Category: News
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MiAlgae has secured a scaled pet-food route through Butternut Box. Its fish-free DHA ingredient is now being added to Butternut Box’s Ready Steady Veggie recipe, extending microalgae’s role in premium pet nutrition and strengthening demand for alternative Omega 3 supply.
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Dennis Group is promoting phased facility planning for expansion projects. The design-build specialist says early decisions on utilities, site infrastructure, safety, and layout can reduce retrofit costs as food plants scale.
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TraceGains is expanding its European presence through compliance-led industry events. The programme spans Berlin, Birmingham, Düsseldorf, and a UK customer forum, with food safety, supplier data, and faster NPD at its core.
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Defra’s Land Use Framework gives food production a firmer place in England’s land policy, but the next test will be how those commitments translate into incentives, planning decisions and protection for productive land.
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Unilever’s review of its food assets has reopened questions around one of the sector’s biggest manufacturing portfolios, with any split expected to reach deep into plants, procurement, systems and supply arrangements.
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The Food and Drink Federation has renewed its call for targeted support as higher costs, rising insolvencies and energy volatility tighten pressure on a sector now contributing £42bn to the UK economy.
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WDS has launched detectable machinery components for food lines. The range targets contamination control requirements across processing, bakery, dairy, and packaging equipment.
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Energy efficiency is rising on food plant engineering agendas. Processors are looking beyond component ratings and focusing more closely on pumps, thermal control, digital monitoring, and system-level performance.
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King Charles visited Greencore’s Warrington site to examine waste reduction. The visit highlighted how spare capacity, surplus ingredients, and redistribution partnerships are being used to convert potential waste into additional meals.
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A major JBS strike is disrupting US beef processing capacity. The walkout at Greeley adds labour pressure to a market already constrained by tight cattle supplies and high retail prices.