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Savencia has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Quatá Alimentos, a well-established cheese and dairy products manufacturer in Brazil.

Ben & Jerry’s independent board is pushing back against parent group The Magnum Ice Cream Company’s removal of several of its directors, including chair Anuradha Mittal, as part of a new term limit announced last week.

GEA has signed an agreement to acquire Hydract, a Denmark-based developer of water-hydraulic process valve technology, strengthening its technology portfolio for the beverage and dairy industries.

Müller UK & Ireland’s Müller Rice brand has added a new, limited-edition flavour, Churros & Honey, to its rice pudding line-up.

British butter producer All Things Butter has rebranded to All Things Dairy alongside an expansion into the cottage cheese category.

Amid an ongoing dispute between Ben & Jerry’s and its parent group The Magnum Ice Cream Company, three of the ice cream brand’s independent board members are set to be removed.

Harmony Baby Nutrition, a biotech company specialising in infant formulas inspired by human milk, has received $5.9 million (BRL 30 million) in funding from Ação Conjunta FINEP–BNDES Chamada Pública 755.

Italian plant-based food specialist Valsoia is expanding its fermented food footprint and entering the dairy category with the acquisition of a majority stake in Slovenian kefir producer Kele & Kele.

Dairy Farmers of Canada has appointed Annie AcMoody as its new chief executive officer, effective 9 February 2026.

Sublime Butter and Clawson Farms have launched their latest creation: Clawson Farms Stilton Butter with Beef Dripping, White Truffle & Confit Garlic.

Lactalis UK & Ireland has launched Président Spreadable Creamy Brie with Truffle, a product designed to cater to the growing consumer demand for premium cheeses.

Onnu has entered a strategic partnership with ReGenEarth to supply technology and engineering for a new integrated anaerobic digestion (AD) and pyrolysis project at ReGenEarth’s Sedgefield site at Hope Farm, a 3,500 acre dairy operation that supplies milk to Arla.