After months of speculation, US ingredients giant Ingredion has bought UK company Tate & Lyle. Combined, the two ingredients companies may take up a substantial chunk – roughly 15% – of the world’s alternative sweeteners market.
Smearcase is carving a niche in frozen with ‘froco’—a cottage cheese-based, high-protein pint with clean ingredients, collagen and expanding retail distribution.
IFF’s $4.3 billion sale of its food ingredients business will give the global ingredient supplier more space to focus on its other core businesses: scent, taste and health and biosciences.
From matcha to functional botanicals, brands are navigating a widening gap between fast-moving trends and slow-building infrastructure, forcing R&D, procurement and formulation teams to rethink how scalability is built from the ground up.
Strong demand for high-value whey proteins is driving investment and price premiums but as supply catches up, the focus is shifting toward functional premixes and broader nutrition platforms.
Ingredion has proposed a $3.7 billion acquisition of British ingredients maker Tate & Lyle, offering up to 615 pence per share in a deal that would create a combined ingredients giant worth more than $10 billion.
Danone’s regenerative agriculture strategy is advancing, with 91% of milk supply assessed and 42% of key ingredients sourced from transitioning farms—driving resilience, emissions cuts and farmer support worldwide.
Why does plant-based dairy perform better than plant-based meat? Plant-based dairy fits well into consumer’s routines, being incorporated into existing formats. Furthermore, plant-based dairy is clear about what its ingredients are, wearing terms such as ‘oat’ and ‘soy on its sleeve. Plant-based meat often does not. Consumers, who are increasingly concerned with transparency, feel more comfortable with this.
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Investment in cheese and whey processing is shifting milk flows and reshaping dairy commodity prices, from butter to high‑value protein ingredients.