SIG’s flexible filling line is expanding in Brazil thanks to ‘new beverage occasions’ and business opportunities through product innovation and differentiation.
UK dairy cooperative First Milk has today announced a series of changes to its capital structure that will see the introduction of a ‘member premium’ in the form of a 13th payment to members from next year, as well as increased transparency in share trading...
Sidel Group has completed its acquisition of PET Engineering, expanding its packaging portfolio in containers for water, soft drinks, liquid dairy products and beer.
Nestlé is launching a A2 beta-casein protein infant formula product in Australia and New Zealand within the next two months, competing directly with first-mover a2 Milk.
Dairy cooperative Arla Foods UK is launching ‘Arla UK 360’, which it claims is a new standard in UK dairy farming with an approach to benefit everyone, and Aldi has become the first supermarket to jump on board.
WellKit Foods International Ltd, a New Zealand nutritional foods company, is set to launch its flagship product innovation, My Goodness! – a fruit-based, non-dairy ice-cream – which it says will “revolutionize the globally-growing non-dairy dessert market.”
The mechanisms behind the gut-brain axis in infants should be further explored and better understood, so possible nutritional interventions can be explored to support healthy brain development, according to a Danone-led study.
Kiwi infant formula firm New Zealand New Milk is keen on increasing its market share in China, with new product development and the use of trusted retail platforms supporting its goal.
Free from the constraints of the appellation d'origine contrôlée that dictate how cheese in Europe is made, American cheese makers are able to add innovative twists to traditional methods to create unique products that meet evolving consumer demand,...
Danish-based global bioscience company Chr. Hansen said it is looking to 9-11% organic growth next year after posting strong results in 2017/18. The company also announced the acquisition of Austrian-based dairy ingredient supplier Österreichische Laberzeugung...
Germany-based Somic debuted the Somic-Flexx III at Pack Expo International this week, a new modular packaging solution that combines both wraparound casing and retail-ready packaging on one machine.
The International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation surveyed Americans on their comprehension of the labeling of dairy and dairy alternatives. About three-quarters were not confused on whether a product did or did not contain cow’s milk.
An MiR100 portable heavy goods robot by Kantum and a flying drone called Prodroneto, which will be launched in December, made their debut at this year’s Tokyo Pack 2018.
Irish dairy and nutrition giant Glanbia will fork out more than €300 million to acquire weight management mega-brand SlimFast, as it looks to add more bulk to its offerings in the category.
Cheer Pack North America will feature its flexible, spouted pouch solutions and new pilot filler at Pack Expo International next week in Chicago. The stand-up pouches are eco-friendly and create up to 93% less greenhouse gas emissions compared to some...
A new device that detects processing losses in dairy plants could save the industry millions of dollars a year and help prevent pollutants from entering waterways, according to the company that developed it.
Companies today are multi-generational made up of Baby Boomers, Generation Z and Millennials but firms are struggling to integrate fresh blood into their workforce because younger employees’ lifestyle and exposure to technology is different to what we...
Sidel is seeing a growing demand for premiumization of packaging and said most customers want to develop ‘a premium execution of one of their packaging range’.
Australia is increasingly wielding its soft power to teach workers in Asia more efficient dairy production techniques as income from exports to the region continues to rise.
Formerly known as Elmhurst Dairy, the New York-based creamery switched from producing dairy products to only producing plant-based products in May 2017. More than a year later it’s still developing new flavors of its ‘milked’ nuts and grains and introducing...
New Zealand’s Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has revised its 2018/19 forecast Farmgate Milk Price from NZ$6.75 (US$4.37) per kgMS to a range of NZ$6.25-NZ$6.50 (US$4.05-US$4.21) per kgMS and increased its forecast New Zealand milk collection volumes...
International Dispensing Corporation (IDC), creator of the world’s only aseptic dispensing tap, The Answer, will be featured at Pack Expo, with The Answer dispensing dairy and juice beverages from Boxxle dispensing units.
Jennewein Biotechnologie is to acquire the former facilities of Arthus Mineral Spring Company, in a deal set to ramp up the company's production of oligosaccharides derived from human milk (HMO).
The Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU) has questioned statements that direct people over 50 to a specific nutrient-enriched milk that is 30% more expensive than skimmed milk.
Land O'Lakes International Development has been awarded funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support new agricultural capacity building and food safety programs in Georgia,...
Vanillin and ethyl-vanillin ingredients provider Solvay Aroma Performance will debut new Vanifolia products for ‘off-note masking and enhanced taste’ at SupplySide West November 6-10.
A leading sports industry group has queried the results of an investigation that found half of commercially available protein supplement products contained over 6% blocked lysine.
Fat is back in the dairy aisles, if the recent proliferation of products touting their whole milk (c. 3.5% milk fat) credentials is anything to go by. But San Francisco-based start-up Peak Yogurt is taking the trend one step further in a bid to carve...
Wildly popular in the UK and Europe, the salty and slightly rubbery grilling cheese halloumi is beginning to gain attention in the US as consumer fears about fat fade and their desire for high-protein snacks increases, according to new research from Fact.MR.
The third cohort of the TERRA Food & Agriculture Accelerator kicked off its corporate partnerships this week. Nestlé USA is working with three startups developing foods focused on plant-based nutrition, simple labels and fresh ingredients.
This week’s podcast features an interview with Paul Sweeting, director strategic marketing at Elopak, which has just launched new aseptic Pure-Pak cartons with natural brown board.
Coca-Cola Amatil and The Coca-Cola Company have announced a joint acquisition of a 45% minority interest in Australia’s Made Group, which is behind beverage and dairy brands such as Cocobella, Rokeby Farms, Impressed and NutrientWater.
CP Kelco, a US-based global producer of specialty hydrocolloid ingredients, has announced the market availability of GENU Explorer Pectin ND-200, a label-friendly food ingredient solution designed for neutral pH dairy desserts.
Irish cooperatives Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies have reached agreement to merge following the unanimous approval of the boards of both cooperative societies who are recommending the proposed merger to their respective shareholders.
Rabobank brings another FoodBytes! competition to New York City this month with 19 food and agriculture startups in line to pitch investors, executives and media on their innovations. AI and health monitoring dairy teams are among the group.
Until very recently, Southeast Asia was a dairy wasteland. Supermarkets would all stock milk, cheese and yogurts, but in a fraction of the quantities one might expect to see in organized retail in other parts of the world, while food processors would...
A&W Food Services of Canada has replaced all processed cheese in its restaurants with real Cheddar cheese, making it the first Canadian chain to do so.
