Food Processing & Ingredients

Luxembourg – September 07, 2026 -- Adecoagro S.A. (NYSE: AGRO) has completed its acquisition of the Caarapó sugar mill from Raízen Group for R$705 million (approximately US$136 million), paid in cash at closing, following the deal first announced on July 20, 2026.

Deal values crushing capacity at $39 per ton

Based on Caarapó's crushing volume of 3.5 million tons during the 2025/26 harvest, the transaction implies a purchase price of roughly US$39 per ton of crushing capacity. The mill, now under Adecoagro's ownership and management, has installed capacity to process 6 to 7 million tons of cane annually, well above recent throughput levels.

Delray Beach, Fla. – September 07, 2026 -- The global nutraceutical ingredients market is set to expand from USD 108.33 billion in 2026 to USD 161.53 billion by 2031, growing at a compound annual rate of 7.3%, according to MarketsandMarkets.

Asia Pacific outpaces global growth with 11.3% CAGR

Asia Pacific is projected to remain the largest and fastest-growing regional market, driven by rising health awareness in China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. Expanding food and beverage manufacturing capacity and growing demand for personalized nutrition are reinforcing the region's supply position.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- July 08, 2026 -- interpack China has confirmed a first-time partnership with the Australasian Institute of Packaging (AIP) as it builds out the SAVE FOOD China program for its sixth edition this November. The tie-up brings an established packaging education authority from Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia into direct collaboration with the Shanghai-based exhibition. Organizers announced the news alongside strong early pre-registration numbers and confirmed attendance from major food and packaging manufacturers. The moves position the November event as a broader meeting point for food-loss reduction efforts across the Asia-Pacific packaging supply chain.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - April 03, 2026 - Food manufacturers across Europe face tightening regulatory requirements on packaging reuse and climate-adaptive sourcing, pushing procurement and operations teams to evaluate equipment portfolios ahead of the next budget cycle. Sidel's presence at CFIA Rennes 2026 - held March 10-12 in Rennes, France - placed food-grade packaging technology directly in front of buyers navigating these structural shifts.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - January 31, 2026 - From February 1 to 4, 2026, ISM Ingredients brings ingredient suppliers and sweet and snack manufacturers together in Cologne to highlight how functional, plant-based, and nutritionally enhanced formulations are reshaping product strategies across the confectionery and snack industry. As a new B2B platform hosted alongside ISM and ProSweets Cologne, the event gathers around 80 exhibitors from 27 countries and reflects a sharp increase in demand for ingredients that support reformulation, health positioning, and multisensory product experiences. For manufacturers, the show underscores how ingredient choices are becoming a decisive factor for differentiation, regulatory alignment, and long-term market relevance.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - December 08, 2025 - Kellanova is using its "Cool Soil Critters" campaign in Australia to turn an often invisible topic-soil health-into a mainstream sustainability and supply-chain conversation, linking biodiversity beneath the surface directly to crop resilience, food security and long-term brand value.

From Iconic Foods to the Health of the Soil Behind Them

As a company that depends on crops to make the foods people know and love, Kellanova is positioning soil health as a strategic asset rather than a purely agronomic concern. Through its partnership with the Cool Soil Initiative, Kellanova Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) is supporting programs that help farmers increase organic carbon levels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions on Australian farms.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 25, 2025 - Nestlé is piloting a novel, patented cocoa processing technique that uses up to 30% more of each cocoa fruit, aiming to boost farmer yields, reduce waste and create new product opportunities for the global food processing and ingredients industry. By turning traditionally underused parts of the cocoa pod into chocolate flakes, the company is testing a more resource-efficient model for chocolate production in the face of climate pressure on cocoa supply.

Turning more of each cocoa pod into value
Conventional chocolate production relies almost exclusively on cocoa beans, leaving pulp, placenta and husk largely underutilized. Nestlé's R&D organization has reframed that paradigm by developing a method that leverages all of the edible material inside the pod, not just the beans. In doing so, it directly addresses both raw material efficiency and the economic potential of each harvested fruit.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING - November 25, 2025 - Nestlé and its research partners have created a new cocoa core collection that captures more than 95% of the crop's global genetic diversity, laying a strategic foundation for a more resilient cocoa supply chain serving chocolate manufacturers and food producers worldwide. By consolidating genetic resources into a curated set of 96 varieties, the project aims to accelerate breeding of climate-resilient, higher-yield and quality-enhanced cocoa tailored to the needs of the global food and beverage industry.

A 'Noah's Ark' for cocoa genetics
The heart of the initiative is a core collection that condenses thousands of potential trees into a representative set of 96 cocoa varieties. This enables researchers and breeders to work on a manageable but comprehensive portfolio of genetic material, cutting time and complexity from pre-commercial research.