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FrieslandCampina and PT Ultrajaya Milk Industry have agreed a strategic partnership creating a broader platform for dairy and RTD beverages in Indonesia.

Soufflet Malt has partnered with food tech company Eat the Truth to bring grain-based fermentation into mainstream applications.

DSM-Firmenich is partnering with AI company Boltz PBC to accelerate the discovery and development of new flavour and fragrance molecules.

Kellogg’s is to extend financial and agronomic support for British wheat farmers through a new five-year regenerative agriculture programme.

Mondelēz International, PepsiCo and Pladis are participating in a Belgium-wide trial exploring whether digital watermarking technology could improve the identification and sorting of flexible food packaging for recycling.

Meat giant JBS has partnered with Danantara Investment Management, an arm of Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund, to establish a new joint venture that will manage JBS’ operations in Australia and New Zealand.

Champagne producer Masion Pommery & Associés has ended its exclusive partnership discussions with sparkling wine group Henkell International.

Swiss nutrition groups Hochdorf and Pharmalys have announced the establishment of Hochdorf Laboratories, a new joint venture in the infant formula category.

Egyptian food group Gadwa Food Industry has commissioned a fully integrated margarine production line at its subsidiary Integrated Egyptian Food Industries (IEFI) in 10th of Ramadan City, delivering the project in partnership with production solution provider Nabla Solution.

Aldi and Arla Foods UK have launched an eight-week trial using ultraviolet tags to track milk bottles through the recycling system.

Danone and Arcor have completed the creation of their joint venture in Argentina.

General Mills, ADM and Walmart have announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate regenerative agriculture across 40,000 acres of wheat-growing land in the US Midwest.