Category: Processing
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European consumers want healthier diets, but cost still dominates decisions. EIT Food’s latest survey shows affordability and habit continue to blunt healthier and more sustainable eating.
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Magtein has secured Great Britain authorisation for food supplement use. The approval covers adult-only supplement use under defined labelling, dosage, and data-protection conditions.
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Busch has cut vacuum packaging energy use at Kepak site. ECOTORQUE retrofits on R5 pumps reduced idle-period demand sharply while easing wear on packaging-line vacuum assets.
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Commercial acreage is giving high-protein chickpeas an industrial foothold now. NuCicer and Stricks Ag are moving a new chickpea variety into scaled production for food ingredient applications.
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Cocoa-free ingredients are moving deeper into mainstream confectionery manufacturing now. Nestlé Germany is launching a ChoViva-based Choco Crossies extension as branded alternatives gain industrial traction.
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Barakat began building a halal baby food plant in KEZAD. The AED 150m, 10,000 sqm Abu Dhabi facility is designed for 90m units a year, producing fruit, vegetable, meat, and fish purées in pouches and glass jars via a JV with Pure Baby Food Industries.
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KP Snacks has begun consulting on closing its Uttoxeter site. The proposal follows plans to discontinue Tyrrells vegetable crisps, with the plant currently manufacturing the brand’s non-potato lines.
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Iran has imposed an indefinite ban on agri-food exports nationwide. The restriction took effect 3 March, and applies to all food and agricultural products until further notice.
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Frain has opened a 200,000 sq-ft equipment showroom in Illinois. The site holds more than 2,000 new packaging and processing machines, with systems stocked to deploy in as little as 48 hours.
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Waitrose will stop selling mackerel as stocks fall sharply again. Fresh, chilled, and frozen lines will be removed by 29 April 2026, with tinned products following once existing stock sells through.