Category: Markets
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Nestlé is combining Aero and Milkybar across York confectionery lines. Sharing bars and bite-sized packs bring together aerated milk chocolate and white chocolate across two production formats.
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Manufacturers have added two billion fibre servings nationwide since 2021. Around 500 launches and reformulations now span bread, snacks, cereals, dairy products, and other established categories.
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Brewers now want Britain’s alcohol-free threshold raised to 0.5% ABV. The proposed change would affect brewing processes, labels, exports, investment decisions, and the expanding draught market.
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Germany’s reusable beverage packaging share remains far below statutory ambitions. Reuse reached 34.5% in 2024, with wide differences between beer, water, soft drinks, juice, and dairy beverages.
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European flexible packaging substrate prices rose sharply during second quarter. Films, polymers, aluminium foil, and coated paper all increased as geopolitical disruption, energy costs, and restricted resin supply moved through converter purchasing.
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KHS has redesigned keg cleaning and filling for greater reliability. The updated systems combine output of up to 1,200 kegs an hour with revised hygiene, safety, controls, and cybersecurity.
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Glacier will invest €45m across European ice cream manufacturing operations. New lines, automation, cooling, warehousing, and development facilities will expand fruit ice, layered water ice, and bite-sized capacity in Italy and Belgium.
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M&S has recalled Truffle Gouda after detecting possible Listeria contamination. The Northern Ireland action covers one 150g product code and a specified October 2026 use-by date.
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Del Monte and Treatt are upcycling fruit processing side streams. Pineapple, mango, watermelon, and cantaloupe materials will become standardised extracts for beverage development and commercial production.
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Nichols will manufacture Myprotein clear whey drinks for UK retail. The September launch extends the sports nutrition brand into ready-to-drink production through established grocery, convenience, and wholesale channels.