Category: Ingredients
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Europe is tightening its approach to protein security and resilience. The Commission’s new plan links crop production, livestock strategy, processing capacity, and import dependency.
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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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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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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.
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Ehrmann and Glow25 are entering Germany’s functional chilled coffee market. The partners will launch Glow To Go Coffee in August, combining dairy processing, collagen, caffeine, micronutrients, and glass-bottle convenience.
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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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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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Q2 tested food manufacturers’ exposure to regulation, ingredients, and costs. Distilled examines the deals, packaging rules, reformulation pressure, trade weakness, and safety incidents that shaped production planning.