29 September 2020
UK’s Meatless Farm secures funding to support global expansion
UK’s plant-based meat alternatives maker Meatless Farm has raised $31m in a new funding round to support global expansion.
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29 September 2020
Nestlé opens new R&D Accelerator centre in Switzerland
Swiss food and drink processing conglomerate Nestlé has announced the opening of its new R&D Accelerator centre in Konolfingen, Switzerland.
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28 September 2020
Aviko to acquire Unilever’s potato processing plant in Germany
Aviko, a unit of Dutch agri-industrial group Royal Cosun, has agreed to acquire the Unilever potato processing plant in Germany in a deal that also includes a strategic partnership.
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28 September 2020
Chr Hansen to sell Natural Colors business for $930m to EQT
Global bioscience company Chr Hansen has finalised an agreement to divest its food-colouring business to EQT IX Fund in an €800m ($930m) deal.
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28 September 2020
2SFG plans to recruit nearly 300 at two prepared meals facilities in UK
UK-based 2 Sisters Food Group (2SFG) has revealed that it is planning to increase the workforce at its facilities in Rogerstone and Carlisle amid the Covid-19 pandemic to meet the...
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25 September 2020
B&G Foods to drop black chef image from packaging to ward off criticism
US-based frozen food manufacturer B&G Foods is reportedly planning to remove the image of a black chef from the packaging of its Cream of Wheat porridge mix.
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25 September 2020
Mosa Meat raises fresh funds to extend cultured meat production facility
Dutch food technology company Mosa Meat has raised $55m in a Series B funding round to extend its cultured meat production facility in Maastricht.
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24 September 2020
Brazilian meat firm JBS unveils anti-deforestation plan
Brazilian meat firm JBS is reportedly planning to only purchase cows not raised on deforested land by 2025 as part of its anti-deforestation plan.
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24 September 2020
Pilgrim’s Pride promotes Fabio Sandri to role of CEO
Prepared foods firm Pilgrim’s Pride has named its finance chief Fabio Sandri as the company’s new CEO with immediate effect.
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24 September 2020
HOCHDORF to discontinue wheat germ production at headquarters
Switzerland-based food company HOCHDORF has decided to discontinue wheat germ production at its Hochdorf site, as well as use the production and storage space for Bimbosan organic baby milk powder.