Category: Snacks and baked goods
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Balconi is entering UK grocery with ambient cake products. The Valeo Foods brand brings automated Italian cake-bar production into Tesco and Asda listings from June.
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AHDB’s latest cereal estimates point to tighter UK supply. Feed, bioethanol, milling, brewing, malting, distilling, and food manufacturing demand are all exposed to revised wheat, barley, maize, and oat balances.
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PPM Technologies and Key Technology have introduced a fully integrated potato chip processing line combining slicing, frying, optical sorting, seasoning, conveying, and production data visibility. The system targets raw-material variability, labour pressure, and high-volume snack production.
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Koenig has scaled suction dividing for industrial bakery production lines. The Industrie Rex Evo EC combines 24,000-piece hourly output, ±1% stated weight accuracy, modular changeover, and hygiene-focused access for industrial dough processing.
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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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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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Premier Foods has increased capital investment to £52m after stronger profits and lower debt, with site efficiency, energy performance, and branded sweet treats central to its manufacturing outlook.
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Lotus Bakeries has begun construction on a new production hall at Lembeke, expanding the Belgian site behind Biscoff’s European manufacturing base as global demand continues to rise.
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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.