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Nescafé Dolce Gusto has launched a new at-home coffee machine, Neo which uses paper-based, home-compostable coffee pods and 70% less packaging.

Absolut Vodka has announced it will move to a partly hydrogen energy-fired glass furnace for large-scale production in 2023.

Forsea Foods has raised $5.2m in a seed round led by Berlin-based Target Global, as it looks to accelerate R&D on cultivating eel meat.

Valio has announced the completion of what it has termed its “biggest energy-efficiency investment” at the Lapinlahti factory in Finland.

Hoxton Farms has raised $22m in a Series A funding round led by Collaborative Fund, an early backer of Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods.

Home Chef has teamed up with Impossible Foods to offer two ready-to-cook vegetarian meal options, Home Chef’s first in-store plant-based meat products.

Confectionery giant Hershey has signed a 140MW solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with National Grid Renewables for Copperhead Solar & Storage Project.

The system features a heat pump that will use residual energy from the factory's cold production plant to heat water for manufacturing and AC.

Led by Cosecha de Galicia, the round also received participation from German impact investment fund, Leanox Impact Ventures, and Alazady España.

Work is ongoing at a new industrial production development centre close to Mosa Meat’s existing pilot facility in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Arla has unveiled its new CARE programme, which is designed to bring higher animal welfare and sustainability standards to its branded milk.

Secret Island Salmon has launched a new range of innovative salmon products including salmon hotdogs, salmon bacon and salmon burgers.