Category: Markets
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Cargill and Voyage are scaling cocoa-free confectionery in North America. The NextCoa range is entering North America as manufacturers look for alternatives that reduce cocoa exposure while retaining chocolate-like taste and functionality.
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Symrise has expanded smoke alternatives before EU rules tighten again. The portfolio targets reformulation in cold cuts, sauces, snacks, plant-based products, and other savoury applications affected by the phase-out of several smoke flavouring primary products.
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Horizon Organic’s milk recall puts carton seal integrity under scrutiny. The recall covers shelf-stable chocolate milk sold in four US states after a packaging seal issue created bloating, leakage, and premature spoilage risk.
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California Dairies’ powdered milk recall is widening downstream exposure risks. The FDA is tracking multiple recalls linked to bulk powdered milk and buttermilk used by manufacturers in snacks, powdered beverages, seasonings, and dairy products.
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IFF is moving vanilla innovation closer to crop origin conditions. The Madagascar centre combines analysis, extraction, flavour creation, and application development for dairy, bakery, confectionery, and wider food formulation work.
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Sunrise Beverages is scaling Days inside the alcohol-free beer category. The deal adds a 0.0% beer brand to a UK drinks portfolio already spanning imported beers and several British breweries.
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Diageo is expanding Irish brewing capacity around Guinness export demand. The Littleconnell investment adds lager, ale, Guinness, and Guinness 0.0 production capacity as global beer growth puts fresh pressure on brewing infrastructure.
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Häagen-Dazs is tying dairy resilience to regenerative farm support. The Arras ice cream site is using supply-chain partnerships, decarbonisation work, and energy investment to protect raw material security as European dairy farms face succession pressure.
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Auburn researchers are linking meat date coding to microbial activity. The work uses machine learning to predict spoilage patterns in ground beef and reduce unnecessary waste from conservative sell-by dates.
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Warburtons’ Burnley fire has exposed bakery continuity pressures again. The blaze affected part of the site’s manufacturing operation, with production support expected from the company’s wider UK bakery network.