Category: Markets
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Hybrid meat gives manufacturers a practical route to lower-impact protein. ACI Group’s Dr Briony Sayers explains that, by combining animal and plant proteins, it can preserve familiar taste and texture while reducing emissions, land use, and reliance on conventional meat supply chains.
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Regenerative sourcing is moving closer to common measurement frameworks. Forty organisations have backed SAI Platform’s Regenerating Together Programme, bringing major food and drink manufacturers into a shared structure for agricultural transition.
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Cal-Maine Foods has acquired the Van’s frozen breakfast brand. The deal moves the US egg producer further into prepared foods, adding waffles, pancakes, and breakfast formats as protein, frozen bakery, and supply-chain diversification reshape the category.
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Walker’s Shortbread has launched Wee Chunkies in resealable tubs. The bite-sized, heatable shortbread format extends the Scottish bakery manufacturer into sharing and snacking with a product built around indulgence, portioning, and pack convenience.
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Cranswick has reported record results and major site investment. The UK food producer is expanding poultry capacity at Eye and commissioning automated cold-store capability in Hull as meat processors sharpen efficiency, welfare, and supply resilience.
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Tate & Lyle is widening its BioHarvest sweetener collaboration. The expanded programme covers multiple plant-based sweetener molecules, strengthening its technical route into sugar reduction as manufacturers seek taste, label, cost, and processing solutions beyond single-ingredient fixes.
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Lactalis is extending Leerdammer into bite-sized cheese snacking. The new Mini Cubes line is produced in the Netherlands and sold in a resealable format, adding another portioned dairy product to a category shaped by convenience, protein, and packaging functionality.
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Glacier has appointed Tunc Tezel as group chief financial officer. The European frozen desserts platform is strengthening leadership as private-label production, co-manufacturing, energy costs, and freezer-chain efficiency reshape frozen food manufacturing.
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BGG Group has appointed Bharat Ramamoorthy to lead its European and international operations. The appointment places its natural ingredients expansion under new leadership as demand rises for botanical, microalgae, stevia, and functional ingredients.
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Kerry Dairy Ireland has rebranded as Kinisla and announced major investment. The majority farmer-owned dairy business will invest €300m over five years across nutritional ingredients, consumer foods, sustainability, and new roles.