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From the Australian biscuit tin to the British free-from aisle

Tim Tam Original Gluten Free lands in Sainsbury's and Tesco this April, timed to Coeliac Awareness Month and backed by a 2025 Free From Food Awards Gold Medal.

New products
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Edouard Gestat appointed to lead Baking with Lesaffre

Lesaffre has appointed Edouard Gestat as Marketing Director of Baking with Lesaffre, drawing on 24 years in food ingredients and 15 years within the Lesaffre group.

People
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Fortification: A cornerstone of public health, food product innovation and regulatory challenges

Food fortification is evolving beyond public health into personalised nutrition, driven by consumer demand, GLP-1 medication trends, and functional food innovation.

Health
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When bread meets beauty: Ingenious idea?

Warburtons and Only Curls have launched a bakery-scented hair gel rooted in the old saying that eating bread crusts makes your hair go curly.

Marketing
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ABF and Hovis: What the CMA found

The CMA has provisionally cleared ABF's acquisition of Hovis in Great Britain while identifying competition concerns in Northern Ireland's bread and bakery market.

Mergers & Acquisitions
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Dairy in the dough: What shifting home baking habits mean for industrial producers

Home baking fell 7% in 2025, but dairy remains in over 60% of occasions. Here is what that means for industrial producers and retail positioning.

Ingredients
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Bridor acquires Panamar bakery group in largest deal yet for Le Duff

Le Duff Group acquires Spain's Panamar Bakery Group in its largest deal to date, extending Bridor's frozen bakery manufacturing and distribution reach across the Iberian Peninsula.

Mergers & Acquisitions
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Valeo foods moves into Bulgaria with Prestige-96 acquisition

Valeo Foods Moves into Bulgaria with Prestige-96 Acquisition

Business
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Nexture's generate hub opens 2026 startup call — Five areas Bakers Should Watch

Nexture's Generate programme has opened its 2026 startup call, targeting enzyme innovation, palm alternatives and next-generation gluten technology — with direct implications for industrial bakery formulation roadmaps.

Innovation
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Raising the stakes of high-quality baked products: The microbiome-gut-brain axis and nutritional psychiatry

Discover how diet quality shapes mental health through the microbiome-gut-brain axis, and why choosing unprocessed foods could be key to psychological wellbeing.

Research
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Reformulation without compromise: How fibre and natural sweeteners are reshaping industrial bakery

Cocoa fruit sweeteners and high-tolerance soluble corn fibre enable industrial bakers to simultaneously reduce sugar and increase fibre without palatability compromises that historically limited nutritional reformulation.

Research
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Fedima reports €7.8bn turnover as bakery ingredients sector navigates regulatory shifts

Fedima's 2025 report details enzyme labelling positions, allergen guidance and sustainability grants for Europe's €7.8bn bakery ingredients sector.

Research
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