Seasonal Production, Santa-Sized SKUs, and the Unsung Heroes of Holiday Food It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like… Line 3 Needs More Packagers Forget Santa’s workshop… the real Christmas magic is happening on Britain’s factory floors. If you think the rush is about festive spirit, you haven't spent a December on the factory floor. The real story revolves around labour, line speed, and how quickly a site can scale without breaking. Every year, the same pattern returns. Demand for

Almost   49.5% of UK adults have vitamin D levels below the optimal range . When nearly half the population is falling short, health issues like weaker bones and a slower immune response become far more common. The underlying problem is that everyday habits rarely close this gap. Sunlight is inconsistent and diets vary widely. Most vitamin D3 ingredients also depend on long and heavily processed supply chains. This makes it harder for brands to offer options that feel natural

Ladies First (…In Protein, Too!) If you think protein is only about gym bros downing shakes, think again. The real growth engine just might be… her. Here is the headline that sets the pace globally.   51% of consumers seeking to add more protein   are women. That momentum is showing up here too, with shoppers picking up protein in everyday places. Trade coverage also tracks how   women are reshaping protein innovation in APAC and North America , which hints at where our shelv

The "Impossible" Plastic Just Got a Food-Safe Upgrade A Second Chance for Your Plastic Cup What if your plastic cup could get a second chance at life? What if it could be reborn as a safe, legal, food-grade container? For years, this was the holy grail for polypropylene (PP), the workhorse plastic in our cups, lids, and trays. Its chemistry made it a nightmare to purify. The industry had largely given up on using post-consumer PP for anything that touches our food. That just

Turns Out, They Do Care What’s in the Sausage We spend a lot of time guessing what our customers want. Is it a new flavour? A better price? A slicker package? But what if their biggest concerns are things we're not even talking about? The brand new   2025 Eurobarometer on Food Safety   just gave us the answer. This wasn't some flimsy online poll. It was a massive, face-to-face survey of over 26,000 EU citizens. It gives us a crystal-clear picture of what people really worry a

Hands-on angels, real-world products, and a €5M fund ready to roll. Here’s a look under the hood. Let’s be honest. For most people, angel investing is broken. If you’re an investor, you’re either drowning in mediocre deals or you find a winner and have to go it all alone. If you’re a founder, you’re pitching into a void. In fact, investor attention on pitch decks has plummeted, with average viewing times falling below two and a half minutes. So, you’re basically getting ghost

A Cocoa Crisis, with a Dash of Swiss Precision The world has a serious chocolate problem. And no, I’m not talking about our collective...

Imagine if Heston Blumenthal and Alan Sugar had a baby who lived in a lab. You’d get someone who could dream up a wild new flavour...

Sea Urchins in Sustainable Greenhouse Systems Attack of the Salad-Loving Sea Urchins Lock your lettuce and shield your spinach. There’s a...

Where’s the (Cultivated) Fat? You know what alt-meat really tastes like? Regret. Regret and freezer burn. For all the fancy packaging and...

Billions go into defence. Millions into stadiums. But farming? That usually gets the scraps.   So when the government suddenly throws 76...

Let’s talk about the culinary equivalent of a fridge argument with your ex… yep, the EU - UK trade deal. Five years on from Brexit, and...

Let’s imagine this: You run a thriving food ingredients company. Three manufacturing sites. A finely tuned (and occasionally...

When we talk about innovation in food manufacturing, we usually jump to biotech breakthroughs, lab-grown proteins, or robots slapping...

We are going to talk some more about food chemicals (it’s the hot topic!). Not the sexy kind like vanilla or caffeine, no, I’m talking...

Food lovers, wellness warriors, and snackers of all stripes… brace yourselves. Because while we’ve all been busy obsessing over carbs,...

Today we're stepping out of the field and into the boardroom… with a bag of rice! Bear with me, because this is about a whole lot more...

We are diving into a topic that's got everyone's taste buds and political sensors tingling: Food Standards in the UK-US Trade Deal!   So,...

The food industry, like many others, hasn't always been the best at giving women the recognition they deserve. We see incredible women in...

Ready to dish out the good stuff! Today's special? A heaping helping of...sustainability!   Specifically, we're talking about the...