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Euricom to acquire 100% of Ebly, including the brand and Châteaudun EU rice facility, from Mars and Axéréal Participations.

British soft drinks maker Cawston Press has entered the fast-growing no- and low-alcohol drinks market with the acquisition of Loah.

Smithfield Foods will acquire US-based hot dog maker Nathan’s Famous in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $450 million.

The Swiss giant has invited first-round bids for the water unit, valued at around €5 billion, according to sources, with Rothschild advising on the transaction.

Puratos acquires U.S. nut ingredient maker Vör Foods to boost sweet goods innovation and expand its U.S. manufacturing footprint.

Tropical Cheese, a leading US producer of Hispanic dairy products, has acquired Cibao Meat Products.

France’s competition authority cleared Greenyard–Eureden JV and the merger of cooperatives Terres du Sud and Vivadour.

Dutch butter and dough producers Royal VIVBuisman and Van der Pol have formally merged to create Royal Van Ballegooijen Foods (Royal VBF), bringing more than 150 years of combined craftsmanship under a single company structure.

Future Ocean Foods, a trade association dedicated to the global alternative seafood industry, has announced it is seeking acquisition.

Butterfly Equity has completed the acquisition of ePac Flexible Packaging, a producer of digitally printed flexible packaging, from an investor consortium that included Amcor and Indevco North America.

Del Monte Foods has selected three successful bidders for substantially all of its assets following a court-supervised auction process, setting the stage for the transition of its major business segments to new ownership.

US investment firm MPearlRock has acquired The Good Crisp Company, a fast-growing, clean label salty snack brand known for reimagining classic snack formats with better-for-you attributes.