MOA Foodtech has closed a €3.3m funding round to scale its AI-driven biomass fermentation platform and expand commercial supply of clean-label bakery ingredients.

C.H. Guenther has opened a 172-square-metre Centre of Excellence in Coventry, integrating pilot baking, sensory testing and customer co-development within a live manufacturing facility.

Compleat Foodservice has invested £600,000 in a new cookie production line at its Crewe site, targeting a 28% value uplift by March 2027.

Imperial College London has launched a 12-month equity-free accelerator to help sustainable food ventures turn validated science into pilots, investment and commercial scale.

Puratos has opened a Flour Competence Centre in Belgium dedicated to analysing flour variability and translating the data into practical solutions for industrial bakery producers.

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.

IFF has opened a new Vanilla Innovation Center in Madagascar, expanding its research and development capabilities

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