With UK food safety and labelling requirements facing greater stringency and deviation from EU legislation, businesses must stay ahead of the curve to ensure compliance and consumer trust. Melissa Haskell, partner in the regulatory & licensing teams...
Food Manufacture covers some of the latest innovations in food and drink packaging, including refillable milk bottles and a new range of laminates to help manufacturers use less plastic.
The public sector food body for Scotland has published three things we know so far around processing to help consumers make sense of ultra processed foods, as the topic continues to garner increasing interest.
Bristol-based drinks importer Budweiser Budvar has paid more than £410k to charity after it was found to have breached packaging regulations for 18 years.
Whether you're a start-up or an industry leader, the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards invite food and drink processors to showcase their capabilities and celebrate the efforts and achievements of their companies and teams. Here, we summarise each...
The decision to bring forward plans for a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in the UK will lift the country’s waste management sector and accelerate the move to a low-waste circular economy, according to waste management software provider ISB Global.
Automation and adapting the way in which we create and use food and drink containers can make a bigger impact than a blanket ban on plastic packaging could, according to Beckhoff UK managing director Stephen Hayes.
Iceland’s full range of beef and pork mince products will now be vacuum packed, as the retailer looks to improve shelf life and sustainability credentials and reduce food waste.
The Labour Government plans to bring forward the implementation of a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers ahead of the October 2027 deadline.
Food Manufacture interviews South African innovator Alpal on its storage containers which combine the advantages of FIBC and IBC into a new reusable solution.
Plastic has long been seen as the go to material for food and drink packaging, but as backlash over its impact on the environment grows, do manufacturers have a better option?
The UK supermarket’s latest Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report highlights strides made within the areas of packaging, carbon, community and employee wellbeing.
A 12-year-old from Wakefield has won SPAR North of England’s competition to design an egg mayo sandwich pack, which will be available for a limited time.
The UK supermarket is celebrating 125 years since William Morrison started the business as an egg and butter market stall in Bradford, with a butter celebrating the past.
Saputo Dairy UK is to remove non-recyclable cover papers from three of its most popular spreadable products, eliminating 44 tonnes of unnecessary packaging.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has completed the roll out of attached cap plastic bottle production across all of its manufacturing sites in Great Britain.
Sustainably sourced seaweed packaging manufacturer Kelpi has secured more than £4.3m in funding from investors to scale up and roll-out its product to market.
Supermarket giant Tesco is trialling the use of laser-etched labels on its extra-large avocado range as part of plans to reduce plastic and the environmental impact of the line.
Food needs on-pack labelling of greenhouse gas emissions in order for consumers to make informed choices and help reduce their environmental impact, according to new research.
The transition away from plastic packaging in consumer goods is moving too slowly despite pledges from across the food and drink industry to use ‘environmentally friendly’ alternatives, according to a new study by Aquapak.
Ultra-processed food (UPF), staff retention, recyclability, legislative divergence and food high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) are the five key challenges that the food and drink industry need to tackle, according to Campden BRI.
Two years into its three-year run, The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation has seen positive results from its clinical trial aiming to help desensitise children with food allergies using a technique known as oral immunotherapy.
Liverpool-based Turncoat Gin Distillery has launched reusable aluminium bottles for its core range of products as part of its continuing mission to become more sustainable.
OSY Group has secured £750k from investors to support the rollout of its flagship technology that increases the shelf-life of food across the UK and internationally.
Consumers struggle to get clear answers about the origin of the food they eat due to misleading, inconsistent and meaningless origin labels, according to Which?, the consumer rights pressure group.
Aldi has become the first supermarket in England and Wales to switch to 100% recycled plastic across it soft drink and water bottle own-label range, excluding the caps and labels.
More than half of people with food allergies have had an allergic reaction due to mislabelling or unclear food packaging, a GS1 UK study has uncovered.
The UK Government has announced plans for the introduction of a deposit return scheme (DRS) from October 2027, pushing back the previously agreed date of October 2025.
Current food labelling schemes fail to accurately convey the environmental and welfare impact of pork products and lead to misconceptions over their sustainability, according to a new report.
Denise Rion, British Frozen Food Federation’s head of technical, explores the increasingly complex asks of 'Not for EU' labelling and highlights how an expansion of the scheme to GB imports will cause havoc.
The honey brand’s fresh new look marks a major milestone in Hilltop’s sustainability journey as it introduces squeezy bottles made from 100% RPET plastics and bespoke jars from 60% recycled glass.
Walkers has announced the launch of paper outer bags across multipacks of its Snack A Jacks brand, with the goal of cutting 65 tonnes of virgin plastic each year.
Veolia calls out UK Government, as it flags Plastic Packaging Tax is falling short with just 22% of material used in plastic packaging from recycled sources.
Food Manufacture rounds up the latest new product launches which includes a £10m investment from Highland Spring, pea protein peanut butter from Whole Earth, themed boxes from Graze, and more…
While Britain is a nation of chocolate lovers, two thirds of consumers believe chocolate eggs comprise too much packaging – yet despite concerns over sustainability and inflation, we’ll still be dipping into our pockets for the sweet stuff.
This Global Recycling Day, Nestlé has emphasised its intention to support better waste management – an area which it believes needs further investment to facilitate packaging recycling on mass, alongside ‘enabling regulation’ set by government.
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has launched a consultation around new labelling proposals which will impact meat products such as pork and bacon – and while most welcome the move, the NFU warns we must be careful not to think labelling...
