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Bühler has opened a dedicated Puffing Application Centre at its facility in Uzwil, Switzerland, targeting food manufacturers developing puffed grain and pulse products at industrial scale.

Beneo has opened its first pulse-processing plant in Obrigheim, Germany, following an investment of around €50 million by its parent company, the Südzucker Group.

Merchant Gourmet is launching a new range of ready-to-eat, drain-free beans pouches into Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Ocado.

Louis Dreyfus Company has announced the creation of a new business unit dedicated to global pulses commercialisation.

Merchant Gourmet has entered the ambient ready meals category with the launch of its new ‘Meals in Minutes' range.

Above Food has entered into an agreement to acquire The Redwood Group’s speciality crop food ingredients division for $34m.

Eurofins has acquired Salamon & Seaber, an analytical testing consultancy focused on food, feed and oils, and damaged cargo tests.