Published: Jul 31, 2014

New Britain Palm Oil Limited (NBPO), one of the world's largest fully integrated producers of sustainable palm oil, has announced its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

Adams Food Ingredients (AFI) has acquired ingredients firm FoodTec UK from Dairy Crest for £1.2m.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

Juiceburst will be launching a new 330ml Schools approved range ahead of the legislation coming into force in January 2015.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

Family toffee maker, Walker’s Nonsuch, has launched the new Toffee Twin pack.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

Aspall has refreshed the look of its bottled ciders using a lightweight Vichy bottle produced by glass manufacturer Beatson Clark.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

Veronica’s Snacks has crossed the Irish Sea to launch in UK for the first time.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

With 190,000 caps per hour and 1.5 billion per year, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag together with its partners, Total and Plastisud, has set a new world record in the production of HDPE caps with tamper-evident band without post-moulding operations.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

According to the Canadean market research institute, the Austrian Pfanner brand is the Number Two among Europe’s ice-tea brands.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

The new cutter POLAR N 92 Pro with stack lift and a unique WiMotion knock up block was put into operation in April at a start-up print shop called Duprint. First results show boost in productivity and also turnover increase.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

As growth in the UK’s manufacturing sector continues to accelerate, industry professionals are poised to flock to this year’s PPMA Show 2014, the UK’s premier, free-to-attend complete production line event for processing and packaging machinery.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

Smurfit Kappa, the Ireland-based packaging group, has announced a pre-tax profit of €228 million for the first half of the year. This is a massive increase of 79 per cent on the same period last year.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

Fyffes, the Irish fruit importer and distributor, is to hold an emergency general meeting to seek shareholder approval for its proposed merger with Chiquita.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

Teagasc, the Irish agriculture and food development authority, has launched ‘Teagasc Research Impact Highlights 2013’.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

The latest grocery share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, for the 12 weeks ending 20 July 2014, show familiar trends of market polarisation bringing new records for Aldi and Lidl.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

UK-based food service company TICCO Foods has merged with Bindi GB, a supplier of premium, authentic Italian desserts and gelato.

Published: Jul 30, 2014

Volume and value of UK sheep meat exports performed strongly again last year, according to the AHDB/EBLEX Cattle and Sheep Yearbook 2014.

Published: Jul 30, 2014 By: Chris Harris

Concern is mounting over the threat of veterinary medicine residues in food products imported into the UK

Published: Jul 30, 2014

One of the first oilseed rape exports of harvest 2014 left the UK last week in what is expected to mark the start to a busy export season for merchants and traders.

Published: Jul 30, 2014

Heinz has announced the launch of its new Heinz Cup Soup range, which allows consumers to enjoy the flavours of the Heinz Classics canned soup range wherever they are without the need for saucepans or microwaves.

Published: Jul 30, 2014

Licor 43, the golden Spanish liqueur, is officially launching in the UK, offering consumers the chance to enjoy the taste from their holidays at home.