Food and beverage


  • MOMO Kombucha collaborate with Natoora to launch Watermelon Kombucha

    South London based husband and wife team, MOMO Kombucha has launched Watermelon Kombucha (RRP £4.50 per 330ml glass bottle) with Natoora. MOMO’s unfiltered kombucha blends perfectly with Sentinel Watermelon, resulting in a burst of sweet, fruity flavour perfectly balanced by the classic zingy tones of Kombucha. The Sentinel Watermelon is grown by Oscar Zerbinati, in…


  • Sofina Foods maintains aggressive expansion strategy with Finnebrogue acquisition

    Sofina Foods has confirmed the acquisition of Finnebrogue as the two companies look to provide sustainable, high-quality food products that and will complement each other’s existing food distribution network across the UK and in Europe. Finnebrogue is a family-owned, award-winning food manufacturing business, established in 1991 and currently employing around 1,200 people across four state-of-the-art…


  • Ulma Packaging celebrates Open Week at Memmingen site

    From June 23rd to 27th, Ulma’s Open Week took place at the Memmingen site. Following last year’s great success, the packaging specialists from the Allgäu region repeated this special event. The company presented all Ulma packaging machines live in action. The focus was on the TFS 200 S, TSB 300, TFS 200, VTC 840 Tight-Bag,…


  • Cargill reimagines the cocoa journey to cut emissions and reduce waste

    Cargill has announced a transformation of its global cocoa supply chain, unveiling a series of interconnected investments that reduce carbon emissions, eliminate waste, and boost efficiency from cocoa origin countries in West Africa to processing hubs in Europe. Posted: 1 July 2025 Share this page Cargill has revealed a transformation of its global cocoa supply…


  • Atlas Copco increases oil-free compressor selection to meet food air quality requirements

    The oil-free compressor line from Atlas Copco has grown to include units made especially to satisfy the exacting standards for dependability and air purity found in manufacturing and food processing settings. The latest additions include the ZR/ZT 30-55 FLX dual-speed rotary tooth compressors, the ZR/ZT 30-50 VSD+ rotary tooth compressors, the robust ZT 200-355 VSD+…


  • Almost half of Generation Z Brits believe they would eat cultivated meat, Ipsos poll reveals

    Image: AdobeStock_702831824 Posted: 1 July 2025 Share this page Almost half (47%) of Generation Z Brits think they would consume cultured, or lab grown, meat products, according to recent Ipsos data from the UK. Although only one in five (21%) Baby Boomers believe they would personally eat grown meat, younger generations are far more likely…


  • The first hard honey liqueur in the UK enters the retail sector

    The Honey Thief Original Nectar 70cl (15% ABV) liqueur, produced in Yorkshire by the beverages company Nidhoggr, is fermented from sustainably and ethically sourced European honey and is available in four flavours: Pure Honey, Elderflower Nectar, Sour Cherry, and Blueberry & Blackcurrant. “Honey Thief is all about breaking the rules of traditional liqueurs,” stated Robert…


  • Bizerba, FANUC, KILIVATIONS, and Schmalz in partnership to promote automation in the food sector

    From left to right: Oliver Deifel (Bizerba), Jaron Kilian (KILIVATIONS), Thomas Lichtenberger (Schmalz), Jonas Kilian (KILIVATIONS) and Ralf Winkelmann (FANUC) present their joint partnership to drive automation in the food industry at automatica 2025. Posted: 30 June 2025 Related core topics: Processing Related topics: automation, end-of-line, inspection, labelling, robotics, slicing, snacks, Weighing Related organisations: Bizerba,…


  • Industry welcomes government commitment to mandatory healthy food standard

    Food makers and retailers will “make the healthy choice the easy choice” in a first-of-its-kind collaboration between industry and government to combat the obesity epidemic and relieve burden on the NHS as part of the Plan for Change. Large retailers, including supermarkets, will establish a new benchmark to make the typical shopping basket of products…


  • Kellanova begins production of new All-Bran Fibre Plus at Wrexham

    Kellanova is using cutting-edge technology to produce Fibre Plus All-Bran more quickly and sustainably by using less energy. All-Bran has been produced at Wrexham since the factory first opened in 1978. New All-Bran Fibre Plus is being made following enhancements to the production line at Wrexham, which is now powered by renewable electricity. It will deliver…