Episodes
Welcome to The Plant Base's first-ever Veganuary Sessions podcast series, in celebration of the annual movement co-founded by Matthew Glover and Jane Land over a decade ago, encouraging consumers to adopt a vegan lifestyle for January and beyond.  Melissa Bradshaw, editor of The Plant Base magazine, hosts this special themed series featuring conversations with special guests from within the plant-based food and beverage industry, as well as members of our editorial team here at FoodBev...
Published 01/31/24
Published 01/31/24
FoodBev Media's Melissa Bradshaw rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: Compass Group to acquire CH&CO in £475m deal; IFF partners with Bellona to restore Norway’s seaweed forests; ADM names interim CFO amid ongoing investigation; and more.
Published 01/26/24
Welcome to The Plant Base's first-ever Veganuary Sessions podcast series, in celebration of the annual movement co-founded by Matthew Glover and Jane Land over a decade ago, encouraging consumers to adopt a vegan lifestyle for January and beyond.  Melissa Bradshaw, editor of The Plant Base magazine, hosts this special themed series featuring conversations with special guests from within the plant-based food and beverage industry, as well as members of our editorial team here at FoodBev...
Published 01/24/24
FoodBev Media's David Echevarría rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including Diageo settles racism dispute with Diddy; Mars opens $42m snack-focused R&D facility in Chicago; Imagindairy acquires new facility, announces manufacturing milestone; and more.
Published 01/19/24
Welcome to The Plant Base's first-ever Veganuary Sessions podcast series, in celebration of the annual movement co-founded by Matthew Glover and Jane Land over a decade ago, encouraging consumers to adopt a vegan lifestyle for January and beyond.  Melissa Bradshaw, editor of The Plant Base magazine, hosts this special themed series featuring conversations with special guests from within the plant-based food and beverage industry, as well as members of our editorial team here at FoodBev...
Published 01/17/24
South Korean parliament passes bill to ban dog meat trade; Vegan Food Group emerges as powerhouse in plant-based food industry; Bottled water contains hundreds of thousands of invisible microplastic particles, study finds; and more.
Published 01/12/24
Welcome to The Plant Base's first-ever Veganuary Sessions podcast series, in celebration of the annual movement co-founded by Matthew Glover and Jane Land over a decade ago, encouraging consumers to adopt a vegan lifestyle for January and beyond.  Melissa Bradshaw, editor of The Plant Base magazine, hosts this special themed series featuring conversations with special guests from within the plant-based food and beverage industry, as well as members of our editorial team here at FoodBev...
Published 01/10/24
Platinum Equity to buy Horizon Organic and Wallaby from Danone; Nongfu Spring to invest $700m in new facility; Research highlights growing popularity of low- and no-alcohol alternatives; and more
Published 01/05/24
FoodBev Media's Rafaela Sousa rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including Chr. Hansen, Novozymes merger approved, Kerry to acquire lactase enzyme business; UAE’s first brewery to open in Abu Dhabi; and more.
Published 12/15/23
FoodBev Media's David Echevarría rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including Global dairy companies join alliance to cut methane at COP28; Nestlé to invest $1.2bn in Brazil; EG Group to sell all of its KFC franchise restaurants; and more
Published 12/08/23
Food Ingredients Europe 2023: In review. Whilst walking the FiE halls, FoodBev spoke with some of the biggest F&B companies to discuss the event and their trend predictions for 2024. Listen to some of the major players’ voices here.
Published 12/05/23
FoodBev Media's Melissa Bradshaw rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: 7-Eleven International to acquire 7-Eleven Australia for AUD $1.71bn; Müller to sell Milk & More to Freshways Group; Research: Raising frozen food temperature by three degrees can slash carbon emissions; and more.
Published 12/01/23
FoodBev Media's David Echevarría rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including CCEP and AEV sign agreement to buy Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines; Givaudan and Thimus use neuroscience to better understand consumer preference; Danone and Global Methane Hub partner to accelerate methane reduction and more.
Published 11/24/23
FoodBev Media's Rafaela Sousa rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: Unilever shares reformulation patents to combat freezer emissions in the ice cream sector; ‘World-first’ alternative seafood association launched; Mars acquires British confectionery brand Hotel Chocolat for £534m; and more.  
Published 11/17/23
FoodBev Media's Melissa Bradshaw rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: Ahold Delhaize USA to sell FreshDirect to Getir; Complaint filed against F&B giants for ‘misleading’ recycling claims; Post Holdings’ president and CEO to take medical leave of absence; and more.
Published 11/10/23
FoodBev Media's Phoebe Fraser rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: Asda completes £2bn EG Group acquisition; Treasury Wine Estates acquires Daou Vineyards for $900m; Keurig Dr Pepper to distribute Electrolit in the US; and more.
Published 11/03/23
FoodBev Media's Siân Yates rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: Ukraine says Black Sea corridor is working after suspension claims; Nestlé to close baby formula plant in Ireland, risks 540 jobs; Nichols announces changes to board; and more. 
Published 10/27/23
FoodBev Media's David Echevarría rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: A2 Milk and Synlait Milk enter Arbitration; Newly Weds Foods to be bought by Redwood Holdings for $4bn – Reuters; EU set to ban products made with forced labour; and more.
Published 10/20/23
FoodBev Media's Melissa Bradshaw rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: Nolet offers €269.5m for Lucas Bols; Hostess received $33 per share cash offer before JM Smucker Deal; Bunge shareholders approve Viterra acquisition; and more.
Published 10/13/23
FoodBev Media's Rafaela Sousa rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: Single-use plastic cutlery ban comes into force in England; Mondelēz finalises sale of gum business to Perfetti Van Melle; Infarm’s Dutch branch declared bankrupt; and more.
Published 10/06/23
FoodBev Media's Phoebe Fraser rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: Vitafoods Europe to move to Barcelona from 2025; EU cracks down on carbon neutral claims; JBS begins work on Brazil’s first cultivated protein R&D centre; and more. 
Published 09/29/23
FoodBev Media's Sian Yates rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: A2 Milk moves to cancel exclusive agreement with Synlait; Heineken Mexico invests €430m in new brewery; KDP appoints Tim Cofer as COO; and more. 
Published 09/22/23
FoodBev Media's Melissa Bradshaw rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: Smurfit Kappa and WestRock to merge; Mars announces $1bn roadmap to cut emissions by 50% by 2030; Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs wins round in diversity dispute with Diageo; and more.
Published 09/15/23
FoodBev Media's Rafaela Sousa rounds up this week's food and beverage news, including: Nestlé buys majority stake in Brazilian chocolate maker Grupo CRM; Koa inaugurates “Africa’s largest” cocoa fruit factory; Arla Foods Ingredients takes control of MV Ingredients JV as Volac exits; and more.
Published 09/08/23