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      <news:title><![CDATA[The Gut Stuff snapped up by Swiss food producer]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[WRAP launches new packaging pact]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[How Mondelēz is using UK innovation and partnerships to drive its ESG strategy]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Baking firms recall 40+ products over rodent contamination fears]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[61% of Brits say junk food firms should help foot the NHS bill]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[79% of Britons say government should be doing more to make a balanced diet affordable and 84% saying food companies should be doing more.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Healthy F&B: What the modern consumer wants]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Higher fertiliser costs risk lower-protein wheat]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Bread quality could be affected with rising fertiliser costs possibly limiting farmers' nitrogen use.]]></image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2026/04/21/is-the-uks-plant-based-sector-truly-stagnant-or-is-it-stabilising/</loc>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Is the UK’s plant-based sector truly ‘stagnant’ – or is it stabilising?]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[While the plant-based sector has stalled in the UK - there are pockets of growth within subsectors of the category.]]></image:caption>
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