Pioneering organic seaweed snack brand, Gimme Seaweed, has proudly announced that co-founders Annie Chun and Stephen Broad have been named recipients of the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Specialty Food Association (SFA). This prestigious honor recognizes their decades of leadership, dedication, and lasting influence on the specialty food landscape. Annie Chun and Stephen Broad have spent...

The newly approved Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation sets mandatory targets for the progressive reuse of packaging. However, there are currently no standardized procedures to assess the food safety risks associated with this reuse. In response, AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, is leading the SAFEREUSE...

IFF (NYSE: IFF), a global leader in food, beverage, and health and wellness, has released a new report highlighting how the rapidly growing GLP-1 consumer market is reshaping the sensory experience and nutritional needs associated with eating and drinking. The report outlines how food and...

The judging of this year’s FINAT Label Competition took place under the new chairmanship of Z. Murat Sipahioglu, Heidelberg Turkey.  After long years of chairing this prestigious event, Anthony White and his wife Connie decided to retire. The panel now consists of Messrs Z. Murat...

Messer, a leader in cryogenic temperature control solutions, will showcase the KwikChiller in an exclusive Innovation Suite at the 2025 International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE). This game changing technology cools or freezes bakery and prepared-food products at a high throughput in a compact footprint preserving...

Nutifood has officially signed a strategic partnership with ViPlus Dairy - an over 130-year-old dairy manufacturer from Gippsland, Australia - to establish an international joint venture namely ViPlus Nutritional Australia. This milestone marks a major step in Nutifood’s globalization journey, making it the first Vietnamese enterprise...

Grain & Protein Technologies (GPT), a global designer, manufacturer, and marketer of equipment for grain storage and handling, seed processing, and protein production, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Munters FoodTech Equipment. The acquired Munters business has been selling and servicing the Aerotech®,...

Each year, 1.3 million women enter menopause—a life stage during which heart disease risk rises significantly. Nearly half of American women are affected by cardiovascular disease, and since women spend up to 40% of their lives postmenopausal, managing heart health is especially important. A new...

Plant-based innovator Meala FoodTech Ltd. partners with dsm-firmenich to launch VertisTM PB Pea — a groundbreaking texturizing pea protein. This single, multifunctional ingredient is designed to replace modified binders like hydrocolloids, helping to clean up labels in plant-based meat alternatives. The product is now available in Europe via dsm-firmenich as...

BENEO, a leading manufacturer of functional ingredients for food, feed and pharma, and WACKER, a European expert in biotechnology solutions for the food and pharma industry, are launching the human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) 2’-Fucosyllactose X(2’-FL) globally. It is the predominant and most extensively studied HMO...

Millow, the Gothenburg‑based food‑tech company that turns Nordic oats and mycelium into beef‑like protein, has commissioned its first large‑scale factory after three decades of research and an initial €2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council, part of a €17.5 million blended‑finance package. The 2,500 m² site—formerly a LEGO production...