Nutriswiss, Coop and HALBA launch fair-trade organic coconut oil supply chain in Côte d’Ivoire

A Swiss consortium comprising Nutriswiss, Coop, HALBA, Pro Fair Trade AG (PFT), the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and agroforestry consultancy Ecotop has announced the first commercial shipments of dual-certified organic coconut oil from a smallholder agroforestry project in Côte d’Ivoire. The initiative, which began in 2021, has now achieved Fairtrade, EU Organic and […]

Nestlé extends Nescafé Espresso Concentrate into ten European markets

Nestlé is rolling out its Nescafé® Espresso Concentrate across ten new European markets, targeting younger consumers who favour iced coffee as an everyday rather than seasonal choice. The expansion follows a successful launch in the UK and Ireland and will see the product available in France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Austria, Spain, […]

Crespel & Deiters repositions as plant-based refinement specialist amid group restructure

Ibbenbüren-based ingredients group Crespel & Deiters has announced a significant corporate restructure, consolidating its business divisions under a single brand and broadening  its raw material portfolio beyond wheat to include pea and fava bean. The sixth-generation family business, founded in 1858, has reframed its identity from wheat specialist to what it describes as a refinement […]

Givaudan secures CDP supplier engagement A rating as scope 3 emissions stabilise

Givaudan, the Swiss flavour and fragrance company, has secured a place on the CDP Supplier Engagement Assessment (SEA) Leaderboard for the second consecutive year, achieving an A rating for its work engaging supply chain partners on climate action. The recognition, announced on 19 May 2026, coincides with a notable milestone in the company’s emissions trajectory: […]

FrieslandCampina Ingredients makes the case for galacto-oligosaccharides in closing the gap between infant formula and breast milk

FrieslandCampina Ingredients has published a white paper setting out the scientific rationale for galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) as a critical tool for replicating the oligosaccharide complexity of human milk in infant formula – and introducing its next-generation ingredient, Vivinal® GOS-SL, which delivers additional human milk oligosaccharide structures through a novel production process.

12th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis

3-6 November, 2026 • Prague, Czech Republic The RAFA organizers, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague  https://uapv.vscht.cz  (UCT Prague, Czech Republic) and Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR),  https://www.wur.nl/en/research/food-safety  part of Wageningen University & Research (The Netherlands), would like to invite food scientists from academia, together with representatives of industry, national and international agencies, control authorities, […]

Safe ARA oils for infant formula: Innovative new process eliminates bacterial toxin

Nutriswiss develops method for eliminating cereulide in ARA oils Earlier this year, the detection of bacterial toxin cereulide in baby formula hit the headlines, impacting consumer confidence and leading to a wave of product recalls across Europe. The contamination was caused by oils containing arachidonic acid from a Chinese manufacturer, thought to result from risks […]

New review maps the nutritional and processing challenges holding back plant-based dairy alternatives

A comprehensive review of the current state of plant-based milk and fermented dairy alternatives, published in European Food Research and Technology, identifies substantial variability in nutritional composition across product categories and points to clear formulation, fortification and processing priorities for the food manufacturing sector seeking to close the quality gap with conventional dairy.

Beware: The ‘Ozempic Era’ could shift blame for obesity from individuals to the food industry

The food industry faces a fundamental shift in how obesity is understood – and who is held responsible for it. A convergence of new drug science, addiction research, and systems-level policy analysis suggests that the long-held assumption that obesity is a matter of personal failing is beginning to crack. For food scientists and manufacturers, the […]

Key Technology has launched the ADR X defect removal system

Key Technology unveils defect removal and optical sorting systems aimed at cutting waste and boosting yield

Key Technology has introduced a range of new food processing equipment, headlined by the ADR X automatic defect removal system – a machine engineered to recover more usable product from wet potato strips through more precise defect detection and trimming than its predecessors.