International FoodTec Award 2027: Winners Announced

EDEKA Wins the 2026 MSC and ASC Award for Retailer of the Year

Both certification organizations recognize more than 15 years of commitment to certified fish and seafood

Biotech Open Platform opens in Europe to bridge lab innovations and industrial scale-up

Danone, Michelin and DMC Biotechnologies jointly founded the open fermentation infrastructure in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

GEA is investing $25 million in the expansion of its plant in Janesville, Wisconsin

Expanded capacity for manufacturing, testing, training, and customer applications in the food and beverage processing industry

Arla is investing more than 63 million euros in the future of high-protein dairy products

Demand for skyr, cottage cheese, and protein solutions is driving investment in Europe

VEGA acquires Swiss IoT platform provider

"Together, we close the gap between data collection and its use for informed decisions"

Germany is the gateway to the EU coffee market: One out of every three metric tons comes through Hamburg

34.4 percent of all EU coffee imports pass through Germany. The industry accounts for 70.2 billion euros in economic output.

Krones Processing: the Krones Group’s process technology expertise unified under a single brand

75 percent of Gen Z buy protein products—social media is driving the trend among Gen Z

A SINUS study shows that eight out of ten 14- to 28-year-olds consider a balanced diet important. TikTok and Instagram are their main sources of information.

Good Honey Harvest Despite a Difficult Summer

39.5 kg per bee colony breaks the previous record. However, the number of colonies is declining, and the summer caused wildflower meadows to dry up in many places

Sazerac plans to take over Berentzen

Executive Board and Supervisory Board of the Berentzen Group support the planned business combination

Lidl and WWF Reach a Milestone in Their Tea Sourcing Partnership

Black, green, and rooibos teas are fully certified by Fairtrade, the Rainforest Alliance, or the EU Organic certification program

Enjoyment Amid Climate Change, Preventive Health Care, and AI

What will Germany be eating in 2040?

Germany's appetite for fish is growing

Salmon tops the popularity list. Discount stores account for just under half of all fish purchases.

Scandi Standard receives competition clearance for the acquisition of Glenhaven Foods

The closing is planned for 9 October 2026 and is intended to bring Scandi Standard to the British retail market for the first time

Plant-based polymer PEF set to extend shelf life in rigid food packaging

Klöckner Pentaplast secures capacity from future Avantium license plants for thermoformed packaging in Europe

McDonald's and MBRC the ocean Launch Anti-Littering Partnership

Joint cleanup campaigns are intended to document littering patterns and provide recommendations for action at local restaurant locations

Frozen Food as Fresh as If It Came Straight from the Field? EDEKA Launches Awareness Campaign

A five-meter-long ice installation at Potsdamer Platz is intended to demonstrate how flash freezing preserves freshness

Syntegon delivers continued sales growth and margin expansion in first-half 2026 based on strong Pharma business momentum

Food business growth muted by challenging market dynamics

Roland Berger: Demand for poultry to grow by up to 3.4 percent annually through 2040

Chicken is the only major meat category showing significant growth. Domestic production is not keeping pace with consumption.

Irish distributor of process filtration solutions has become part of Atlas Copco Group

The Dublin-based company brings liquid and critical process filtration expertise to the Compressor Technique Business Area

Roland Berger: Demand for poultry to grow by up to 3.4 percent annually through 2040

Chicken is the only major meat category showing significant growth. Domestic production is not keeping pace with consumption.

AI as a Tool in Flavor Research: De Novo Design of Bitter Peptides

Predicting bitterness in food with precision: AI passes the taste test

New Leadership for Danone in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Jean-Yves Krummenacher brings more than 25 years of experience at Danone and most recently served as Global Chief Procurement Officer

Climate-driven water scarcity increases wheat prices globally

Interdisciplinary study connects drought across the world’s wheat-growing regions with global markets

This cookie started its life as a plastic bottle

Specialized microbes transform inedible material into protein-rich snacks

Electronic nose detects whether meat and fish are still safe to eat

To this end, the Interreg project PRECISE measures cadaverine—a gas produced when proteins decompose

No evidence that sugar substitutes harm weight, health, or sweet taste preferences

Weight, metabolic parameters, and sweet preference remained stable in controlled trials for up to 52 weeks

Cockroach milk, mosquito proboscis as a 3D printing nozzle, and buried underwear as a biological indicator

Bizarre but brilliant: The 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded in Zurich

Healthy eating slows biological aging – regardless of diet

Study shows: ten different dietary patterns all have an effect at the DNA level

Ammeraal Beltech to Present Food Conveyor Solutions at EHEDG World Congress

Ammeraal Beltech will participate as a Gold Sponsor at the EHEDG World Congress in Vienna, Austria, on 7–8 October 2026

Can this biotech innovation halt the destructive march of a cereal killer?

“We’ve discovered something that could lead to a potential intervention on what is the worst fungal disease of cereals”

Xylitol may increase the risk of myocardial infarction or stroke

High blood levels of xylitol were associated with a greater risk of cardiovascular events than lower levels

Methanol Qualified as a Feedstock for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Methanol-to-Jet: Drop-in fuel possible without modifying aircraft

Mini-tumors reveal new drug combinations for liver cancer

Organoid screening identifies combinations of active substances for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Two new bioinformatics tools improve the diagnosis of genetic disorders

AI algorithm detects pathogenic structural variants in the genome more reliably

Tavion raises €50 million and starts development of its first battery parks in Polan

CleanTech start-up bets on Poland as Europe's most attractive battery storage market

New method causes cancer cells to burn out

New molecule forces leukemia cells to work themselves to death

A blood test can detect over 50 types of cancer

“We’re at a watershed moment”

Stanford researchers develop an improved method for producing sustainable hydrogen

This method increases energy efficiency tenfold compared to conventional external heating methods

An Enzyme That Offers Hope: Novel Plastic-Degrading Enzyme Discovered in Bacteria

"Pac-Man Enzyme" breaks down polyester plastic while simultaneously splitting penicillin

A Google-like search engine for single-cell RNA works in a matter of seconds

The search engine "Malva" is to be further developed commercially as a start-up

Siemens Energy is starting preparations for business area Transformation of Industry to become a standalone company

Siemens Energy intends to explore new ownership structure of Transformation of Industry as second step with objective to deconsolidate

Europe Secures Insulin Supply: New Production Facility Planned in Frankfurt-Höchst

The federal government, the state of Hesse, and the city of Frankfurt are jointly supporting the project

Automated Lab Speeds Up Material Development

New research platform independently investigates materials for thin-film photovoltaics and other optoelectronic applications

No Electricity Needed for Solid-state Cooling: Heat Becomes Cold

Researchers Have Developed – as a World First – a Heat-driven, Elastocaloric Cooling System That Leverages Waste Heat and Solar Energy for Sustainable Cooling

A tiny bacterium with a huge impact

Vaccenic acid from gut bacteria activates a receptor that combats fatty liver and high blood sugar

Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats

AI agents discover an unknown enzyme system after 21 hours of autonomous database analysis

Two chemical giants, a potential deal: BASF and Evonik in talks

BASF confirms exploratory talks regarding potential takeover of Evonik

BII allocates 8 million euros to further support six promising companies

With 1.3 million euros each, technologies in oncology, inflammation and infection therapy, and other fields are to be brought to market readiness

Weeks of Work in a Few Hours: AI Tool Reads Cell Membranes

Three Tools in One Software – and Little Data Suffices

Evonik is cutting 3,200 jobs worldwide and sharpens growth strategy

Businesses and German sites with clear roles

Sandoz invests in new drug substance facility in Ljubljana, Slovenia, to expand biosimilar manufacturing capacity

Investment of around USD 300 million supports Bio100 goal announced earlier today

When molecules »notice« what their neighbours are doing

New spectroscopic method reveals the environment of switchable iron complexes

Recycling in Agriculture: Biogenic CO₂ Is Turned Into Renewable Fuel

Five partners from the research and industrial sectors are developing a decentralized synthesis plant

ABX acquires biotech start-up TRIMT

ABX is expanding its pipeline to include cyclopeptide technology, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals

Danish 3D cell culture company Celvivo raises USD 6.6 million and appoints new CEO for global scale-up

A life-science tools veteran joins the table

How a deep-sea microorganism breaks toughest chemical bonds

Molecular insight into biological nitrogen fixation close to the boiling point

Age-related diseases can be reduced through health check-ups

New score predicts frailty and mortality

On the trail of dissolution: Only 30 water molecules separate salt

Process visualised for the first time at atomic resolution using ultra-high-resolution electron spectroscopy

The search for investors for a large chemical plant in Leuna has failed

Management cites price pressure from Chinese suppliers as the reason

Revvity to acquire France-based biotechnology company

Advancing human-relevant cell models for drug discovery in metabolic diseases

Research team paves the way for compact, inexpensive free-electron lasers

Laser-plasma FEL could resolve the bottleneck in research measurement times