Category: News
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I.T.S has now launched a dedicated health and wellness division. The move expands flavour support for sports nutrition, functional foods, supplements, and wellness products.
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Framptons has returned to profit following renewed plant investment work. A third Tetra Edge A3 line will add 40m units of production capacity.
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FSA surveillance has exposed compliance gaps in targeted food samples. Labelling, authenticity, ingredient controls, and substitution remain live risks across UK food supply chains.
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Cocoa reformulation is becoming a sharper technical manufacturing challenge globally. Volatile supply and pricing are forcing deeper work on flavour, texture, viscosity, colour, and labelling.
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Confectionery manufacturers face a difficult shift away from plastic packaging. Barrier performance, shelf life, line speed, and product protection still govern material choices.
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Packaging bodies now want clearer PPWR rules for own-brand responsibility. The request could reshape compliance costs, reporting duties, and private-label supply agreements.
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EU rules now clarify recycled-content accounting for PET beverage bottles. The methodology covers calculation, verification, and reporting as chemically recycled plastics enter compliance systems.
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Wintipak is expanding aseptic packaging print capacity in Germany’s Halle. The Heidelberg Boardmaster investment supports faster job changes, lower start-up waste, and higher-volume liquid food packaging.
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GEA has opened its Sarstedt centre for food biotech scale-up. The €4m facility supports pilot development across fermentation, cell cultivation, filtration, separation, and hygienic process design.
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Icesupp is recalling selected frozen supplements over a packaging defect. The precautionary recall covers selected mango, passionfruit, and mixed berry packs with best-before dates between May and October 2027.