Category: Snacks and baked goods
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June’s heatwave removed nine million tonnes from European grain forecasts. Wheat filling and maize pollination suffered, raising pressure across milling, bakery, brewing, starch, and feed production.
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Intersnack will acquire Utz through a $2.9bn private market transaction. The agreement creates equal ownership with Utz’s founding families and adds substantial American manufacturing capacity.
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Walker’s Shortbread maintained demand while annual operating profit contracted sharply. Butter, utilities, labour, overtime, tariffs, and cautious ordering reduced earnings despite sales of £197m across domestic and export markets.
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PepsiCo has recalled Doritos Chilli Heatwave packs containing undeclared milk. Incorrect product or seasoning entered the packaging, separating the pack identity from its contents and allergen declaration.
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Wholebake is investing £3m in two new high-speed production lines. The Wrexham manufacturer will lift capability to 360 bars per minute while retaining existing equipment for greater flexibility.
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Two Ishida multihead weighers have improved Italian cracker packing performance. Mondelēz has reduced weight variation, giveaway, and product damage while raising equipment efficiency to as much as 98%.
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FRITSCH has started construction of a consolidated German headquarters complex. The €75m Iphofen project will combine bakery machinery production, administration, customer trials, and product-development facilities.
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Pladis is extending regenerative wheat visibility across selected McVitie’s packs. Back to Farm now supports more than 50 British growers across 4,000 hectares.
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Panzani has opened a laboratory linking durum analysis with applications. The Gennevilliers facility will test texture, viscosity, stability, and shelf-life performance.
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GoodMills launched a wheat germ ingredient to relax industrial dough. The system targets shaping consistency, shorter kneading, reduced tearing, and lower rework.