The UK food industry has fallen short of the 5% target of sugar reduction across food products set by Public Health England (PHE) in the first year of its 4-year sugar reduction program. According to a report unveiled by the executive ...
Tags: Food Industry, Sugar
KHS Group, a provider of filling and packaging systems, is set to exhibit its extended PET portfolio at this year’s NPE Plastics Show in the US. The event will take place between 7 May and 11 May in Orlando, Florida. At the event, ...
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Turkey-based Polinas Plastik Sanayii ve Ticareti has acquired flexible packaging solutions producer Propak. Polinas, which is owned by Ulker Group, has acquired Propak from Southeast Europe Equity Fund II (SEEF II) for an undisclosed sum. ...
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GEA, a global equipment and process technology provider for the food industry and other industries, has introduced the latest generation of aseptic filling technology for the beverage industry. The new Fillstar CX EVO system can be used ...
Tags: Multi-Functional System, Beverage
Singapore-based Jardine Cycle and Carriage (JC&C) has agreed to acquire 5.53% stake in Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) for $616.6m through its subsidiary Platinum Victory. The stake has been purchased via an auction ...
Tags: Jardine Cycle, Milk
Unilever has agreed to acquire Brazilian natural and organic food business Mae Terra for an undisclosed price to boost its food portfolio. The consumer goods giant expects the acquisition of the Brazilian food manufacturer to accelerate ...
Tags: Unilever, Organic Food
Ilapak has introduced the Lux 24 pouch maker for the first time in Interpack this month along with a high speed bar wrapping line for the confectionery industry. The Lux 24 horizontal pouch maker is claimed to be the first in the world to ...
Public Health England (PHE), an executive agency of the UK's Department of Health, has published new guidelines designed to reduce the amount of sugar in nine food product categories. The public health body is challenging manufacturers to ...
Minnesota based cereal company Post Consumer Brands is expanding its distribution operations in Salt Lake City in Utah with a $50m facility. The company has begun the construction on a 901,000ft2 facility near the Northwest Quadrant ...
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Confectionary giant Mondelez's Malaysian subsidiary has announced to invest MYR21m ($4.7m) to expand production of the belVita line of breakfast biscuits at it manufacturing plant in Johor state. The expansion is to boost its supply of ...
South African food company Pioneer Foods has announced that it would buy a 49.89% stake in major FMCG manufacturer Weetabix East Africa for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is expected to establish a strategic beachhead for Pioneer ...
Tags: Pioneer Foods, Cereal
Loma Systems is exhibiting a range of metal detection, checkweighing and X-ray inspection systems at the All4Pack packaging exhibition in Paris, Germany. The company will focus on its compact X5c X-ray inspection system and CW3 ...
Dutch-based Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE), through its wholly owned subsidiary Sapphire Investments, has made an offer to acquire Singapore based Super Group for $1.45bn. Super Group is an instant food and beverage brand owner and ...
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Swiss infant nutrition company Hochdorf has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Pharmalys Laboratories and Pharmalys Tunisia. Under the purchase agreement, Hochdorf will buy 51% stake in both the companies. Besides, ...
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WILD Flavors & Specialty Ingredients (WFSI), a business unit of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), will be at SIAL in Paris, where it will present a wide range of ingredients and concepts for new natural products across multiple ...
Tags: WFSI, ADM, natural products