Food Industry

Paulig plans to expand its tortilla factory in Sweden for future Tex Mex growth Paulig continues to strengthen its position as a market leader of Tex Mex in Europe. The family-owned food and beverage company has agreed on the purchase of 22,000 square meters of land next to its tortilla factory in Landskrona, Sweden, where Paulig currently bakes 400 million Santa Maria tortillas per year for the Nordic and Baltic market. The planned expansion meets a growing demand of Tex Mex products.   “The Tex Mex category is continuously growing on the Nordic and European markets, and the purchase of...

From sunflower side-streams to tasty meat alternatives Climate change, natural resource scarcity and fast-growing world population is threatening our access to nutritious, safe and affordable food. One solution is to move towards a more plant-based food system. VTT, DSM, DIL German Institute of Food Technologies, University of Helsinki and ABP Beef have launched a research project aimed at utilizing sunflower press-cakes as protein ingredient to develop sustainable and tasty meat alternatives. VTT Technology Center of Finland coordinates Taste2Meat, an EIT Food funded project, which focuses on mitigating climate change and increasing EU’s protein self-sufficiency by providing sustainable meat alternatives to...

UK-based party marketplace launches a unique collection of World BBQ experiences for private parties and celebrations. We worked with five of the UK’s most talented street food chefs to curate a stunning collection of world BBQ experiences - all available for priv Poptop revolutionised private event planning with their unique Live Pricing & Availability model - making party planning easy, instant and fun. Now they’re inspiring party planners to level up their events, with the UK’s first curated collection of exclusive party experiences. — Travelling has once again proved a little tricky this year. Transport disruption and airport chaos has...

Reshaping the future of food: Fooditive launches Bee-Free Honey and Lowsalt using precision fermentation Fooditive, a pioneer in the development of plant-based innovative ingredients built for a better world, better health at affordable prices, is celebrating the next phase by welcoming the world to a new era in the company. The Dutch startup at heart is reshaping the future to keep its promise in innovation by scaling up existing products and introducing their latest developments: LowSalt & Bee-free-Honey. Scaling up via sustainable collaborations and certification Partnerships & expansion Fooditives’ unique approach towards its ingredients and processes has attracted change makers...

Study shows why ‘aromatic’ blueberries taste better Credit: UF/IFAS photography Blueberry plant   Newswise — They may be called “aromatic” blueberries, but they don’t just smell nice -- they taste good. University of Florida scientists now know why: These fruits contain just the right genetic combination to produce the chemistry required for a pleasant blueberry flavor. Growers and consumers always seek better-tasting fruit, compelling blueberry breeders like Patricio Muñoz to work in fields and labs and to use UF taste-test panelists to find the right varieties of blueberry to breed. “More consumption will increase demand and keep prices up for...