Category: News
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Soufflet Malt and Ferments du Futur have started an 18-month programme to develop cocoa alternatives from fermented sprouted grains, using solid-state fermentation and a four-ton demonstrator in France to test flavour, functionality, and scalable ingredient production.
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Domino says 2D coding has moved from awareness to implementation. Its interpack 2026 activity highlighted integration, automation, vision inspection, and connected workflows as manufacturers prepare for variable data at scale.
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SKS Copack has recalled powdered beverage mixes over Salmonella risk. The US incident extends the California Dairies dry milk recall chain into cafés, restaurants, smoothie bases, and specialty drink systems.
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OAL has secured £5m to scale food factory robotics. The Innovate UK loan will support fenceless systems designed for space-constrained production lines, repetitive handling tasks, and labour-challenged food manufacturing sites.
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One Living has recalled raspberry and pomegranate kombucha over cap pressure. The incident highlights fermentation control, cold-chain discipline, glass packaging safety, and recall handling for live beverage formats.
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Danone is ending its long-running Lifeway Foods shareholding. The sale closes a strained ownership chapter while fermented dairy, protein, and functional nutrition continue to shape investment across the category.
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Baby food pouch testing has intensified scrutiny on flexible plastics. Greenpeace-commissioned analysis of Nestlé and Danone products adds pressure on pouch materials, migration controls, supplier evidence, and infant nutrition packaging formats.
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Belgian egg recalls have widened into a cross-border safety case. The outbreak linked to Laerco BV has put poultry-house sampling, egg traceability, heat treatment, and recall systems back under scrutiny across European food production.
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Macpac has added Sulapac Flow to its thermoformed packaging range. The wood-polymer composite is food-contact compliant, industrially compostable, and designed to replace conventional plastics in inserts, trays, and single-use packaging.
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ADM has launched eight soy and pea ingredients across key markets. The new portfolio covers meat alternatives, beverages, dairy alternatives, baked goods, batters, and breadings in North America and Europe.