News and industry insights on Chemical additives, ingredients, and processing aids for the food and beverage industry.
The New Jersey DEP confirmed that PureFive resin qualifies as post‑consumer recycled content for the 2027 mandate; Amcor has already produced food‑contact containers with ≥20% content.
Closures made with PureFive Ultra contain up to 75% PCR for compliant food and beverage packaging.
White, cavitated BOPP exceeding 40% PCR was co‑developed for flexible confectionery and label uses.
Licocare RBW rice‑bran wax additives received U.S. FDA authorization for rigid PVC food‑contact use under defined limits, complementing EU and Japanese clearances.
A consortium began the food‑grade approval process for Caleyda PHAs from organic side streams, addressing mixed‑culture certification complexity.
The EU’s Innovation Fund Heat Auction granted €400m to 65 projects targeting 16.3 TWh decarbonised heat and 6.6 MtCO2e avoided; awards include Spanish initiatives by Iberdrola to deploy electric boilers and PPAs serving food, chemical and other sectors.
IFF agreed to sell its Food Ingredients business to CVC for ~$4.3bn EV, retaining ~10% equity.
Univar will distribute Dow’s Decarbia low‑carbon products with verified product carbon footprints for food and adjacent markets.
Stahl moved to acquire the graphics coatings business of Weilburger in Brazil, expanding regional packaging coatings.
An ammonia plant modernization at İGSAŞ restored nameplate output, lowered synthesis‑loop pressure and energy use, supporting fertilizer supply chains.
The EIB signed a €300m loan with Limagrain to accelerate seed R&D for yield, resilience and nutritional traits, upstream of food ingredients and feed.
Top 5 companies involved as owner and/or investor in current and planned Food projects:
BASF , Bayer , Yara , Grupa Azoty , Solvay , dsm-firmenich , INEOS , Brenntag , belaruskali , and Migao .
