The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

Limoneira Company and Agromin formalise a 50/50 joint venture to develop a 70-acre commercial composting facility in Santa Paula, California, aiming to process 295,000 tons of organic waste annually.

Saltwell Group has opened a state-of-the-art production facility in Santiago, Chile, significantly increasing its global capacity for naturally low-sodium salt to help food manufacturers meet mounting regulatory pressures for sodium reduction.

Circus Group signs a binding agreement to acquire Belgian food robotics pioneer Alberts, integrating compact autonomous production systems into its technology portfolio to reach new retail and corporate markets.

Pluck’d launches its U.S.-grown tomato line at Walmart and Weis Markets, utilising Virginia-based greenhouse technology to offer retailers a reliable, year-round domestic alternative to global sourcing.

Minute Maid Spiked is capitalising on its 92% year-over-year growth by launching its first celebrity-led campaign featuring multi-hyphenate Action Bronson. The partnership reinforces the brand's "No Muss, No Fuss" positioning in the high-growth Alcohol Ready-to-Drink (ARTD) category, focusing on non-carbonated, juice-forward alternatives to traditional hard seltzers.

Tesco is significantly expanding its footprint in the health-led convenience sector with the launch of its first chilled own-brand High Protein ready meal range. Supported by search data showing over 423,000 queries for high protein on Tesco.com in the last year.

Mars Snacking is expanding the EXTRA Gum portfolio with the launch of SOURS by EXTRA, a bold innovation targeting the high-growth sweet-and-sour flavour segment. Supported by a social-first "Cheworkout" campaign with dancer Hailey Bills, the launch aims to drive category relevance among Gen Z and Millennial consumers through experiential and interactive marketing.

Brooklyn Brewery is consolidating its award-winning "Special Effects" non-alcoholic line under the master "Brooklyn Brewery Non-Alcoholic" banner. The rebrand unifies the portfolio with style-led naming conventions and blue-coded packaging cues to simplify the consumer path to purchase in the rapidly growing, less than 0.5% ABV segment.