The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

Nestlé UK has increased renewable steam generation at its Tutbury coffee processing plant to 47% by converting Nescafé coffee waste into biomass fuel.

Arla Foods Ingredients has completed an €8.3 million heating system investment at its Danmark Protein plant in Videbæk, reducing annual CO2 emissions by 2,500 tonnes.

GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of Newcastle-based fresh produce distributor JR Holland, marking the US platform's first expansion into the UK market.

Beanstalk AgTech has launched Monsoon Ventures in Singapore with backing from EnterpriseSG and Rabo Foundation to commercialise agtech for Southeast Asian smallholders.

Danish food enterprise Eat Wasted has launched its upcycled pasta made from rescued European bread in the US, expanding across DTC, Misfits Market, and Whole Foods Market.

Aldi and Arla Foods UK have partnered with Polytag and Sun Chemical to trial UV-tagged wrap-around labels on milk bottles to track real-time recycling data.

Limagrain has signed a worldwide licensing deal with Beijing Qi Biodesign Biotechnology to access proprietary CRISPR and genome editing tools for field and vegetable crops.

Mars is integrating natural menthol from its Shubh Mint programme into its European chewing gum supply chain, embedding sustainably sourced ingredients across UK and Polish operations.