The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) has revealed its 1H22 results, which it said are in line with expectations, and place it in a strong position to execute its strategy and deliver revenue growth in FY22 in a challenging and volatile market.
This industry trends round-up features the state of Japan's functional yogurt market, factors driving the growth of China's 'underdeveloped' adult probiotic sector, and nutricosmetics consumption behaviour in Malaysia.
The Foodservice Division of the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) has announced the kickoff date for the 4th Annual Real California Pizza Contest, the return of the CADairy2Go competition and the rollout of a new culinary event focusing on Cal-Mex...
Supermarket chain Aldi has launched Grow With Aldi, a UK competition to discover and ultimately stock new products from the UK’s best small and medium food and drink businesses.
The Philippines, through the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), has partnered with Baladna Qatar Public Shareholding Company (QPSC) for the establishment of a $500m integrated dairy facility in the Philippines.
Oman’s Samail Industrial City has succeeded in attracting Al Habib Food Industries, which specializes in the production of milk and its derivatives, in a record time of 30 minutes after receiving the investment application on Madayn's website.
Canadian company Global Food and Ingredients Inc. (GFI) has completed the acquisition of Your Fitness Dish Inc., a plant-based milk alternatives and snack food company operating under the brand YoFiit.
FrieslandCampina Engro (FCE) has launched the Pakistan-Netherlands Dairy Development Centre (NDDC) in collaboration with the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS).
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced an investment by the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), its development impact-oriented subsidiary, into TND SA, an FMCG company in Mauritania.
Nestlé Health Science has agreed to purchase a majority stake in Orgain, a plant-based nutrition company, from its founder Dr Andrew Abraham and Butterfly Equity, who will continue to be minority share owners.
There are three interviews this week on the podcast, with Rasmus Mortensen, founder of Lyras; Ulrich Peinhardt, co-founder and CEO of Lubey; and Christine C. Akselsen, CEO of product digitization and traceability company Kezzler.
Dairy giant Lactalis has entered the post workout recovery category with the US introduction of UP2U RECOVER protein drinks and UP2U RECOVER unflavored protein powder.
NFU president Minette Batters met with the UK Minister for Exports, Mike Freer MP, to explain more about the NFU Dairy Export Strategy designed to help unlock new opportunities within international markets.
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), the Port of Los Angeles, and shipping and logistics company CMA CGM have formed a Dairy Exports Working Group aimed at identifying and addressing supply chain issues hampering US dairy product exports.
SIG has announced the fourth version of its SIGCUBATOR accelerator program food and drink start-ups and small businesses to help launch their products.
Danone has launched a powder version of medical nutrition drink Souvenaid, citing price, portability, and convenience as the key considerations behind the innovation.
This week, we have conversations with Soumya Nair, global consumer research and insights director at Kerry; Martijn Goedhart, co-founder of OpenDairy; and Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield co-founder and former CEO, on the Northeast Organic Family Farm Partnership.
A complete mozzarella ball processing line supplied by AVE UK (part of the Della Toffola Group) is set to help Neapolitan cheesemakers Fratelli Amodio recreate the taste of Italy in Somerset, bypassing post-Brexit import taxes, red tape and transportation...
DairyReporter recently had the opportunity to find out from ingredients company ADM what some of the trends are in the dairy alternatives space. We have a Q&A with Katie Kolpin-Gustafson, principal scientist, creation, design and development at ADM...
While we generally wait until the end of the month, we've taken out some of the plant-based product Veganuary launches in January for our special newsletter. There are many plant-based launches in the alternative meat, seafood and dairy aisles, so...
abillion, a social e-commerce platform designed to help people and businesses around the world be more sustainable, has identified the plant-based trends it believes will define the year ahead.
Protein Industries Canada has announced a new project to leverage the combined strengths of Lumi Foods (legacy brand Blue Heron Creamery), Winecrush Technology and Save-On-Foods to enhance Canada’s plant-based cheese market.
Nearly a third of Americans plan to drop or reduce animal-based products in their diet this month in favor of vegan options as part of Veganuary – a well-established global movement that may still be relatively new in the US, but which still is shining...
Ekosem-Agrar AG, the German holding company of Russian milk producer EkoNiva Group, said the volume of dairy products sold rose by 76% year on year to more than 131,000 tons, with revenues also picking up at a rate of more than 75% to just under €80m...
Royal DSM, a Dutch-headquartered global company, has revealed a new integrated Food & Beverage operating structure which unifies three areas of DSM’s nutrition business – Food Specialties, Hydrocolloids and part of its Nutritional Products group.
Last fall, 89 organic family farms across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and eastern New York received the news that Horizon, a brand owned by Danone North America, was terminating its purchase contracts, effective in early 2023.
The Dutch plant-based ingredient manufacturer, Fooditive Group, which recently launched an upcycled natural sweetener, is now expanding to animal-free dairy proteins.
The International Food Information Council (IFIC) — drawing on its staff and consumer survey data — has published its forecast of food trends for the upcoming year.
North American cheese alternative producer Daiya Foods has agreed a sales and distribution partnership with food distributor and catering company Hyundai Green Food for plant-based foods in South Korea.
SIG has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Pactiv Evergreen Inc.'s Asia Pacific Fresh operations (Evergreen Asia) for an enterprise value of $335m.
It’s a limited round-up of products this month, partly because we’re publishing a week early, but also because there aren’t as many launches this month.
Oddlygood Global, which aims to be a leader in plant-based products, has closed its first round of financing, with Mandatum Asset Management investing €25m ($28m) in the company, which was spun off from Valio earlier this year.
Yili Group has released its non-public offering announcement, signifying the finalization of the largest private placement in the consumer sector on China's A-share market.
The Urgent Company, the consumer brands subsidiary of Perfect Day, has acquired ice cream company Coolhaus, and will transition the company away from dairy to animal-free products.
Chinese dairy giant Yili Group has officially launched the first phase of the Yili Indonesia Dairy Production Base. Upon completion of its second phase, it will become the country's largest ice cream factory with a daily production capacity of 4m...
Finnish dairy cooperative Valio and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland are combining to launch a project to research what kinds of food industry raw materials could be produced using cellular agriculture.
This week we feature three interviews: Libor Miloševský, general manager, Cardbox Packaging; Henrik Andersen, CEO of Arla Foods Ingredients; and three guests related to the Real California Milk Excelerator - John Talbot, CEO of the California Milk Advisory...
A new wave of manufacturers in the food and drink industry have helped the UK technology adoption program Made Smarter mark its third anniversary by reaching a major milestone.
