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Sleaford Quality Foods has launched a range of recyclable packaging products

Ingredients producer launches green packaging

Ingredients supplier Sleaford Quality Foods is set to launch a range of recyclable packaging products, as it continues its drive to reduce plastic usage.

Pladis launches new McVitie’s Thins variants

Pladis has launched two new additions in its McVitie’s Thins range, marking the debut of the first non-digestive biscuit into the line.

Meatsnacks Group launches Krave brand

Meatsnacks Group has launched a new snack pot, which it hopes will challenge the perceptions of jerky and biltong.

Bol Foods drops dairy from all its products

Ready meals manufacturer Bol Foods has dropped dairy ingredients from all of its products to become 100% plant-based, the first fast-moving consumer goods brand to do so, it claimed.

Conflicting nutrition advice confuses consumers

Conflicting media messages and guidance over food choices is making it difficult for UK consumers to find reliable information on healthy eating, a survey has found.

Apple pomace project aims to tackle child obesity

An innovative way of tackling child obesity by replacing high-calorie ingredients with apple pomace has won financial backing from the Welsh Government and Innovate UK.

New Dairy Milk launched in Mondelēz sugar-reduction drive

A 30% reduced sugar Cadbury Dairy Milk bar has been unveiled as part of wider sugar-reduction drive by owner Mondelēz International.

Britvic’s Norwich factory faces weeks of strikes

GMB union members at Britvic’s Norwich factory are planning a string of strikes in a bid to bring the company to the negotiation table over the redundancy package offered to them.

McMahon: ‘conspiracy of silence’ over baby feeding

Correct feeding from birth should be subject to a full government inquiry as part of its drive to tackle child obesity, the boss of the UK’s only producer of infant feed formula has claimed.

Jobs fair held for at-risk Young’s Seafood staff

Support has been offered to staff facing redundancy at the Young’s Seafood-owned Pinneys of Scotland plant in Annan.

Retail frozen food sales reach £6.1bn

Retail sales of frozen foods have grown 5.4% to £6.1bn over the past year, according to Kantar Worldpanel statistics.

‘There is no rule book’: Matt Nutter on the rise of veganism

With veganism currently in vogue, will a fine-dining take on the sector help to boost its image and make it more than a lifestyle fad for health-conscious consumers?

Emerging food trends from Japan – photo gallery

Yuzu citrus fruit and green tea infused noodles were two of the latest flavour trends coming out of Japan, on show at Harro Foods’ Japan Food Show at the weekend, featured in this photo gallery.

KP acquires second snack business in three months

Intersnack subsidiary KP Snacks has acquired UK-based Popchips Ltd for an undisclosed sum, less than three months after purchasing crisps and popcorn maker Tyrrells Potato Crisps from confectionery giant Hershey.

Qadex rebels against supply chain software costs

Supply chain software costs are preventing smaller foods firms from developing robust traceability systems, so a free software tool is being launched to encourage an honest, level playing field.

Lack of sustainability strategies in food industry

Food firms must improve work on sustainability, with more than half not showing evidence of having strategies on the issue.

Bakers billed £10,000 after Bakers Basco basket misuse

Two Essex-based bakeries and their directors must pay £10,000 in court costs and damages for the misuse of equipment belonging to bread basket management firm Bakers Basco.

Premier Foods’ boss survives shareholder revolt

Premier Foods’ chief executive officer (CEO) Gavin Darby has survived a shareholder revolt led by stakeholders Oasis Management Company designed to oust him from his position.