Brakes, the UK’s leading foodservice wholesaler, has announced that it has become the first major wholesaler to introduce enhanced welfare standards for its own brand fresh primary chicken range. The move, which was completed in January 2025, provides chicken with 20% more space to move around and perch, allowing them to express more natural behaviours. […]
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Cortec® is thrilled to announce that the Boiler Lizard® and Boiler Egg™ have received G7 certification with the NSF Nonfood Compounds Registration Program. Under the G7 category, these two corrosion inhibitors for boilers can be used in and around food processing areas where the treated water or steam has no contact with food. This registration […]
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2024 was a landmark year for Sabert Corporation Europe. As a leader in sustainable foodservice packaging, the company is setting its sights on an even more dynamic 2025. “Last year was a year of significant milestones,” says Alex Noake, the new Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Sabert Corporation Europe. “We launched three major […]
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As consumers search for tasty, satisfying and good value alternatives to meat, Meatless Farm Beef Style Mince continues to dominate plant-based mince in the Fresh Meat Alternative category. The beginning of 2025 has seen the brand mark a year as the highest selling 100% plant-based mince product, outperforming all its competitors across 2024.1 In particular, […]
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Food-grade CO₂ is an indispensable resource for the food and beverage industry, serving multiple critical functions such as carbonation in drinks, extending shelf life through modified atmosphere packaging, chilling, freezing, and maintaining quality in food processing. However, rising prices and supply volatility have placed significant financial pressures on manufacturers. In recent years, CO₂ prices have […]
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Mevalco, the Bristol-based Spanish distributor which includes some of the UK’s most talented high-profile chefs and fine dining establishments amongst its customers, has announced a collaboration with The MAZI Project – the Bristol youth-led charity, which was founded in 2019 and nourishes vulnerable 16–25-year-olds through food. The MAZI Project supports care leavers, and young asylum seekers, […]
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Aimia Foods, a leading hot beverage manufacturer based in Haydock, is set for substantial growth following support from HSBC UK. The funding will enable the company to expand its operations, including moving to a larger warehouse and increasing growth across several product ranges. This follows the business’s re-acquisition by its founding family in June 2024, […]
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Food safety specialist Fortress Technology examines why working smarter not harder is critical to safeguarding the future of global food security, naming performance, product, people, process and profit as the top 5 productivity priorities in UK food manufacturing. The food chain plays a significant part in our economy. In 2022, it accounted for approximately eight […]
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Coca-Cola installs InnoPET Blomax at its Knetzgau plant. The district of Knetzgau in Lower Franconia is home to a good 6,400 people. Not far from the idyllic center of this little town on the River Main stands one of the biggest Coca-Cola factories in Germany. Here, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) employs around 500 personnel, producing […]
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Pulpex Limited, the sustainable packaging technology company, has today announced a £62m Series D investment round led by the National Wealth Fund (“the NWF”) and the Scottish National Investment Bank (“the Bank”). The NWF will cornerstone the round committing £43.5m in direct equity, with a £10m co-investment from the Scottish National Investment Bank and the […]
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