Kim Anders Odhner has squirreled himself away in a quiet corner of his company’s Amsterdam office to talk to me on Teams. “My colleagues are being rather loud, so I thought I’d come to this…
Tight margins, a lack of essential skills and slumping capital are causing many food and drink manufacturing businesses to remain “risk averse” when it comes to innovation. Despite the food industry being the UK’s largest…
The myriad barriers and opportunities around the application of proteins in a range of novel foods is on everyone’s lips in food tech. Finding the right proteins in nature is difficult, which is why a…
The complete-nutrition brand was acquired by UK-headquartered Premier Foods, owner of Mr Kipling and Bird’s Custard, last year for £34m to bolster its breakfast offering. Since the acquisition, with the organisational integration now complete, Premier…
Innovation is the very foundation of any industry, including food and beverage. What has facilitated increased production to accommodate growing population numbers? Innovation. What has helped to increase product shelf life, through processes such as…
“There’s a lot of interest from European bakeries in going to North America,” said Garyth Stone, an MD in investment bank Houlihan Lokey’s consumer group. “It’s a good opportunity to expand because a great ability…