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Bel snaps up Brainiac owner Ingenuity Foods
Bel is strengthening its position in the better-for-you snacking category through the acquisition of Ingenuity Foods and its Brainiac and Little Brainiac brands.
Bel Group breaks ground on $200m expansion of Babybel facility in South Dakota, US
Bel Group has broken ground on a $200 million expansion of its Babybel production facility in Brookings, South Dakota.
Bel invests $2.7m to cut dairy emissions in Canadian supply chain
Bel Canada says it will invest $2.7m over five years to reduce GHG emissions from its Canadian milk supply, targeting a 30% cut.
Bel North America names Peter McGuinness CEO amid expansion push
The appointment follows news last week that McGuinness would step down from Impossible Foods after four years as chief executive officer.
Bel Group invests €16.7m to double cheese production capacity in Vietnam
Bel Group has announced a €16.7 million investment to expand its cheese production facility in Vietnam, doubling capacity to 20,000 tonnes per year
Standing Ovation and Bel Group launch world-first industrial production of milk proteins from dairy co-products
French biotech firm Standing Ovation has partnered with the Bel Group to achieve the first industrial-scale production of caseins derived from dairy serums through precision fermentation.
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Le Groupe Bel, often known as Bel Group, is a French manufacturer of cheese products. Founded in 1865, the Paris-headquartered business is a family group with an ambitious and sustainable growth strategy and a portfolio of iconic brands. It is best known for Babybel – its range of individually portioned cheese snack wheels predominantly targeted at children – as well as Boursin, Leerdammer, Kiri and The Laughing Cow, which together make up the group’s five core brands. The group generates annual revenues in the region of €3 billion.