Category: Topics
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JBM Packaging has opened new contract-packing capacity in southwest Ohio. The 52,500-square-foot Lebanon facility adds filling, kitting, warehousing, and packaging capability while releasing space at the company’s existing headquarters for further paper-packaging equipment.
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Tesco has recalled coleslaw after an allergen labelling error emerged. Some packs may contain a different potato-salad product containing mustard, creating a risk because the allergen is not declared on the exterior label.
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deltaH has moved its self-cooling beverage can towards commercial launch. Brains Brewery’s Bayside Welsh Lager will provide a branded application of the system, which uses a contained endothermic reaction to cool the drink without conventional refrigeration.
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Leeds researchers have identified hundreds of potential plant-protein emulsifier ingredients. Their computational screening method narrows millions of possible proteins before laboratory testing, with pea and potato proteins among the candidates already shown to perform as predicted.
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Fylde Fresh has secured new backing through a management buyout. Chiltern Capital has taken a controlling stake in the prepared-produce processor, which handles around 1,000 tonnes each week across its Preston and Leeds operations.
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UK food supply resilience remains untested against catastrophic national disruption. The National Audit Office says recent shocks were absorbed largely by industry, but government preparedness has not kept pace with more severe risks.
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David Wood Baking has been fined after a conveyor injury. A worker suffered multiple fractures after becoming trapped in an unguarded roller while cleaning a sausage-roll production line at the company’s Sheerness factory.
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FrieslandCampina has completed two major upgrades at its Gerkesklooster site. The Dutch cheese plant now combines streamlined milk reception with upgraded whey processing intended to improve resource efficiency and increase the value recovered from milk streams.
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Prosur will showcase clean-label ingredient systems at Jakarta’s FI Asia. The company is positioning its existing Get It Natural toolbox around additive reduction, fermentation, sweetening, and cocoa replacement for manufacturers facing changing formulation requirements.
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Hilton Foods is advancing three major manufacturing expansion projects globally. Canada launches in January, Saudi Arabian production is due this quarter, and stronger prepared-food demand is driving plans for additional Polish capacity.