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As water scarcity and environmental pressures intensify, manufacturers are shifting from siloed improvements to factory-wide optimisation.

British retailer Sainsbury’s has become the ‘first UK supermarket’ to launch conventional mushrooms that have been grown without peat.

Paboco has collaborated with Blue Ocean Closures to create the ‘industry’s first’ market-ready paper bottle and fibre-based cap combination.

Kerry is launching an Egg Reduction Guide; a unique tool for manufacturers to calculate the monetary and environmental savings.

The UK government will create Europe’s first cultivated meat regulatory sandbox to improve the FSA's scientific knowledge about the food.

From next week, shoppers will see a first-of-its-kind Quality Street tub in select supermarkets, as Nestlé trials a new paper-based tub.

Mart Frozen Foods, a subsidiary of The Mart Group, has inaugurated a $65 million high-tech food manufacturing facility in Rupert, Idaho.

A start-up from Edinburgh University has developed a plastic that self-destructs in marine environments without generating microplastics.

Klöckner Pentaplast (KP) has launched two new recyclable barrier flow wrap films: KP FlexiFlow EH 155 R and KP FlexiFlow PH 255 R.

Chiquita Brands – in collaboration with KeyGene, MusaRadix and Wageningen University and Research – has unveiled a new banana hybrid.

The European Commission has announced a 12-month extension for the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

T. Hasegawa has introduced a new product aimed at addressing the ongoing global cocoa shortage that has impacted F&B manufacturers.