Qu Dongyu of China elected FAO Director-General

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

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

Full value added tax on meat

A first step towards pricing the environmental damages caused by diets

Milk market 2025 good overall

Hesitant start to 2026

HSH Chemie acquires two sweetener specialists

The acquisition strengthens HSH Chemie’s sweetener and sugar alternatives portfolio

Orbem secures €55.5 million Series B

Funding will accelerate Orbem's mission to solve global challenges by revealing what we can’t see on the outside of food and biology

Just Egg launches in Germany

Plant-based egg for modern eating habits

Südzucker with significant decline in revenues and earnings

German food industry grows again for the first time in three years

Slight increase in sales thanks to exports - location problems remain the main brake on growth

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

Brewing industry loses - Veltins gains slightly

Family brewery increases output to 3.37 million hl and turnover to 461 million euros, while German brewing industry records dramatic losses

The production of ready meals is increasing in Germany

Pasta dishes in particular are produced in large quantities

Bactolife secures over EUR 30 million in Series B funding to commercialise innovative binding proteins

The funding will help to market a new food, feed and supplement ingredient

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

Foeth acquires Italian peer, strengthening its position as used process equipment dealer

Giving used equipment a second life

Bruker consolidates ownership of TOFWERK

Expanding its mass spectrometry portfolio into new applied markets

Velaris acquires Markes International to expand its automated sample preparation capabilities

The company joins the Velaris family of existing brands – Skalar Analytical, LCTech, PromoChrom, EST Analytical, GERSTEL and TE Instruments

Plant-based milk alternatives are mainstream: consumers want nutrients and fair taxes

New representative survey by Danone reveals trends and opportunities

Potentially harmful PFAS in baking paper

A tastier twist: Scientists enhance the flavour of carob-based chocolate alternatives with novel methods

Sustainable successor to cocoa

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

Could cheese protect your brain health?

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

Foshan University pioneers nanoparticle method to curb cadmium in rice crops

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

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

Cheese without cows?

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

Change of management at the online supermarkets Knuspr and Gurkerl

How healthy are Brazil nuts really?

New study elucidates trace elements in the seeds

DOMO Chemicals Germany: Plants go into emergency operation

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

Common medicines may influence CRISPR therapy outcomes and precision cancer treatment

Large-scale drug atlas uncovers new genome editing modulators and potential therapeutic strategies for DNA repair-deficient cancers

New test shows which antibiotics actually work

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

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

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

T-CURX raises $20M Series A for non-viral CAR-T therapies

German biotech secures funding led by BiomedVC to advance clinical programs in AML and solid tumors

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

Revolutionizing chemistry - reaction by reaction

New applications for familiar chemicals

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

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"

Anode-free battery doubles electric vehicle driving range

“This work represents a meaningful breakthrough...”

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

Ion channel as promising avenue for new drugs

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

Detecting progression before symptoms appear

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”

First ancient human herpesvirus genomes document their deep history with humans

Genomic data confirm that certain human herpesviruses became part of the human genome thousands of years ago

Faster, clearer, deeper 3D imaging

Research team optimises microscope with innovative technology to benefit research and medicine

Wood chemicals replace toxic bisphenols in cash register receipts

Lignin makes cash register receipts safer

New Toothpaste Stops Periodontal Pathogens

Fraunhofer spin-off has brought the technology to market

NanoTemper Introduces New Executive Leadership Team to Advance Biophysical Innovation

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

DOMO Chemicals Germany: State orders continued operation

Shutdown of production facilities in Leuna prevented for safety reasons

Beyond gene scissors: New CRISPR mechanism discovered

An unexpected discovery: Team from Würzburg, Braunschweig, and the US identifies Cas12a3 nuclease showing precise activity

Electrochemical breakthrough turns nitrate waste into ammonia fuel

Copper-palladium hydride interfaces enable highly efficient electrochemical ammonia synthesis

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

Microplastics detection between claim and reality

Expert interview for analytica 2026

LMU spin-off obtains new funding to develop better rapid tests

“DNA origami signal amplification allows low-cost rapid tests to approach instrument-level sensitivity without changing the basic test format”

New aluminum-ion cell chemistry on the battery test bench

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

Advance in pulmonary mRNA vaccine development

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