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Brand Finance has released its top 100 most valuable food brand rankings for 2026, with Nestlé remaining on top, while Coca-Cola continues to top the 50 most valuable non-alcoholic drinks brands.

Maash – a start-up with operations in Belgium and France, focused on developing mycoprotein ingredients for the food industry – has secured a €12.5 million funding package to accelerate its next phase of growth.

Häagen-Dazs will no longer be sold in Brazil following a decision by owner General Mills to withdraw the ice cream brand from the market.

California craft beer pioneer Stone Brewing is set to cut 220 jobs and exit three locations, as its new owners restructure production.

A US federal judge has dismissed major portions of a lawsuit brought by Ben & Jerry’s against its former parent company Unilever, according to reporting from Reuters.

Bernard Matthews Foods is to close its processing facility on Shaftesbury Street South in Derby, UK

Ingredion has appointed Diego Reynoso to the role of chief financial officer, effective from 1 October 2026.

Nestlé has initiated a strategic review of The Better Health Company, its New Zealand-based health supplements business.

Canada’s Competition Bureau is seeking to block Nortera Food’s proposed acquisition of B&G Foods Canada’s Green Giant and Le Sieur vegetable business.

Suomen Lantakaasu has inaugurated a new biogas plant in Nurmo, Finland.

Arla Foods Ingredients has completed an €8.3 million investment to electrify part of its production at the Danmark Protein plant in Videbæk, Denmark.

New Zealand dairy processor Synlait Milk has denied that it is involved in discussions with The a2 Milk Company or Fonterra regarding a potential transaction.