Category: Topics
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Allergen control remains a live manufacturing risk. Filippo Berio UK has recalled Hot Chilli Pesto after fish was not declared on the product label.
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Leadership change has landed at a major UK manufacturer. Princes Group has started a formal CEO succession process after Simon Harrison confirmed he will step down at the end of June.
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Beverage packaging is becoming a production-efficiency problem. Lightweight PET, tethered closures, barrier coatings, aseptic lines, and integrated filling systems are reshaping soft drink operations under cost and regulatory pressure.
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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.
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Mineral water processing is facing sharper regulatory scrutiny in France. Raids at Perrier-linked sites have put treatment controls, natural mineral water definitions, and bottled water compliance under renewed pressure.
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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.
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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.
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ReposiTrak has added more snack suppliers to its traceability network. The expansion extends supplier-to-distribution centre-to-store data exchange across nuts, olives, trail mixes, dried fruit snacks, and other products as traceability becomes a routine operating requirement.
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Cranswick has reported record results and major site investment. The UK food producer is expanding poultry capacity at Eye and commissioning automated cold-store capability in Hull as meat processors sharpen efficiency, welfare, and supply resilience.
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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.