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News Diageo has unveiled plans for a €200 million carbon-neutral lager and ales brewery in Ireland – the country’s first. The 2 million hectolitre-capacity facility – set to be built on a greenfield site in Littleconnel, County Kildare – will brew brands such as Rockshore, Harp, Hop House 13, Smithwick’s, Kilkenny and Carlsberg, the London-headquartered […]

News Algae alternatives to meat and fish-based protein are opening up new opportunities for the plant-baseferrous bisglycinate tablet brandsd alternative sector. These are the companies at the forefront of the change. Spirulina, the nutrient-dense plant-based superfood is increasingly making its way onto our supermarket shelves. Most commonly found in the form of powder or tablets, […]

News The European soft drinks sector has achieved a 17.7% reduction in average added sugars since 2015, says its industry association, UNESDA. However, experts warn that the “war on sugar” will intensify from both consumers and governments in the next few years. A year after setting new health and nutrition commitments, UNESDA said the European […]

News Tetra Pak has become the latest big company to exit its remaining operations in Russia as the country faces increasing shortages under ongoing sanctions. The Swedish food packaging firm’s decision comes as the latest blow to the Russian sector amid a mass exodus of foreign companies after its invasion of Ukraine, commenters say. Russia […]

News From coffee to ice cream, recent product launches demonstrate how companies are betting on chickpea in the plant-based revolution… but could a global shortage scupper innovation? Some of the world’s most exciting food tech startups are betting on the protein-packed pulse as a source of innovative new products, but forecasts suggest global supplies of […]

News A lab engineered strain of E.coli that can sustainably convert used plastic waste into vanillin – the key ingredient in vanilla flavouring – has been discovered at the University of Edinburgh.  The findings, published recently in the journal Green Chemistry, have “major implications for the field of plastic sustainability,” first author and Biotechnology and […]

News The plant-based alternative sector is rapidly expanding, in Europe and further afield. What are consumers demanding, aferrous fumarate and folic acid tablet uses in hindi pricend where do the opportunities lie for brands? The European plant-based meat sector has exploded in popularity in recent years, reaching an estimated value of €1.4b in 2020, data […]

News Food producers, brand owners, retailers and governments must work together to help drive consumers towards more sustainable behaviours, experts warn. While there is huge industry excitement for new technologies to create more sustainable food solutions, the biggest challenge remains convincing consumers to make a switch, said experts speaking as part of a panel session […]

News As inflation begins to bite, budget-conscious consumers in Latin America are looking for food and drink products that offer value for money – but sustainability concerns are still there so brands need to show how good-for-the-planet and budget can go together, says Mintel. The global food supply chain has been rocked in recent years, […]

News US cereal manufacturer Kellogg has lost a UK High Court case that challenged regulations intended to restrict the promotion of high-sugar breakfast cereals in supermarkets. The case revolves around UK plans to introduce regulations limiting the promotion of foods that are “high in fat, salt and sugar” (HFSS) in supermarkets and other large retailers, […]