Category: News
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Ornua has reported stronger 2025 results as Kerrygold passed $1 billion in US retail sales, giving the co-op fresh momentum in premium dairy despite continued volatility in milk markets, energy costs, and global trade.
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TNA will preview a new vacuum de-oiler at interpack 2026 designed to lower oil content in batch-fried potato chips while avoiding the reheating, extra browning, and added acrylamide risk associated with some conventional systems.
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TraceGains will hold its virtual Together 2026 conference on 20 May, using the event to push a connected-data model for compliance, innovation, and supply-chain workflows across food and beverage operations.
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Bakers Basco has doubled tracker deployment across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after a fresh enforcement push recovered more than 2,400 bakery assets and uncovered concentrated misuse linked to unauthorised supply activity in Belfast.
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Solar Foods has secured a US patent covering the production process for Solein, reinforcing the company’s intellectual-property position as it plans a major expansion in capacity for its air-based protein ingredient.
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Tesco and RenEco have started processing surplus bakery and produce at Chelveston into animal feed, with the site designed to handle packaged materials and bulk volumes from food manufacturing as well as store returns.
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New UK research suggests replacing processed meat with plant-based alternatives can improve fibre, saturated fat, and salt intake, but inconsistent micronutrient fortification remains a weakness for manufacturers seeking stronger nutritional parity.
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Rothamsted Research has developed gene-edited wheat with sharply lower free asparagine, opening a route to reduced acrylamide formation in bread, biscuits, and crisps without the yield penalties seen in conventional mutation approaches.
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GEA and Siemens will use Hannover Messe to show how cloud connectivity, AI analytics, and modular automation can tighten beverage processing, reduce engineering effort, and speed plant changes from raw-material handling through filling integration.
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Barry Callebaut lifted recurring net profit in the first half, but weaker volumes, cocoa-market overcapacity, and supply disruption pushed operating earnings lower and forced a downgrade to its full-year outlook.