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Production

Cerealto and Fresca Foods Form Strategic Partnership to Strengthen Co-Manufacturing Capacity

Cerealto forms strategic partnership with Colorado-based Fresca Foods, expanding co-manufacturing capacity across Europe and the Americas. The transaction combines Cerealto's ten European production centres with Fresca's 350,000 sq ft US manufacturing facilities specializing in bars, granola and baked goods.

Regulation

Mercosur Deal Raises Questions Over EU Sugar Supply Stability

EU-Mercosur trade deal's sugar quotas raise supply chain concerns for industrial bakeries as safeguard mechanism fails to prevent factory closures.

Facilities

Middleby Centro di Innovazione Opens with Focus on Production-Scale Testing

Middleby Corporation opens 65,000-square-foot innovation centre near Venice for production-scale testing of bakery, protein and snack processing equipment. Facility offers R&D, validation and training for industrial food manufacturers.

Partner content

EXCLUSIVE: Inside Lesaffre's Lille Campus – Two Days That Changed How I See Bread

Baking Europe spent two days at the company's campus, hosted by Zoé Henneguier and the Lesaffre team, alongside Leah Smith. What we found was more than just a facility tour, it was a genuine look at how a family business approaches innovation.

Funding & investment

Fermentation technologies could add £10bn to UK economy by 2050, research finds

Innovative methods of producing food through fermentation could add nearly £10 billion to the UK economy by 2050, according to new analysis.

Plant-based

Artisan Baker Scales Plant-Based Production with New Loaf Launch

Swindon-based Pipp & Co expands beyond doughnuts with vegan banana walnut loaf, producing 25,000+ units weekly. SALSA-certified bakery demonstrates commercial viability of plant-based range expansion for industrial bakers.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Italian Fermentation Specialist Millbio Acquires US Clean-Label Manufacturer

Italian ingredient specialist Millbio acquires US manufacturer Cain Foods through private equity firm Apheon, creating a vertically integrated clean-label bakery solutions platform spanning Europe, Asia and the Americas with combined fermentation, manufacturing and R&D capabilities.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Lantmännen Unibake Acquires Dutch Savoury Specialist Boboli Benelux

Lantmännen Unibake expands into Netherlands with €50M Boboli Benelux acquisition, adding Mediterranean flatbread production and bake-off technology capabilities.

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