sprite and Sprite Zero bottles and replaced with an embossed logo on the front of the pack. Laser-engraved product and nutritional information will appear on the back of pack.…

Puratos UK is leading the way with the market’s first ready-to-use regeneratively-farmed sourdough, paving the way for sustainable baking. The latest release in its Sapore range of living and inactive sourdoughs, Sapore Sally, is a living sourdough made with regeneratively farmed flour from UK-based Wildfarmed. It has been designed to help large bakeries to diversify…

Macpac one of the UK’s leading independent manufacturers of thermoformed packaging products – has tripled its export business over the past five years. With the addition of Australia in 2023, the company currently sells to 17 countries globally with plans for further worldwide growth going forward. In particular, Macpac has seen an increase in demand…

Martini lovers tired of the same recipes that all canned cocktails seem to have right now, are in for a treat as the classic Passion Fruit Martini just got the Mixtons makeover… And what is a Mixtons makeover? It’s adding a unique and original twist to a classic, a summery spin on iconic cocktails without…

SME manufacturers in the food and drink sector are the latest to secure backing from Made Smarter’s trailblazing adoption programme. Brightside Brewing Company, Just Bee Honey, Studio Bakery, Chandley Ovens, Harbourside Products and Northern Pasta Company are among the latest wave of businesses starting their digitalisation journey to benefit their bottom line and the environment.…

By staying attuned to the latest trends, retailers can not only meet current consumer expectations but also position themselves at the forefront of the evolving confectionery market in 2024. This is the view of Carol Oldbury, managing director at Hames Chocolates who readily that while it’s hard to predict what 2024 has in store for…

Members of the Welsh baking industry will come together to discuss key issues facing the sector at the second annual Welsh Baking Conference, which is taking place at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff on 13 March 2024. Organised by Zero2Five Food Industry Centre at Cardiff Metropolitan University, this year’s conference will focus on the…

A new report from ABB Motion, entitled “Circularity: No Time to Waste,” reveals that 93 per cent of food and beverage businesses are feeling the effects of resource scarcity. Raw materials (37 per cent) are seen as the scarcest resource, followed by energy (34 per cent), labour (32 per cent), and electronic components (26 per…

How best for a British based but Australian conceived brand of plant-based ice cream chunks to celebrate both the arrival of Australia Day (26th Jan) and the successful conclusion of yet another remarkable Veganuary. Australia Day is all about revelling in all that’s great about Australia and being Australian and as Over the Moo is…