Umios, the Japanese seafood giant previously trading as Maruha Nichiro, has made another investment in Southeast Asia with a stake in Pataya Food Industries. Tokyo-listed Umios is taking a 25.1% stake ...

Holly Baumgart has spent a decade at Sargento Foods, one of the largest dairy companies operating in the US. Baumgart has just started in a new role – SVP for innovation – and, speaking with Just Food ...

Long-running speculation over the future of Hain Celestial’s business in Europe has finally come to a head with the disposal to a private-equity investor. Nasdaq-listed Hain Celestial said in a ...

Investor-backed pizza manufacturer Valsa has acquired fellow Italian business I Maestri del Forno through a majority interest. Private-equity firm Aksìa said Bologna-based Valsa’s annual revenues will ...

NotCo, the Chilean plant-based business set up more than a decade ago, has sold another asset in South America. Co-founded in 2015 by CEO Matías Muchnick, NotCo started out as a manufacturer of ...

Tesco has increased the number of “restricted” additives in its private-label ranges as the UK retailer works toward cutting ultra-processed foods. The country’s largest supermarket chain said it ...

Nestlé is introducing a baking range targeted at convenience, kicking off with Brazil and China. The world’s largest food company said the desserts form part of its “modern cooking growth platform” ...

Australian food-and-drinks company OMG Group has struck an equity-and-manufacturing deal with beverage manufacturer Slades Beverages. The ASX-listed business said in a filing it had secured “firm ...

Nestlé has found a buyer for the “mainstream” vitamins, minerals and supplements (VMS) brands it put under review last year. The Swiss food giant has agreed to offload the portfolio to US ...

French food manufacturer Cofigeo is set to shut one of its local plants, impacting 142 jobs. The closure of the factory in Lagny-sur-Marne, built in the early 1960s, is planned for the first half of ...