May 19, 2024

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Fi Europe Innovation Awards Winners

The Fi Europe Innovation Awards announced early this month goes to the following participants: AMEFT wishes a massive congratulations to the following businesses: Clean Label & Natural Innovation Award Bunge Loders Croklaan with Karibon Food Tech Innovation Award Chr. Hansen A/S with Next-generation FreshQ® Health Innovation Award NutriLeads with BeniCaros™ Plant-based Innovation Award DSM with Maxavor® Sensory Innovation Award AAK with AkoBisc GO!

IFE – ExCel London 2022

Having access to the largest group of food and drink buyers in the UK, IFE – International Food & Drink Event, brings together more food & drink buyers and suppliers than any other UK event. For the last 40 years, IFE remains as the largest and most successful product sourcing platform for senior buyers from

IFE 2022 London: 50% match-funding available for exhibiting stands

DIT, Department of International Trade, has funding available for eligible SMEs wishing to book a stand at IFE, International Food & Drink Event taking place on 21st-23rd March 2022 at ExCeL London.  IFE has been established as the leading food and drink event in the UK for over 40 years. This March will see the biggest gathering of food

Ingredion expands natural flavor modifier portfolio

PureCircle™ by Ingredion launches a new solution that delivers sweet taste at scale, under a natural flavour declaration. PureCircle™ NSF-13 has been developed to deliver the finest sweetness quality, across a wide range of applications including dairy, bakery and beverages. Comprising some of the best-tasting, most sugar-like steviol glycosides, including Reb M, PureCircle™ NSF-13, which

Over 30 partners commit to the use of plastic food packaging

Coalition Food2Food 2.0 includes more than 30 chain partners committed to the circular use of plastic food packaging. On Friday, December 3rd, the kick-off meeting of the “Coalition Food2Food 2.0” took place. This coalition includes more than 30 supply chain partners committed to the circular use of plastic. The focus is on an industrial test of CurvCode, a Dutch innovation for separating

FoodAfrica Cairo & pacprocess MEA, ideal co-events

After showing its presence in the region for the first time with pacprocess Middle East Africa (MEA), newly founded in 2019 as part of the interpack alliance umbrella brand, Messe Düsseldorf is now expanding its commitment with a full cooperation alliance with FoodAfrica Cairo trade fair. An agreement to this effect was signed by Wolfram

New Regional Sales Manager for Alto-Shaam in UK

Alto-Shaam, an industry leading foodservice equipment manufacturer, has appointed Scott Taylor to the newly created role of Regional Sales Manager in the United Kingdom. In his new position, Scott will be responsible for creating and executing sales growth strategies and overseeing customer satisfaction in the UK, as well as providing exceptional support to Alto-Shaam customers

Moro Hub, the largest solar-powered data centre in the Middle East and Africa

HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Steven Yi, President of Huawei Middle East & Africa, have broken ground for the first phase of the largest solar-powered data centre in the Middle East and Africa, set to be Uptime TIER III-Certified. The data centre will be

For IBS, specific diets are less important than expected

Many IBS sufferers avoid certain types of food and often exclude gluten. However, a large new study from Chalmers University of Technology and Uppsala University, Sweden, does not show a relationship between high intake of gluten and increased IBS symptoms. The researchers did find that a certain type of carbohydrate called ‘fodmaps’ can aggravate intestinal

SACMI extends its traditional Christmas solidarity

This Christmas, SACMI has set out to support human dignity and basic rights: it has done so by working with inspiring charities who have, for years, been building projects and services for the local and international community. For a long time now, SACMI has been at the forefront when it comes to supporting local organizations

FlatMap® wins Swiss Packaging Award 2021 and WorldStar Packaging Award 2022

Combining an eye-catching presentation with less use of plastics: FlatMap®, the latest packaging solution for sliced products, has recently won the prestigious Swiss Packaging Award 2021 within the category “Convenience”, as well as the renowned WorldStar Packaging Award 2022 within the category “Food”. Many innovations start in Switzerland before becoming mainstream in the packaging industry

ISM Japan 2022

ISM Japan is the first dedicated showcase for the sweets and snacks industry in East Asia. The inaugural edition will take place from 13 to 15 April 2022, at Tokyo Big Sight. The event will feature manufacturers, producers, wholesalers, distributors, importers, exporters, brokers, and OEM private labels of the following: sweets and confectionery, salted snacks,

Firmenich ranks 37th with an ESG score of 7.5

Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company, is pleased to announce that it has received an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) score of 7.5 from Sustainalytics, ranking it number 37 of the 14,983 companies rated worldwide. This surpasses the Group’s previous score of 8.6 in February 2021, which had already placed Firmenich as

Symrise receives Triple-A score

With its commitment to the climate, water, and forests, Symrise belongs to the leading sustainable companies worldwide. Now, the company received another acknowledgment for its efforts. It once again received a Triple-A, the top score from the renowned nonprofit organization CDP. To arrive at its rating, the CDP conducts an annual assessment of what companies

Win Free Grinch-inspired Hershey’s Kisses

Holiday décor disappearing overnight? A street sign renamed ‘Grinch Street’? Even Hershey’s Kisses chocolates have been stolen and changed to Grinch-themed Hershey’s Kisses! It’s official: the Grinch has departed Who-ville and is mischievously tiptoeing across the country wreaking havoc in some of the sweetest places around. Rumor has it he plans to stick around through the holiday season, stealing bags of Hershey’s Kisses chocolates