The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

IFF’s new Madagascar hub enables "innovation at origin," merging lab analysis and extraction with local expertise to secure a resilient, high-quality global vanilla supply chain.

The opening of Sucro Can's $135M Hamilton refinery establishes a new B2B infrastructure benchmark, utilising a PPP model to deliver 1M tonnes of capacity for the North American food cluster.

Oterra and Debut have launched a multi-million-dollar strategic collaboration to utilise AI-powered precision fermentation to develop a high-performance natural alternative to Red 40, addressing critical supply chain volatility and the escalating regulatory phase-out of FD&C synthetic dyes in the United States.

Germany's largest dairy cooperative DMK Group has invested 25 million euros in a new lactoferrin plant in Altentreptow to target the early life nutrition and pharmaceutical sectors.

TopGum’s $35M acquisition of PLD’s U.S. operations establishes it as a pharmaceutical gummy pioneer, utilising FDA-standard local manufacturing to scale into the generic drug sector.

FrieslandCampina Ingredients has announced a 90 million euro investment programme to strengthen its global position in high-value whey proteins, upgrading three key Dutch production sites to meet accelerating demand in the medical, performance, and active nutrition sectors.

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) has announced a comprehensive artificial intelligence programming track for its upcoming IFT FIRST Annual Event and Expo, focusing on how AI can accelerate product development, strengthen food safety, and support global food security.

ABF Ingredients (ABFI) has announced a major 65 million dollar investment to construct a state-of-the-art Ohly manufacturing facility in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, significantly expanding its North American production capacity and establishing a strategic regional campus.