Category: News
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Old El Paso has reformulated its crunchy taco shell range. The updated shells use whole corn kernels and nixtamalisation, supported by a wider UK launch across kits, sauces, and gluten free wraps.
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Britain and the Netherlands are aligning circular economy finance frameworks. The partnership aims to support common definitions, indicators, and investment routes for circular packaging, by-product use, waste reduction, and industrial infrastructure.
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Nestlé will reformulate KitKat across continental Europe from 2027 onwards. The new recipe adds hazelnut notes and a crispier texture, while the UK version will remain unchanged.
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Europe’s reusable transport packaging sector wants stronger circular economy support. The call focuses on pallets, trays, crates, EPR reform, public procurement, and supply chain resilience under the forthcoming Circular Economy Act.
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Italian packaging and processing machinery revenue approached €10.5bn during 2025. Food and beverage remained the largest end-use markets, reinforcing the sector’s importance to European automation, packaging, and line integration.
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New JRC estimates sharpen Europe’s food packaging compliance pressure further. Food and beverage dominate the study scope, while plastic is the only packaging material category to show absolute growth between 2011 and 2025.
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Tetra Pak has launched its first industrial fermentation bioreactor system. The Bioreactor RF supports New Food and ingredient scale up, using magnetic agitation, automated controls, and vessel sizes from 10 to 50,000 litres.
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Brainr has raised fresh capital for meat processing software expansion. The Portuguese developer will use a €1.5m extension from Portugal Ventures to scale its factory operating system across meat plants and adjacent food manufacturing sectors.
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Carlsberg and Sapporo are expanding their global brewing partnership platform. The agreement covers Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, UK production and distribution rights, and long-term growth for Sapporo Premium Beer.
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Global food commodity prices softened slightly during June 2026 overall. FAO data showed cereals, sugar, and dairy falling, while vegetable oils rose and meat reached a record high.