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Food packaging under the lens: kp's Featherstone site on Dutch television
Packaging

Food packaging under the lens: kp's Featherstone site on Dutch television

A Dutch sustainability television programme visited Klöckner Pentaplast's UK manufacturing site, examining the trade-offs involved in designing food packaging for performance, resource efficiency and end-of-life.

Imperial launches accelerator to bridge sustainable food's lab-to-market gap
Funding & investment

Imperial launches accelerator to bridge sustainable food's lab-to-market gap

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.

Summer 2026: What's driving bakery flavour and format trends

Summer 2026: What's driving bakery flavour and format trends

Finsbury Food Group's innovation and brand teams map the flavour combinations, formats and retail dynamics shaping bakery in summer 2026 -from cherry vanilla to GLP-1 portion trends.

Dacke Industri acquires majority stake in Dutch bakery conveyor specialist
Equipment

Dacke Industri acquires majority stake in Dutch bakery conveyor specialist

Swedish industrial group Dacke Industri has acquired 85% of Divardy Bakery Services B.V., a Dutch specialist in conveyor systems for industrial bakeries.

Lesaffre appoints Rania Abou Samra as new chief RD&I officer
People

Lesaffre appoints Rania Abou Samra as new chief RD&I officer

Fermentation specialist Lesaffre has appointed Rania Abou Samra as its new chief research, development and innovation (RD&I) officer.

Vertical farming and the bakery: What's the link?
Events

Vertical farming and the bakery: What's the link?

Vertical farming won't grow your wheat, but it may grow your garnish. A look at where the economics actually work for industrial bakers.

Lesaffre highlights global progress in baker’s yeast standardisation
Regulation

Lesaffre highlights global progress in baker’s yeast standardisation

A new Codex Alimentarius standard for baker’s yeast creates a global reference framework, supporting consistency, safety and transparency across the international baking industry.

AAK and Savor partner to develop speciality fat ingredients
Ingredients

AAK and Savor partner to develop speciality fat ingredients

Oils and fats company AAK has teamed up with US food-tech start-up Savor, in a two-year collaboration to develop speciality fat solutions for dairy alternative and bakery applications.

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