Brand packaging expert Sun Branding has unveiled its latest collaboration with Goodfella’s for the brand-new Grande midweek sharing pizza. This exciting new offering, designed with Sun Branding’s creative expertise, embraces Goodfella’s Italian-American heritage and family values, delivering an authentic, great-tasting experience. Goodfella’s approached Sun Branding to explore how it could expand into a new occasion for pizza – adult midweek sharing. Sun Branding endeavoured to create packaging that not only stands out on the shelf but also enriches the consumer experience by evoking the warmt ..read more

Corbion drives sustainability in food preservation with natural solutions that extend shelf life and reduce waste, aligning with key Sustainable Development Goals. Dieneke van Houwelingen, Business Development Manager, EMEA, tells KBP more. Corbion’s approach to sustainability aligns seamlessly with our company’s mission and values by leveraging the power of nature to enhance food safety, extend shelf life, and preserve the colour, texture, flavour, and nutritional value of food applications. We offer functional ingredients across multiple industry segments and partner with food manufacturers ..read more

Kennedy’s Bakery Production Editor, Kiran Grewal, sits down with Francesca Angiulli, Sustainability Director at Puratos to discuss the latest developments in regenerative agriculture. How does Puratos define regenerative agriculture, and what role does it play in the company’s broader sustainability strategy within the bakery industry?  Essentially, regenerative agriculture is used to restore ecosystems and preserve soil fertility to help ensure an abundant food supply for future generations. It’s an impact-based framework based on a set of farming practices to increase the organic matter ..read more

Discover how incorporating trending flavours like yuzu, cactus, and botanicals can elevate your sweet bakery products this summer, blending indulgence with innovation. Lyndsey Hall, Marketing Executive of Keylink Limited tells us more.  As the summer months roll on, we’re seeing an explosion of fresh, exotic flavours in sweet bakery – a perfect counterweight to the nostalgia trend that grew out of the pandemic years. With lockdowns an increasingly distant memory, many bakery customers are looking for a more adventurous experience when they step outside of their homes to enjoy a little ind ..read more

Gary Lewis, President of the National Edible Oils Association and Sales Director at KTC Edibles explores the implications of the EU Deforestation Regulation for the UK baking industry. The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EU DR) could be a landmark policy, as it aims to curb the environmental impact of deforestation. The regulation, effective at the end of this year, will significantly impact many sectors, including palm oil, which is crucial to the baking industry.  But while the EU DR is to be lauded for its ambition, it’s a huge undertaking – in a very small amount of time. I ..read more

Consumer behaviour is still the main driver for supermarkets not changing their strict standards on how food should look which contributes to huge food waste issues in the UK according to the founder of leading wonky and surplus food provider Earth & Wheat. James Eid says around one in three people are still unaware that food waste affects the environment but if food waste were an emitter of greenhouses gases as a country, it would be the world’s third ‘biggest’ behind the USA and China. Eid, who founded Earth & Wheat which launched the world’s first ‘Wonky Bread Box’ in 2021, said con ..read more

On June 25, Trioworld Group signed an agreement to acquire the French companies Palamy and BRJ through a purchase of all the shares in Sopal SAS. Palamy SAS (Palamy) and Beaudet et René Jean Emballage SAS (BRJ) are both leading players in high performance packaging solutions for bread, frozen food, and other consumer packaging applications in the French market.  “We are looking forward to welcoming Palamy-BRJ to the Trioworld Group. The acquisition will give us the opportunity to grow an even stronger position in the market for advanced food packaging solutions in Europe. Both companies h ..read more

With the snacks market in Italy accelerating and cost-conscious consumers increasingly turning to budget-friendly private-label goods, Preziosi Food, an Italian manufacturer of potato chips and snacks, needed a complete solutions partner with the capability to deliver significant production capacity increases in a very short 12-month timeframe. TNA solutions stepped up to deliver and oversaw the implementation of a fully integrated potato chip line, a state-of-the-art pellet frying system, and a complete distribution, seasoning and packaging system that took Preziosi’s production capacity from ..read more

CSM Group experts in research, innovation and production of food ingredients and part of the Ingredient-Tech Platform – has joined as a Strategic Partner the Association of Friends of the University of Gastronomic Sciences (UNISG – Pollenzo, Italy), the first university in the world to be focused on food at a transdisciplinary level. The university was founded in 2004, promoted by the Slow Food association in collaboration with the Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna regions. Through this partnership, CSM Group and the entire Ingredient-Tech Platform become members of UNISG&nb ..read more

Ingredion experts will be on hand at the SNACKEX 2024 trade fair to demonstrate how its latest ingredient solutions can help manufacturers meet consumer demands for snacks that combine nutrition, convenience and a great taste. Ingredion will showcase a range of innovative snack prototypes at the event, which takes place on the 19th and 20th of June in Stockholm, Sweden. Ingredion’s experts will be available to talk to visitors on stand 412 throughout the trade fair. “The way we approach snacking has fundamentally shifted in response to unprecedented changes in our daily lives, from g ..read more