Norwegian agtech business N2 Applied has completed a further fundraising of NOK 83m ($9.6m) from existing shareholders to accelerate the commercial rollout of technology converting animal manure into sustainable fertiliser while trapping greenhouse gases.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has announced its results for the 2021 financial year, as it moves through its business reset and into a new phase of growing the value of its business.
For the second year running an Arla Foods Lockerbie Eden Student has won the Society of Dairy Technology (SDT) Eden Student of the Year Award, and Dairy Reporter went to the site recently to speak with the winner, Stephanie Nish.
This week, we have two interviews, one on steam infusion with Dr Wayne Martindale, Associate Professor, Enterprise & Food Insights and Sustainability at the University of Lincoln’s National Centre for Food Manufacturing, and Jake Norman, sales director...
Biotechnology company Perfect Day, Inc., which produces animal-free dairy proteins, has conducted a life cycle assessment (LCA) of its non-animal whey protein to calculate its environmental impact.
Arla Foods said it will explore regenerative dairy farming practices on six pilot farms in the UK and create data-driven proof points of their impact on nature and climate.
Nestlé says it is planning to support and accelerate the transition to a regenerative food system to protect and restore the environment, improve the livelihoods of farmers and enhance the well-being of farming communities.
It’s a three-interview podcast this week, with conversations with Elena Walden, policy manager at the Good Food Institute Europe; Dr Emiliano Rial Verde, vice president of Bunge Loders Croklaan Nutrition; and Torben Vilsgaard, ice cream academy manager,...
Royal DSM has announced a series of new quantifiable commitments aimed to address urgent societal and environmental challenges linked to how the world produces and consumes food by 2030.
A new Australian company aiming to build further demand for plant-based and alternative proteins has closed a A$16m (US$11.8m) seed capital raise, backed by A$5m (US$3.7m) from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC).
In a first for a national dairy brand in the US, Chobani has unveiled a yogurt cup made with 80% paperboard that will hit the market later this year in its single-serve oat blend products, with a view to rolling out across a wider set of products over...
This week, we have just the one interview, but it’s a deeper look at climate change and food, with John Ruff, chief science and technology officer at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), in Chicago.
New figures released by global market research company Euromonitor International show the milk alternatives sector other than soy is the fastest growing category in the dairy products and alternatives industry, and is worth $10bn globally, an increase...
Packaging company DS Smith said it is exploring how seaweed fibers can be used as a raw material in paper and packaging products amid increasing demand for sustainable goods from customers and consumers.
With less than a year to go until the Plastic Packaging Tax is introduced in the UK, a study by Veolia shows 83% of businesses asked were not even aware of the tax.
This week, we have conversations with Damien Dossin, Executive Vice President & General Manager of CPG at LiquiGlide; Katie Cline, vice president of marketing at Bubbies Ice Cream; and Dave Rademacher, product manager-refrigeration at Unified Brands.
Danone North America’s plant-based brand So Delicious Dairy Free has launched Good People Loop, a program that aims to support social and economic empowerment of farming partners across its supply chain.
Bel Brands USA has announced a new program in partnership with dairy cooperative Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) to implement and measure sustainable cooling practices designed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by reducing on-farm energy usage.
A team at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) in Quebec, Canada is working on a plant-based fermented drink high in protein and probiotics.
Dairy service information provider NMR and UK dairy company First Milk say they will work closely together in the provision and use of relevant data to improve dairy chain efficiency, as part of the recently-announced funding for the Digital Dairy Chain...
Agolin SA, a Swiss based company developing and marketing feed additives based on botanical compounds, has joined with global chocolate producer Barry Callebaut and Gold Standard (GS), a carbon reduction project development and verification provider,...
This week, we have conversations with Laura Thompson, vice president of trade shows at PMMI; The Good Crisp Company CEO Matt Parry; and StoneX director of dairy market insight, Nate Donnay.
The Pathways to Dairy Net Zero initiative is being developed by the Global Dairy Platform (GDP), a group consisting of dairy companies and dairy associations, to accelerate climate change action throughout the global dairy sector.
Yoi, a brand-new plant-based food and beverage company, has launched in Bay Area independent grocers in California this month with its Probiotic Nut and Seedmilks.
As New Zealand Minister for Energy and Resources Hon Dr Megan Woods officially opened Fonterra’s wood pellet boiler at its Te Awamutu plant, the cooperative announced details for its next site to exit coal – the Stirling cheese plant in Otago.
Green Boy Group, a non-GMO and organic plant-based food ingredients supplier in North America, Europe and Australia has announced it is launching Plant-Dairy Protein, a new functional plant-based protein developed for the plant-based dairy industry.
Tetra Pak and Stora Enso are partnering with the aim of providing circular solutions to the market by investing in a recycling solution set to triple recycling in Central and Eastern Europe.
Ice cream and dairy production and distribution group Food Union has announced investments in renewable energy to power ice cream and dairy operations in the Baltics and Norway.
Laïta Nutrition, the nutrition division of the French Laïta dairy cooperative, said due to the acceleration of a transition to plant-based diets, it is affirming its strategic focus on plant-based ingredients.
US foodservice equipment manufacturer Unified Brands, part of Dover, has introduced the Randell Cheeser Station designed to help pizza restaurants minimize cheese waste and create a more consistent product.
IMA Dairy & Food USA, whose equipment solutions comprise the brands Gasti, Hamba, Hassia, Fillshape, Corazza, Erca and Intecma, has introduced a set of tools for food brands utilizing sustainable mono-material packages.
US headquartered Hyzon Motors Inc., a global supplier of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial vehicles, has delivered its first 55-ton milk truck to Transport Groep Noord, a carrier providing transport for multinational dairy company Royal...
We have conversations with Oscar Zollman Thomas, Formo’s lead researcher; Sumathi Manjunath, digital infrastructure & sustainability director at Danone Specialized Nutrition; and PACCOR CEO, Andreas Schuette.
Tate & Lyle has launched a new sustainability program to enable stevia growers in China to lower their environmental impact and gain greater economic benefit from production of the no-calorie sweetener.
Dutch headquartered natural product company GNT has launched two Exberry coloring foods made from turmeric and spirulina, which it said provides new opportunities for clean-label greens in dairy and other products.
GEA has engineered a ghee processing separator for its customer Amul Dairy, market leader in the Indian dairy sector and one of the largest milk unions in the state of Gujarat.
Danone’s specialized nutrition plant in Poços de Caldas in Brazil, which produces milk formula and medical nutrition products, is the company’s first production site in the world to meet its sustainability goals across three environmental areas of carbon,...
Belgian biotech company Inbiose, which develops human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), has submitted its application for a Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) approval by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) of four HMOs.
