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FrieslandCampina Ingredients has completed a major investment at its Borculo facility in the Netherlands.

Greek brewer Macedonian Thrace Brewery (MTB) will likely be paid at least €43 million in damages by Heineken, following the latest ruling in a case centring around anti-competitive practices.

Dutch butter and dough producers Royal VIVBuisman and Van der Pol have formally merged to create Royal Van Ballegooijen Foods (Royal VBF), bringing more than 150 years of combined craftsmanship under a single company structure.

The EU’s new Bioeconomy Strategy sets out plans to support fermentation-based food innovation, as the Netherlands becomes the first EU country to permit public tastings of fermentation-made novel foods.

Specialities Inc, a US-based producer and distributor of deli food products, has introduced a 5kg artisan gouda infused with pumpkin spice flavours.

Dutch supermarket giant Albert Heijn has become the first major retailer in the Netherlands to introduce a line of its own hybrid dairy and plant milk products into stores.

AI solutions provider Source.ag has announced a partnership with Axia Vegetable Seeds to enhance cultivation strategies through data-driven technologies.

Heineken has announced a €45 million investment to build a new global R&D facility in Zoeterwoude, Netherlands.

Dutch food firm Yespers is opening what it describes as the ‘world’s first’ total value factory, located in The Hague.