Process industries

Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe has worked with Hernö Gin to produce a new lightweighted 500ml glass bottle. The new Hernö Gin bottle, and the brand’s first bespoke bottle, has launched with an upgraded graphic profile, and is produced and decorated at AGP-Europe’s Limmared facility in Sweden. The new bottle design features the Hernö copper still, with…

Producers who want to attract consumers to creations with a mix of wow and tradition can turn to Herza Schokolade’s attractive chocolate pieces. At Biofach 2025 the company is presenting colourful Compound Pieces in organic quality, as well as small Organic Nougat Chocolate bits. Sister company SternLife is also addressing trendy indulgence with a new Organic…

In the growing hubbub that builds this side of Christmas, it’s easy to understand how we might have momentarily lost sight of the fact that January 4th is National Spaghetti Day. In an age of countless fancy twirled & tubed pasta its reassuring to know that it’s actually the straight-talking, thin lined spaghetti that retains…

Besmoke team members at the firm’s base in Arundel, West Sussex. Posted: 12 December 2024 Share this page A UK specialist in smoke flavour has agreed a distribution partnership with a major global player in the speciality food ingredients industry. Under its deal with Antwerp-headquartered multinational Azelis Group, West Sussex-based Besmoke aims to strengthen its…

Tate & Lyle and BioHarvest Sciences have struck a partnership to develop the next-generation of proprietary plant-based molecules to address increasing consumer desire for affordable, nutritious and more sustainable plant-derived food and beverage ingredients. BioHarvest’s proven Botanical Synthesis platform produces non-GMO plant-derived ingredients in a more sustainable and economically viable way, helping to scale up…

Tis’ the Season for brand new popcorn seasonings as Popcorn Shed introduces its new range. Popcorn Shed’s new range has been created to spice up the life of consumers at a time where there are plenty of cosy movie nights in. They are also a fun way to shake up a date night as an…

Four of the UK’s leading food and drink experts have shared their insights into the key trends that will be tantalising consumer palates in 2025. From functional foods and improved quality in low and no beverages, to undiscovered European flavours, eco-consumption and the continued growth of the organic sector; the year ahead promises to redefine…

Wouldn’t it be incredible if UK retailers and government went the extra distance to get behind home-grown honey production as opposed to succumbing to cheap, all too often adulterated foreign exports, asks The Scottish Bee Company. Make no mistake honey is big money! In the UK alone 50,000 tonnes is consumed for its nuanced flavours,…

Czech brand Wild & Coco is packaging its compressed “Cocoguard Shot”, either pure or with a hint of mango or cocoa, in a 100 per cent rPET bottle from Alpla. The Cocoguard Shot fits 120 millilitres of coconut drink in a plastic bottle. Six of these make up one pack. With the bottle made from…