Category: News
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Rising fibre demand is creating new opportunities for ingredient suppliers, while food manufacturers balance gut-health positioning with processing performance, texture, labelling, cost, and claims.
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Froneri’s premium ice cream growth is increasingly tied to packaging, sourcing, energy, and cold-chain efficiency, showing how frozen dessert manufacturing is being reshaped behind the freezer cabinet.
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Germany’s packaging law timetable has moved closer to alignment with the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, sharpening the compliance horizon for food packaging producers and fillers.
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Lamb Weston plans to close its Broekhuizenvorst production facility in the Netherlands, affecting around 110 workers as the frozen potato processor reshapes its European manufacturing footprint.
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Premier Foods has reported major low-carbon manufacturing investments, including a £2.1m solar farm at Carlton Bakery, £3.3m boiler upgrades at Worksop, and heat recovery work at Lifton Creamery.
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Domino’s Pizza Group has opened a £25m Avonmouth supply chain centre to increase capacity across South West England and Wales, with automation planned by early 2027.
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The High Court has ruled that elements of the Food Standards Agency’s slaughterhouse charging model are unlawful, creating fresh scrutiny over official controls, enforcement costs, and abattoir operating pressure.
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Mondelēz International’s R&D agenda is bringing together regenerative agriculture, cocoa resilience, packaging materials, start-up collaboration, and process efficiency as manufacturers face tighter supply, cost, and sustainability pressures.
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Raisio has secured €1.8m from Business Finland for a four-year project to develop functional fibre ingredients from grain processing side streams, with pilot-plant scale-up planned at Raisionkaari.
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Ingredion has acquired Benicaros, a patented prebiotic fibre made from upcycled carrot pomace, strengthening its functional ingredients portfolio with manufacturing know-how, clinical data, and intellectual property.