ADM has launched eight soy and pea ingredients across key markets. The new portfolio covers meat alternatives, beverages, dairy alternatives, baked goods, batters, and breadings in North America and Europe.
Biospringer has strengthened its fermentation platform beyond yeast-derived ingredients. The acquisition of selected PTX Food technology adds bacteria-fermented ingredient capability to its food and beverage portfolio.
Clean-label reformulation is becoming a technical systems challenge. Prosur has launched a natural ingredient toolbox covering additive removal, fermentation, sweetening, and cocoa alternatives for food and beverage manufacturers.
Dairy ingredients are being pulled into higher-performance formulation work. Armor Protéines has highlighted caseins, whey systems, bioactives, and fermentation-derived lactoferrin for nutrition-led food and beverage applications.
Hybrid meat gives manufacturers a practical route to lower-impact protein. ACI Group’s Dr Briony Sayers explains that, by combining animal and plant proteins, it can preserve familiar taste and texture while reducing emissions, land use, and reliance on conventional meat supply chains.
Regenerative sourcing is moving closer to common measurement frameworks. Forty organisations have backed SAI Platform’s Regenerating Together Programme, bringing major food and drink manufacturers into a shared structure for agricultural transition.
Tate & Lyle is widening its BioHarvest sweetener collaboration. The expanded programme covers multiple plant-based sweetener molecules, strengthening its technical route into sugar reduction as manufacturers seek taste, label, cost, and processing solutions beyond single-ingredient fixes.
BGG Group has appointed Bharat Ramamoorthy to lead its European and international operations. The appointment places its natural ingredients expansion under new leadership as demand rises for botanical, microalgae, stevia, and functional ingredients.
Kerry Dairy Ireland has rebranded as Kinisla and announced major investment. The majority farmer-owned dairy business will invest €300m over five years across nutritional ingredients, consumer foods, sustainability, and new roles.
Volkmann has launched contained unloading equipment for allergenic powders. The system combines dust-tight docking, glove box access, and pneumatic conveying integration to improve ingredient handling and operator protection.