Inside food & drink manufacturing
More than 150 organisations, including leading UK brand-owners, have backed a November call by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) for a ban on oxodegradable plastics in packaging, including carrier bags.
Finnish food group Raisio, owner of the Poppets and Fox’s Glacier Mints brands, has sold its confectionery business to Ireland-based Valeo Foods in a deal worth €100M (£88.6M).
Cost-cutting by food and drink manufacturers has sparked a rise in product recalls over the past six years, as the number of foods recalled for being contaminated with foreign bodies has more than tripled, claimed insurance broker Lockton.
2 Sisters Food Group is teaming up with food redistribution charity FareShare to donate more than 200,000 meals’ worth of food to tackle hunger over Christmas and the New Year period.
Microwavable rice and grain products manufacturer FEI Foods is to create 70 jobs at a new factory in south Wales, after securing £19M in funding from Lloyds Bank.
People who are overweight and identified as being at higher risk of cardiovascular disease could soon have access to a smartphone app that provides them with advice about swapping to healthier foods, thanks to a collaborative research project involving...
A bacon product free of cancer-causing nitrites is to launch in the UK following a £14M investment by Northern Irish meat processor Finnebrogue.
The 2018 New Year’s Honours list includes former Red Tractor Assurance boss David Clarke.
Children’s snack consumption should be limited to two 100-calorie products a day, Public Health England (PHE) has urged parents, as it launches a new campaign to promote healthier eating.