Published: Jan 21, 2021

Exports of Irish food, drink and horticulture to the UK were held to a marginal 5% decline in 2020, despite a period of unprecedented change and challenge.

Published: Jan 18, 2021

Cereal Partners UK (CPUK) has launched the first organic product for Cheerios made using organic hoops from five organically-farmed whole grains, and chocolate cereal pieces.

Published: Jan 18, 2021

The Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WTSA) has produced new guidance around the labelling of low and no alcohol drinks, as a record number of Brits explore low and no products.

Published: Jan 18, 2021

Aldi has become the first UK supermarket to stop using plastic shrink-wrapping on its own-label multipack soft drink cans.

Published: Jan 18, 2021

CPI, a tech innovation centre and founding member of the UK Government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult, has completed its collaborative project with agriculture company, Syngenta, to develop purification methods for novel crop protection products.

Published: Jan 08, 2021

HEINEKEN UK has completed a transaction to split the ownership of its Blade business with online beer delivery company, Beerwulf.com.

Published: Jan 08, 2021

Asda will launch a ‘test and learn’ partnership with vegan concept creator, Kbox Global, as part of a one store trial that will see the introduction of a dedicated vegan butcher’s counter.

Published: Dec 28, 2020

With restaurants and hotels closed due to the ongoing lockdowns, Indian vegetable exporters expect demand from the UK to fall 15 to 20 percent. Exporters said India exports 70-100 tonnes of vegetables to the UK a week, usually going up by 15 percent aroun

Published: Dec 21, 2020

Kite Packaging has launched plastic-free bottle protection for a wide range of fragile items.

Published: Dec 17, 2020

Plant-based frozen food brand Strong Roots has revamped packaging for its entire range, even seeing a strong growth since lockdown and restrictions started.

Published: Dec 17, 2020

Recently, water treatment specialist, Veolia Water Technologies UK (VWT UK) worked with an international beverage manufacturer to supply and install a new system for the treatment of its process water and wastewater.

Published: Dec 11, 2020

Scientists have produced a tomato enriched in the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA in what could become a new, affordable source of one of the world’s essential medicines.

Published: Dec 11, 2020

Wheat-based ingredients specialist, Loryma, has opened its new state-of-the-art test laboratory at its headquarters in Zwingenberg, near Frankfurt.

Published: Dec 08, 2020

Shippers are being forced on to the explosive spot market, which on Asia-North Europe routes this week soared to its highest level since 2010.

Published: Nov 30, 2020

Honduras has had to cope with two major storms in recent weeks, Eta at the beginning of November and Lota a couple of weeks later, which caused rising river levels, flooding, and landslides.

Published: Nov 30, 2020

Through the completion of a fourth site in Yorkshire, vegetable, salad and mayonnaise producer Troy Foods has now expanded its operations.

Published: Nov 27, 2020

Aldi is introducing 100% recyclable packaging for its own-brand boxed cereal.

Published: Nov 24, 2020

A task force of prominent vets and farmers have released new targets for the responsible use of antibiotics in UK farm animals over the next four years.

Published: Nov 19, 2020

A newly released white paper examines the accelerating trend of consumers demanding clean label ingredients and details what these changes mean for foodservice companies looking to clean up their menus.

Published: Nov 13, 2020

Hovis, the historic British bakery brand, has been acquired by private equity firm, Endless, in a move that will see it tap growing customer demand for high-quality nutritious products.