Ingredion and Tate & Lyle’s boards have today (8 June 2026) announced an agreement on the terms of an all-cash £2.7 billion acquisition offer put forward by Ingredion.

Swedish baking equipment manufacturer Sveba Dahlen will join Midera Food Processing in July 2026, as Middleby Corporation separates its food processing division into a standalone public company.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared the proposed merger between Associated British Foods’ (ABF) bakery business and Hovis across the whole of the UK, following additional analysis conducted as part of its Phase 2 investigation.

Fedima's General Assembly in Bordeaux elected a new Board and appointed Enric Valls of Puratos as President, along with Vice-Presidents and Treasurer, for a three-year mandate.

Biospringer by Lesaffre, a global player in the food fermentation space, has agreed to acquire selected intellectual property (IP) and technology of bacteria fermentation specialist PTX Food.

Warburtons has unveiled a major investment programme exceeding £100 million as it marks its 150th anniversary.

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.

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.