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Mergers & Acquisitions
Ingredion and Tate & Lyle agree on $2.7bn acquisition deal
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.

New products
St Pierre targets breakfast occasion with new croissant roll
St Pierre has launched All Butter Croissant Rolls exclusively in Tesco. A fillable, flaky hybrid format aimed at the premium bakery occasion shopper.

New products
Tesco introduces potato burger rolls as part of major finest bakery expansion
Tesco is expanding its premium bakery offering with the launch of Tesco Finest Potato Burger Rolls

Ingredients
European study highlights regenerative agriculture’s crop resilience benefits during drought
New European research from Soil Capital suggests that regenerative farming practices can help protect crop production during drought.

Sustainability
Puratos Reaches Scope 1 and 2 Carbon Neutrality
Belgian ingredients group Puratos has achieved carbon neutrality across its direct operations, cutting emissions per tonne produced by nearly 50% against a 2016 baseline.

Partner content
Baking for a new era with HIFOOD’s nutrient density solutions
As GLP-1 therapies reshape eating habits, HIFOOD's nutrient density systems help bakers enrich fibre and protein content -without sacrificing the texture, taste and mouthfeel consumers expect.

Equipment
Sveba Dahlen joins Midera food processing this summer
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.

Mergers & Acquisitions
CMA provisionally clears ABF-Hovis merger in Northern Ireland
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.

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