Category: Topics
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Premier’s Tulbagh plan could halve South African fruit canning capacity. Growers face uncertainty before the November harvest as the company consults on closing one of the country’s two principal deciduous-fruit processing operations.
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Krones has opened a major bottling equipment plant in Karnataka. The 16,000m² facility will manufacture ErgoBloc systems and bottle-production machinery for India, adding local capacity for high-speed beverage and liquid-food lines.
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Cawston Press has acquired LA Brewery after an earlier investment. The deal follows LA Brewery’s factory closure and shift to outsourced production, adding fermented drinks to Cawston’s expanding non-alcoholic portfolio.
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UK investigators are tracing a Salmonella outbreak potentially involving eggs. The 207-case cluster has caused one associated death, while authorities examine imported supply routes, food businesses, and possible cross-contamination events.
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Ever After Foods has acquired Fishway to expand protein manufacturing. The transaction adds aquatic cell lines, animal-component-free media expertise, and a Belgian scientific team to its cultivated-protein production platform.
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Finland has opened its first industrial liquefied biogas production plant. The Nurmo facility links food-industry by-products and farm manure with renewable transport fuel, recycled nutrients, and 100GWh annual production capacity.
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Arla has electrified heating at its Videbæk whey processing plant. The €8.3 million project cuts gas demand while giving Production Tower 4 greater flexibility to use renewable electricity.
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CropGPT now lists 226 reports in its standalone research library. Food processors and procurement teams can access crop analysis built from field surveys, satellite signals, weather data, and production models without taking the full enterprise platform.
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Testo is positioning objective oil testing around consistent frying quality. Its 270 BT measures total polar materials in hot oil and transfers readings to the Smart App for documented process control.
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Axiom and NNB are broadening options for high-protein food formulation. PeptiClear uses hydrolysed plant proteins to target solubility, flavour, and opacity limitations in beverages and other applications.