The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

US recycling firm Circular Services has opened Florida’s first permitted commercial-scale food and beverage de-packaging facility in Vero Beach.

ADM group company Bern Aqua has secured Best Aquaculture Practices certification for its Olen facility, becoming Belgium’s first certified aquaculture feed producer.

US humane egg brand NestFresh has completed the transition of its entire retail egg portfolio to its Humanely Hatched programme, utilising non-invasive in-ovo sexing technology to eliminate male chick culling.

Liquid packaging supplier Elopak has commenced sourcing low-carbon aluminium produced with renewable electricity for its European carton manufacturing, reducing emissions by 8 per cent.

Sustainable seafood brand Sea Tales has partnered with food activist Jamie Oliver on a multi-year campaign to promote traceable, responsibly sourced fish across global retail channels.

Nestlé and First Milk have partnered to transition dairy transport fleets in Cumbria and Ayrshire to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, reducing milk haulage emissions by 83 per cent.

Finnish food company Raisio has secured €1.8 million in funding from Business Finland to develop functional fibre ingredients from grain processing side streams.

Charoen Pokphand Foods and FPT Corporation have signed a strategic agreement to deploy artificial intelligence and digital transformation platforms across Vietnam’s agricultural and smart manufacturing sectors.