Barry Callebaut completes acquisition of Ingredients Division of Gertrude Hawks Chocolates U.S.

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 dangerous is the bacterial toxin in recalled infant formula?

Cereulide in baby food triggers global recall wave

Mineral water remains the number one thirst quencher in Germany

Mineral water sales to increase significantly in 2025

Tetra Pak invests €60 million in pilot plant for paper-based barrier technology

This new packaging solution increases the renewable content in the carton

Valensina Group satisfied with 2025

Promises kept, product ranges expanded, sales exceeded

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

Could cheese protect your brain health?

A new study links eating more high-fat cheese and cream to a lower risk of developing dementia

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

Addressing the next bottleneck in dairy alternatives

The Protein Brewery Secures €2.3 Million Grant to bring next-gen nutritious mycoprotein powder to dairy alternatives

Sugar tax to curb chronic diseases

DEGAM welcomes legislative initiative on sugar tax

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®"

DOMO Chemicals Germany: Plants go into emergency operation

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

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

Ion channel as promising avenue for new drugs

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

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

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

Stopping immune aging: Startup receives million-dollar investment

Groundbreaking thymus-rejuvenating biologics are designed to restore immune function and promote lasting immune health throughout all stages of life

New test shows which antibiotics actually work

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

Revolutionizing chemistry - reaction by reaction

New applications for familiar chemicals

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

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"

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"

Researchers crack the mystery of band pattern formation in centrifuged blood

Better understanding the fundamental rules of nature

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

Wood chemicals replace toxic bisphenols in cash register receipts

Lignin makes cash register receipts safer

Advance in pulmonary mRNA vaccine development

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

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

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

EIT RawMaterials invests €0.6 million in Nordic Bio-Graphite

Natural daylight improves the metabolism

Artificial light disrupts the body's internal clock

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

Detecting progression before symptoms appear

Scientists optimized wastewater use for green hydrogen production through artificial intelligence

New Toothpaste Stops Periodontal Pathogens

Fraunhofer spin-off has brought the technology to market

New mass spec innovation could transform research

Innovation may improve drug target discovery while helping scientists answer long-standing questions about human health and biology

DOMO Chemicals Germany: State orders continued operation

Shutdown of production facilities in Leuna prevented for safety reasons

Automation makes personalized medicine affordable

Users benefit from cooperation between family business and start-up

trinamiX with new management

BASF considers restructuring or partial sale of its subsidiary

Scientists discover molecular ‘reshuffle’ and crack an 80-year-old conundrum

“Our findings open the door to new asymmetric transformations based on mechanistic pathways that chemists previously dismissed as inaccessible”

A quantum leap in optical microscopy

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

New aluminum-ion cell chemistry on the battery test bench

From research to practice and back again: requirements-driven material development

NanoTemper Introduces New Executive Leadership Team to Advance Biophysical Innovation

Team combines expertise in drug discovery and bioprocessing to accelerate therapy development