The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

Crown Holdings has broken ground on its first beverage can manufacturing facility in Unnao, India, featuring two production lines and an annual capacity of 2.2 billion cans.

Mars Snacking has introduced Cheez-It and Club crackers in resealable canisters, rolling out three portable varieties across US retailers at a suggested retail price of $2.69.

Welsh packaging technology firm deltaH Innovations has partnered with Brains Brewery to launch Cool>Can, a fully recyclable, push-button self-cooling beer can debuting with Bayside Welsh Lager.

JBM Packaging has opened a 52,500-square-foot facility in Lebanon, Ohio, expanding its contract packaging, filling, and kitting capacity by 50%.

Ferrero USA brand Power Crunch has unveiled refreshed packaging, a refined recipe, and its A Lighter Way to Protein campaign across its wafer protein bar portfolio.

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Exchange for Change, and Special Olympics GB have launched a Deposit Return Scheme trial in Birmingham to test RVM accessibility ahead of the UK's 2027 rollout.

The Coca-Cola Company's Fanta brand has partnered with Fun World and Paramount+ to introduce Ghost Face Punch and limited-edition packaging as part of its Haunted Universe platform.

Tom Holland's non-alcoholic beer brand BERO has launched its Kingston Golden Pils in signature glass bottles across direct-to-consumer and on-premise channels in the US and UK.