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EU PPWR: What F&B companies need to know about the new packaging rules
The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) marks the biggest change to packaging legislation in decades. While often described as a recyclability regulation, its impact reaches far...
Jungbunzlauer webinar preview: What does the GLP-1 era mean for food formulation?
As GLP-1 drugs reshape eating habits, food manufacturers are facing new formulation challenges, from reducing sugar and calories to maintaining texture and flavor while boosting nutrient...
Pistachio evolves from flavor trend into cross-category growth opportunity
Pistachio is widening its reach across the food and beverage industry as brands take the nut beyond its established role in confectionery and desserts. Innova Market Insights data indicates that F&B...
Botaneco: Oleosomes emerge as multifunctional plant-based fat alternative
Fat does much more than add calories to food. It influences texture, lubrication, flavor release, aroma, juiciness, melting behavior, and the overall tasting experience. Jason Hargreaves, R&D...
Syensqo director explains vanillin’s shift beyond flavor into reformulation
Syensqo is positioning vanillin as more than a flavoring ingredient, arguing that it has become a multifunctional formulation tool for F&B manufacturers grappling with sugar reduction, volatile cocoa...
Olam’s ofi maintains stable earnings amid cocoa and coffee price volatility
Olam Group’s food and beverage ingredients business, ofi, maintained broadly stable earnings in H1 2026 despite lower cocoa and coffee input prices, market volatility, and a weaker US dollar against...
Nurtured Nuts brings AgriNetica-developed low-allergen peanuts toward 2027 launch
AgriNetica has developed the gene-editing technology behind the world’s first low-allergen peanuts, reducing major allergenic proteins at the seed level. Nurtured Nuts is the commercialization...
Novonesis tackles wheat volatility and pasta quality challenges
Novonesis has developed Optiva Triticum, a biosolution designed to help pasta manufacturers diversify wheat sourcing while maintaining the product quality consumers expect. Pasta remains an important...
