Ritz, Oreo, Cadbury Biscuits and Belvita are to become greener to produce after Mondelēz International pledged to use 100% sustainable wheat in all of its biscuits in the UK by 2022, as part of its Harmony programme.
Bakery ingredients supplier Real Good Food (RGF) has secured at least £8.2m of additional funding from its three major shareholders, after facing severe financial challenges over the past 12 months.
The UK’s appetite for gourmet burgers has prompted Lantmännen Unibake UK to invest £1.1m in a burger bun line at its Milton Keynes plant as part of a wider £4.4m spend to fuel growth.
There has been a new push calling for flour to be fortified with folic acid, following the publication of the latest National Diet and Nutrition Survey.
Global wheat prices are set to remain stable, but corn and soybean costs are expected to be affected by a tightening of supply, an agricultural data report has found.
As better-for-you-snacks brand Graze prepares to rollout new sharing bag formats, extending its reach from the checkout to central aisles of the supermarket, the company has revealed the ‘Test & Learn’ strategy it follows when introducing new packaging...
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Balmenach, one of Speyside’s oldest whisky distilleries and the home of Caorunn Scottish Gin, is set to become one of Scotland’s greenest distilleries with the announcement last month that work had started on a £3M biogas project to significantly reduce...
The number of food and drink product recalls in the UK grew by 62% in 2015/16 driven by the impact of new EU labelling legislation, the Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) report has revealed.
Burts Potato Chips has purchased Leicester-based popcorn and healthy snacks firm Savoury & Sweet for an undisclosed sum in its first acquisition since the company was founded in 1997.
Real Good Food is seeking new funding to supplement recently-agreed short-term financing, after revealing a pre-tax loss of £6.7M in interim results for the six months to September 30 2017.
Food manufacturers and their staff must pay closer attention to workplace health risks or face stiff penalties, warns the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The adoption of a minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol in Scotland is unlikely to be replicated in England under the current government – but Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to follow suit – a leading academic behind the research into its effectiveness...
Christmas celebrations will be cancelled for a third of food and drink small business owners this festive season, due to business and work commitments, reveals a new survey from financial specialist Ultimate Finance.
Food Manufacture Excellence Award (FMEA) winner The Great British Biscotti Company is taking on the Italian corporate biscuit giants in world markets and winning, according to the firm’s ceo Paul Rostand, in this exclusive video filmed on Oscar night.
Kingsmill bakery drivers in West Bromwich have called off their threatened strike action, after overwhelmingly accepting a revised pay offer, according to Unite the union.
The East of England Co-op has pledged to become the first big retailer to sell food after its ‘best before’ date, in a bid to crack down on food waste.
Kellogg has revealed plans to cut the sugar content of three of its top selling children’s breakfast cereals by up to 40% by the end of next year, as it drops cereals high in sugar from the range.
Ice cream accompaniment manufacturer Marcantonio Foods has been fined £300,000, after a worker had four fingers amputated while operating a metalworking lathe.
Weetabix ceo Giles Turrell is backing the third Leadership Symposium – which takes place tomorrow (November 28) at Rothamsted Research Centre – as a place to update food and drink industry leadership skills.
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s second budget of the year – in which he allocated £3bn over the next two years to prepare the UK for Brexit – has received a mixed reception from food industry and business leaders.
A north-west bakery has been ordered to pay more than £9,000, after one of its workers suffered serious injuries in an accident with a food-mixing machine.
Craft baker The Bread Factory has won the coveted Bakery Manufacturing Company of the Year trophy in the industry’s Oscars – the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards – at The Hilton on Park Lane in London, earlier this month.
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s budget should protect the “bedrock” of the UK food industry, says the National Farmers Union (NFU), while business leaders urged him to help the nation “grow its way out of austerity”.
Birmingham-based Cleone Foods, which makes Jamaican patties – a traditional Caribbean snack derived from a Cornish pasty – is making use of a fire sprinkler system as part of a risk management strategy.
A range of nutritional and functional ingredients that contribute to health and wellness for more people around the world will be a focus at this month’s Food Ingredients Europe (FiE), which takes place at Messe Frankfurt (November 28–30).
A north Wales manufacturer of cake and confectionery decorations and inclusions is to increase its capacity by 40% as part of a £1M investment over the next 12 months.
Dragons’ Den investors have pledged to invest £75,000 in gluten-free bakery B-Tempted in the latest episode of the BBC TV show, broadcast on Sunday (October 15).
Baking ingredients manufacturer Real Good Food (RGF) is to launch a full review of its financial reporting and corporate governance, after it was revealed former directors – including founder and ex-chairman Pieter Totté – received payments for consultancy...
Bakery equipment manufacturer Bakers Basco has been awarded £6,438 in damages and costs, after a plastics recycler in Shropshire was found “stealing” its equipment to sell the raw materials.
