Food and drink manufacturing news of year – part 1

Free-from launches from Quorn and Holland & Barrett lead the list of the most read news on FoodManufacture.co.uk – also being widely shared on our social network streams.

Find out all about this in our photogallery of the most read news of the year.

Also discover what 2 Sisters Food Group, Moy Park, Dragons’ Den ​investors and Aldi and Lidl did to make our list in this exclusive gallery.

Follow the year’s investments, trends and analysis in pictures by clicking through the slide.

Top 12 stories of the year ​

Here, we bring you the first six stories from the 12 most popular article of the year. Watch out for part two, which will reveal the top stories published on FoodManufacture.co.uk.

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