Category: News
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Fortifi Food Processing Solutions has agreed to acquire Bradford-based Deighton Manufacturing. The deal expands Fortifi’s forming, portioning, coating, frying, and modular processing capability across meat, fish, dairy, bakery, and prepared foods.
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A European survey has found broad consumer openness to seafood sidestream products. Hailia says the results could support wider use of filleting by-products in ready meals, catering, and value-added seafood production.
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Nestlé is expected to cut more than 450 UK roles as its global restructuring programme reaches local operations. York and Gatwick are expected to see the largest impact, alongside wider review activity across UK sites.
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GNT has opened a sales and application office in Shanghai to support demand for plant-based EXBERRY colours. The new site includes an application laboratory for training, formulation support, concept development, and stability testing.
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Bakery recalls have sharpened hygiene control scrutiny. Saffron Pastries and FNM Bakery have withdrawn 43 products in England following separate rodent contamination incidents.
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WRAP has launched a new UK packaging programme. The 10-year pact broadens the plastics-pact model into a cross-material framework as EPR and recycling reforms gather pace.
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Food inflation is climbing, while manufacturers are carrying a fresh wave of costs. With energy, freight, packaging, and ingredients all under pressure, March’s 3.7% rate may prove a relatively mild reading before a tougher second half.
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Poultry processors are tightening control over yield, labour, and risk. At VIV Europe 2026, Ishida Europe will present X-ray inspection, robotic grading, and AI-led monitoring systems aimed at faster, more consistent poultry production.
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Sensient is committing new capital to natural colour manufacturing in St Louis. The expansion reflects how quickly reformulation pressure is turning colour from a marketing issue into a production, sourcing, and process challenge.
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Celleste Bio has moved cultured cocoa butter closer to scale. Milk chocolate bars made with its ingredient by Mondelēz now put the technology into a more practical discussion about cost, functionality, and future supply resilience.