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Darling Ingredients to buy Gelnex for $1.2bn
With five facilities located in South America and one in the US, Gelnex is a global manufacturer of gelatin and collagen peptides.
Home Chef and Impossible Foods launch ready meals
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.
Robotic burger chef creator RoboBurger opens $10m Seed 2 funding round
RoboBurger has opened its Seed 2 round of funding in partnership with London-based private equity firm, Promethean Investments.
Old El Paso enters snacking category with corn chips
General Mills has announced the release of its new Old El Paso Fiesta Twists in the US under its Old El Paso brand.
Lamb Weston to take full control of European JV
Lamb Weston is paying Meijer Frozen Foods €700m for the remaining 50% share in the business, comprising €525m in cash and €175m of its common stock.
Nairn’s expands hot cereal range
Scotland-based Nairn’s has expanded its gluten-free breakfast oats portfolio with the launch of a new maple syrup variety.
Nestlé invests €2.3m in green thermal energy system at Spanish chocolate factory
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.
Change Foods announces plans for animal-free dairy plant in UAE
Producing animal-free milk protein, the planned facility will be the first of its kind in the region, according to Change Foods.
Mosa Meat ramps up cultivated beef production capacity
Work is ongoing at a new industrial production development centre close to Mosa Meat’s existing pilot facility in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Cappello’s introduces low-carb pizza
Cappello’s has launched a low-carb, high-nutrition, high-fibre pizza, Low Carb Lifestyle Uncured Pepperoni Pizza.
Nestlé raises sales guidance after price hikes boost nine-month results
The packaged food giant has also announced plans to acquire the Seattle's Best Coffee brand from its Global Coffee Alliance partner, Starbucks.
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