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

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

BW Packaging has introduced Hayssen X850, a multi-jaw flow wrapper designed for packaging cheese and other products that require high seal integrity at high speeds.

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

Arla is investing nearly SEK 70 million (€6 million) in its Falkenberg dairy in Sweden to expand production of Keso cottage cheese.

Flavour specialists ITS has unveiled a new portfolio of natural smoke-free smoked flavours designed to help cheese manufacturers maintain authentic smoky profiles ahead of incoming EU legislation that will restrict traditional smoke flavourings from July 2026.

Saputo USA’s Frigo Cheese Heads brand has added two new flavours to its Snack Sticks portfolio.

Alt-dairy start-up Climax Foods has rebranded to Bettani Farms; has appointed former Califia Farms CFO, Sandeep Patel, as CEO and chairman; and has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding.

Bel’s Boursin brand has added a new blue cheese-flavoured product to its range, responding to rising consumer interest in blue and flavoured cheeses.