Category: News
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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.
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Ingredion’s Argo disruption exposed sweetener processing reliability risks in America. Production challenges, rework, maintenance, and logistics costs weighed on the company’s US and Canada Food & Industrial Ingredients business in the first quarter.
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Food waste reduction is moving further into supply contracts now. The Chancery Lane Project and WRAP have updated Runa’s Clause to help food businesses measure, report, and reduce waste through commercial agreements.
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Greif is pushing barrier packaging deeper into European compliance systems. The company used interpack 2026 to highlight commercial-scale barrier technologies, PPWR readiness, lifecycle tools, digital ordering, and localised manufacturing for food and beverage packaging customers.
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Symrise has expanded smoke alternatives before EU rules tighten again. The portfolio targets reformulation in cold cuts, sauces, snacks, plant-based products, and other savoury applications affected by the phase-out of several smoke flavouring primary products.
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Rockwell and Actemium are cutting refrigeration energy in frozen production. Their PlantPAx-based AI application has delivered a 17% energy saving for a frozen French fry producer, pointing to a more autonomous model for industrial refrigeration control.
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Horizon Organic’s milk recall puts carton seal integrity under scrutiny. The recall covers shelf-stable chocolate milk sold in four US states after a packaging seal issue created bloating, leakage, and premature spoilage risk.
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California Dairies’ powdered milk recall is widening downstream exposure risks. The FDA is tracking multiple recalls linked to bulk powdered milk and buttermilk used by manufacturers in snacks, powdered beverages, seasonings, and dairy products.
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IFF is moving vanilla innovation closer to crop origin conditions. The Madagascar centre combines analysis, extraction, flavour creation, and application development for dairy, bakery, confectionery, and wider food formulation work.
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Sunrise Beverages is scaling Days inside the alcohol-free beer category. The deal adds a 0.0% beer brand to a UK drinks portfolio already spanning imported beers and several British breweries.