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Nescafé Coffee Centre Opens in China

Nescafé Coffee Centre Opens in China

    Nescafé Coffee Centre Opens in China

Nestlé has opened a new Nescafé Coffee Centre for research and development in the city of Puer, Yunnan China. Working with the College of Tropical Crops at Yunnan Agricultural University,

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Corbion enables preservative-free grains

A few years ago, consumers couldn’t spell “quinoa” – much less cook it, claims Corbion, noting that today, quinoa and other ancient grains are becoming kitchen staples. Corbion Caravan says

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Foods Beverages: it’s all about taste

While America’s non-alcoholic beverage market is shifting in favour of better-for-you alternatives, new research from Mintel reveals that taste/flavour (72%) is by far the main influencer for consumers when drinking

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Alison introduces ‘Re-Fresh’ reusable food plastic boxes

Kirkham based Alison Handling announce their appointment as an exclusive sales agent for the new range of ‘Re-Fresh’ reusable plastic boxes that can be used for full supply chain distribution

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Linpac invests £1.2 million in machinery

A £1.2m investment in machinery will enable leading fresh food packaging manufacturer, Linpac, to produce a further 200 million expanded polystyrene (EPS) trays each year at its St Helens manufacturing

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Emmi Improves Earnings Despite Sales Drop

    Emmi Improves Earnings Despite Sales Drop

Although sales declined by 5.6% or 3.0% in organic terms to SFr3.214 billion (Eur2.949 billion) in 2015, Swiss dairy group Emmi was able to improve its profit levels with earnings

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Industry Needs to Define the Meaning of ‘Craft Drinks’

    Industry Needs to Define the Meaning of ‘Craft Drinks’

Whilst craft drinks have revolutionised the alcoholic drinks industry over the past decade, it seems that many British consumers are still unsure as to what the term ‘craft’ actually means.

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Carlsberg Pours Further Support Behind Liverpool FC

    Carlsberg Pours Further Support Behind Liverpool FC

Carlsberg has agreed a three year extension to their long standing partnership with Liverpool Football Club. The deal secures Carlsberg’s role as the club’s Official Beer until the end of

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EU Fisheries Control Agency to Help Detect Migrant Boats

    EU Fisheries Control Agency to Help Detect Migrant Boats

The European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) which centralises and coordinates EU member states’ fisheries inspections, will be empowered to use the data provided by its ship reporting systems to detect

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Pulmuone acquires Vitasoy

Pulmuone Foods is to purchase substantially all of the assets of Vitasoy USA, which includes acquiring the Nasoya brand, said to be America’s number one tofu brand, and, the company

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Scientists create better-for-you bread

A team of food scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) says it has successfully formulated a recipe for making healthier bread by adding a natural plant pigment, called

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GM talks snacking trends

As snack habits evolve, convenience stores need to stay on top of the latest trends to ensure they are meeting consumers’ expectations and to maximize their own success according to

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European beverage can usage ‘up 1.25bn’ in 2015

More than 64bn cans were filled in Europe last year – an increase of 1.25bn on 2014 – according to figures published by Beverage Can Makers Europe (BCME). Total can

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Corrugated industry ‘helping to make savings’ with board weight reduction

Corrugated companies are helping retailers to make savings in the supply chain and cut their carbon footprint by developing packaging that maximises storage and reduces transport costs. That is according

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Prakash K. Iyengar appointed CEO of Ammeraal Beltech Group

    Prakash K. Iyengar appointed CEO of Ammeraal Beltech Group

Ammeraal Beltech, headquartered in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, is proud to announce the appointment of Mr. Prakash K. Iyengar as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 28th 2016.  Mr. Iyengar replaces interim

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Arla Foods Forms Cheese Joint Venture With Dairy Farmers of America

    Arla Foods Forms Cheese Joint Venture With Dairy Farmers of America

Arla Foods and Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) have agreed to enter into a joint venture that includes the construction of a small dairy plant in the US for cheddar

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Coca-Cola Company Adds Two More Billion-dollar Brands

    Coca-Cola Company Adds Two More Billion-dollar Brands

Two popular bottled water brands – China’s Ice Dew and smartwater, which is available in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and South Korea – both passed the $1 billion

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Trade Balance Remains Positive For EU agri-food Products

    Trade Balance Remains Positive For EU agri-food Products

EU agri-food exports rose slightly in January 2016 relative to January 2015 to €9.3 billion, according to the latest monthly statistical report. The figures show that the EU was a

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Nestlé to Close its German Coffee Factory

    Nestlé to Close its German Coffee Factory

Nestlé Germany has announced it plans to close the coffee plant in Mainz, by the end of 2017. An independent report, commissioned by the company has concluded that it would

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Premier Foods Rejects Approach From McCormick & Company and Enters Co-operation Agreement With Nissan Foods

    Premier Foods Rejects Approach From McCormick & Company and Enters Co-operation Agreement With Nissan Foods

The board of Premier Foods has rejected two approaches from McCormick & Company, the US-based specialist in flavour technology, on the basis that they significantly undervalue the British food group

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Expansion of Europe’s Largest Wine Bottling and Distribution Facility

    Expansion of Europe’s Largest Wine Bottling and Distribution Facility

Accolade Wines, the leading global new world wine company, has officially opened a £8.5 million bottling line at Accolade Park, Europe’s largest wine warehouse and distribution centre in Bristol, England.

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Major Lack of Awareness of Calorie Intake Among British Consumers

    Major Lack of Awareness of Calorie Intake Among British Consumers

New research from Mintel reveals that well over one third (37%) of British consumers don’t know how many calories they consume on a typical day. Despite official guidelines recommending that

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New Regulation to Boost Use of Organic and Waste-based Fertilisers

  New Regulation to Boost Use of Organic and Waste-based Fertilisers

The European Commission has presented new rules on organic and waste-based fertilisers in the EU. The re-use of raw materials that

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Arjuna invests in curcumin research

Arjuna is investing more than 10% of its total turnover in a clinical research program to explore the health benefits

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Sensient’s range of Mexican flavors for soft drinks

Sensient Flavors presents a new range of all-natural Mexican flavors for the production of soft drinks. Featuring horchata and tangerine

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Anti-counterfeiting solution from Guala Closures

Guala Closures partners with Authentic Vision for new anti-counterfeiting closure solution with a wealth of end-consumer marketing opportunities for the

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New dual sealing system offers extra protection from cross product contamination

With food product recalls occurring at an even greater frequency and severity, manufacturers are going to greater lengths to protect

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The SUBWAY® Brand Opens its 5,000th Store in Europe

  The SUBWAY® Brand Opens its 5,000th Store in Europe

The SUBWAY® brand has recently reached the milestone of 5,000 stores open and operating in Europe, with the opening of

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Quintessential Brands Expands Further in Ireland

  Quintessential Brands Expands Further in Ireland

International drinks group, Quintessential Brands has acquired Dublin Whiskey Company as part of a €10 million investment that will see

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British Food and Drink Federation Members Overwhelmingly Endorse UK Remaining in EU

  British Food and Drink Federation Members Overwhelmingly Endorse UK Remaining in EU

Britain’s leading food and drink manufacturers have given an overwhelming endorsement to the campaign for the UK to remain in

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Annual Food Industry Social Media Report – UK Food Businesses Still at Risk

  Annual Food Industry Social Media Report – UK Food Businesses Still at Risk

Businesses in the food industry are still leaving themselves exposed to risk when it comes to social media. That’s according to

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Smurfit Kappa bags two prizes at the Art of Packaging Awards

An innovative design for fruit juice called ‘Ice Box’, designed by Smurfit Kappa Poland, has won in the ‘Packaging Concept’

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Arla expends high protein roducts

Arla Foods, announced a new addition to its popular Arla Protein range earlier this month. The company launched the quark

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MEPs calls for mandatory country of origin labeling

Food safety MEPs have reiterated their support for introducing mandatory country of origin labeling of meat and milk, in a

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Poll: sugar tax will make a difference

43% of people say they would buy fewer soft drinks if prices rose by 20 per cent, according to a

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CSP Technologies acquires food packaging firm Maxwell Chase

Polymeric protective packaging specialist CSP Technologies has acquired Maxwell Chase Technologies, a US-based producer of absorbent and non-absorbent packaging solutions

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Santa Maria gives new look for Tex-Mex range

Over 30 products in Santa Maria’s Tex-Mex range have been given a clean and bold new look to help drive category

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Starbucks offers discount in support of anti-waste campaign

Starbucks will offer a 50p discount to customers if they bring in their own cup, in response to the publicity

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Robust 2015 Financial Performance by Moy Park

  Robust 2015 Financial Performance by Moy Park

Aided by strong sales volume growth of 6.7%, Moy Park, which is one of Europe’s leading prepared food products and

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Ornua Opens €20 Million Cheese Manufacturing Facility in Saudi Arabia

  Ornua Opens €20 Million Cheese Manufacturing Facility in Saudi Arabia

Ornua, Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, has opened a new cheese manufacturing facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The

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Teeling Whiskey Company Triumphs at World Whiskies Awards

  Teeling Whiskey Company Triumphs at World Whiskies Awards

Teeling Whiskey Company, which is the only operational distillery in Dublin, Ireland, has won three awards at the prestigious annual

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Nestlé to Invest $70 Million in a New Factory in North Vietnam

  Nestlé to Invest $70 Million in a New Factory in North Vietnam

Nestlé Vietnam began construction of a new $70 million factory located in Hung Yen province, North Vietnam. The factory will

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CSPI: synthetic dyes need warning labels

Foods that contain Red 40, Yellow 5, or other synthetic food dyes should bear a label warning parents that the

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World’s largest capacity Homogenizer

Tetra Pak have announced that the world’s largest capacity food processing homogenizer has gone into operation with its first customer. The Tetra

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Sealed Air launches new protective bubble wrap

USA-based Sealed Air has made its Bubble Wrap IB protective packaging solution commercially available across the globe. The bubble wrap

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Ingeo Propylester by Metalvuoto helps keep processed foods fresh for longer

Metalvuoto and NatureWorks have introduced new high-barrier biobased flexible substrates that are designed to help keep processed foods fresh for

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Tofu King quadruples productivity with Yamato

Birmingham-based Tofu King, producer of bean curd products for the oriental food market in the UK, has installed a Semi-Automatic

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Belvoir Fruit Farms raises a cordial glass to Her Majesty!

Belvoir Fruit Farms is encouraging the nation to raise a very cordial glass to Her Majesty the Queen on her

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Acquisitions and Organic Growth Drive Finsbury Food Group

  Acquisitions and Organic Growth Drive Finsbury Food Group

Helped by acquisitions, Finsbury Food Group, a leading UK speciality bakery manufacturer of cake, bread and morning goods for the

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Nestlé UK Officially Opens Tutbury Factory

  Nestlé UK Officially Opens Tutbury Factory

Nestle UK’s new and improved coffee factory at Tutbury in Derbyshire has been officially opened. Following a £325 million investment,

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Irish Shoppers Undeterred as Price Inflation Continues

  Irish Shoppers Undeterred as Price Inflation Continues

The latest supermarket share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland for the 12 weeks ending 28 February, show that the

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After a Record-breaking 2015 UPN is Growing From Strength to Strength

  After a Record-breaking 2015 UPN is Growing From Strength to Strength

As it maintains a trajectory of continued strong growth, 2015 has been a year of new records for UPN, outgrowing

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Loma establishes technical centre of excellence

New Manchester-based facility offers sales, engineering and R&D functions to help drive forward development of advanced inspection technology. In a

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Bottles preserve taste sensation

One of Poland’s largest apple juice producers, SOGO has selected a barrier bottle manufactured by RPC Promens Consumer Corby for

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