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Crop design company NuCicer has announced the launch of Nuchi, a new variety of high-protein chickpeas designed for clean-label food formulation.

Bühler has developed Lucent, a new cocoa nib roaster designed to use at least 20% less energy per tonne of cocoa than its predecessor, with up to 20% higher throughput in the same footprint. The machine combines heat recovery, predictive roasting controls and a fully sealed product chamber. Developed by Bühler's engineers and manufactured in Appenzell, Switzerland, Lucent aims to improve productivity, energy efficiency and food safety in cocoa processing, now available to industrial cocoa...

Tetra Pak has announced the launch of its first industrial bioreactor, designed to enable scalable fermentation with reduced operational cost.

US flavour house OSF has introduced a new line of flavour solutions designed to help manufacturers tap into the ‘dirty soda’ trend.

Blue Ocean Closures, a Swedish company that develops fibre-based closures and packaging components, has unveiled its latest innovation: Paper-Plug, an integrated fibre-based opening system.

Puris has announced the upcoming launch of its new pea protein ingredient, H-IZO, at the IFT FIRST 2026 trade show in Chicago, US, next month.

GEA has unveiled the complete range of its new KOB series, a new cost-efficient line of homogenisers reaching up to 400 bar.

IFF has announced the launch of Danisco Grindsted DuoGel, a stabiliser system designed to close the texture gap between plant-based and traditional gummies.

Sirio Europe has launched the full version of its FizzyBits platform, expanding the instant fizzy tablet format into a ready-to-launch supplement portfolio covering ten formulations.