World's largest McDonald's to close; bigger one planned

Barry Callebaut invests €250 million in world's largest chocolate factory

In addition, another € 125 million Masterplan is designed for the factory in Halle

How Bell Food Group is expanding its market leadership in Europe

Swiss group acquires raw ham producer in Germany and sells Eastern European sites for strategic realignment

Berentzen Group reports solid operating result

Foundation laid for new corporate strategy

Refresco to acquire SunOpta

Strategic combination expands Refresco’s North American capabilities

Market leader for chilled pasta continues to grow and invests in the German site

BÜRGER looks back on another strong financial year in 2025

Barry Callebaut is redefining the future of chocolate through AI and advanced innovation

Barry Callebaut opens global innovation center in Singapore

Royal A-ware strengthens market position in Southern Europe through acquisition of Global Dairy Ventures

The Dutch dairy group acquires the Barcelona-based distributor with market leaders in Spain, Portugal and Italy for a more comprehensive product portfolio

ViscoTec opens new branch in Mexico

Dosing technology specialist acquires long-standing distribution partner

Colombia strengthens an industry alliance in Europe for safe and responsible bananas

Logistics, sustainability and a decent wage

Nordzucker ends sugar production in Slovakia

Strategic transformation

Endress+Hauser acquires particle analysis specialist  

Optical inline systems strengthen process analysis portfolio for life sciences, food & beverage and mining, minerals & metals

Veganuary 2026 results: millions of people eat differently

Demand for vegan products ensures empty shelves - and record sales

Shaping the future of food: Seven entrepreneurs awarded for their market-ready agrifood innovations

Winners offer commercial solutions from seaweed-based packaging and AI-powered field robots to automated honey analysis systems and fungal meat alternatives

36 Teams kämpfen um 1 Million Dollar für Ernährungssystem-Innovationen

Finalists and Semifinalists for Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge announced

British market leader takes over Wheaty manufacturer TOPAS

Acquisition strengthens position in the European market for plant-based meat alternatives

Germany becomes the largest market for non-alcoholic beers in Europe

German breweries achieve double-digit sales share for non-alcoholic beers and beer mixes for the first time

Katjes International acquires Graze brand from Unilever

Production facility in London with approximately 180 employees acquired

Finnish start-up brings oat cheese to German Lidl stores

Mö Foods first winner of the competition for cheese alternatives from Lidl and ProVeg

Griesson - de Beukelaer continues growth path and invests in the future

Revenue rises to 783 million euros

Strategic milestone: waterdrop becomes profitable and closes 2025 with strong growth

"2025 was a year in which many strategic decisions had an impact for waterdrop®"

How sweet is healthy? Tagatose could solve the sugar problem

Tufts researchers use E. coli as microfactories for tagatose, which has 60% fewer calories and hardly affects blood sugar levels

EFSA warns of lectins in undercooked beans

European authority sees health risk for all age groups from phytohemagglutinin

Cheese without cows?

Researchers investigated the beliefs that influence consumers' willingness to buy animal-free Gouda

Bel Reinforces Its Industrial Position In Egypt

80% of total production exported to 19 countries, generating more than €1.4 billion in export value over the last 15 years

Mö Foods secures € 2.4 million and redefines cheese alternative made from oats

Mö Foods is taking plant-based products out of their niche with its award-winning oat-based cheese alternatives

Compact AI-based hyperspectral camera enables new industrial applications

Quality control of food, plastics, etc.: New camera detects chemical properties invisible to the human eye

Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level

Study shows that positive effects are still evident even six weeks later

Griesson - de Beukelaer continues growth path and invests in the future

Revenue rises to 783 million euros

Strategic milestone: waterdrop becomes profitable and closes 2025 with strong growth

"2025 was a year in which many strategic decisions had an impact for waterdrop®"

Katjes International acquires Graze brand from Unilever

Production facility in London with approximately 180 employees acquired

Early warning for wine spoilage glow's in the dark

This could offer a simpler, lower-cost alternative to lab testing and strengthen quality control across fermentation-based industries

Sugar tax to curb chronic diseases

DEGAM welcomes legislative initiative on sugar tax

Chemical plant closures rate surges six-fold in Europe since 2022

"It’s no longer a question of being five minutes before or after twelve. The sector is under severe stress and breaking"

Parkinson's disease: Ion channel as a promising approach for active substances

Ion channel as promising avenue for new drugs

New rapid diagnostics could reduce antibiotic consumption for urinary tract infections

Fast, precise and cost-effective method developed to analyze disease-causing bacteria and their susceptibility to antibiotics

New process for stable, long-lasting all-solid-state batteries

“A few more adjustments – and we could get started”

New skin for burn victims

Spin-off cultivates personalized transplants from the body's own cells that feel like natural skin and grow with the body

Discovered by chance: the refractive index microscope

An astonishing success: by combining completely different microscopy methods, the optical density of a sample can be measured with pinpoint accuracy

Wood chemicals replace toxic bisphenols in cash register receipts

Lignin makes cash register receipts safer

Researchers crack the mystery of band pattern formation in centrifuged blood

Better understanding the fundamental rules of nature

New test shows which antibiotics actually work

“Our test method allows us to tailor antibiotic therapies specifically to the bacterial strains in individual patients”

Swedish start-up produces graphite from forest waste for batteries and green steel

EIT RawMaterials invests €0.6 million in Nordic Bio-Graphite

Advance in pulmonary mRNA vaccine development

Novel hybrid polymer nanocarriers enable effective vaccine delivery in the lungs and the targeted activation of immune cells

Thermo Fisher Scientific and NVIDIA launch AI revolution in the laboratory

"We are entering the era of ‘lab-in-the-loop’ science... to scale scientific discovery at industrial pace"

Scientists optimized wastewater use for green hydrogen production through artificial intelligence

Natural daylight improves the metabolism

Artificial light disrupts the body's internal clock

Automata raises $45 million for AI-enabled laboratory automation

Series C financing is intended to drive scalable software-defined laboratory processes and accelerate AI-driven drug discovery

Sustainable Polyurethane Production Without Toxic Isocyanate

Researchers replace toxic chemical with harmless dicarbamate and use CO2 as a raw material for sustainable plastic production

Automation makes personalized medicine affordable

Users benefit from cooperation between family business and start-up

New imaging technology can detect early signs of heart disease through the skin.

Detecting progression before symptoms appear

DOMO Chemicals Germany: Plants go into emergency operation

Negotiations with creditors for a short-term mass loan have failed

Using lab-grown lung tumors as test subjects for tailored cancer therapies

A major step for precision medicine

trinamiX with new management

BASF considers restructuring or partial sale of its subsidiary

DOMO Chemicals Germany: State orders continued operation

Shutdown of production facilities in Leuna prevented for safety reasons

Why Long COVID throws the body out of balance

A new study shows how the immune system affects the heart and circulation in Long COVID

A quantum leap in optical microscopy

Researchers from Regensburg and Birmingham overcome a fundamental limitation of optical microscopy

Electric eel biology inspires powerful gel battery

A unique approach to developing non-toxic batteries for use in medical devices and more

AI-driven ultrafast spectrometer-on-a-chip: A revolution in real-time sensing

Innovation shrinks a lab-grade spectrometer down to the size of a grain of sand

Engineering a low-cost alternative catalyst for producing sustainable petrochemicals

Newly identified methods to harness the properties of tungsten carbide could yield viable substitutes for precious metals

Genome research is getting faster: AI tool identifies genes in newly sequenced organisms—without lab tests

“It’s like suddenly recognizing paragraphs, chapters, and individual words in a completely unfamiliar book”