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🚨 $3.7B MEGA DEAL: Ingredion makes takeover bid for Tate & Lyle at 615p/share — a 45% premium. Combined entity worth >$10B would dominate the global food ingredients market. Formal offer due June 11. #FoodIndustry #MergersAcquisitions #FoodTech

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🌿 The EU just dropped new EUDR rules — cocoa, coffee, palm oil & 4 more commodities must prove zero deforestation by Dec 30, 2026. Non-compliance = EU market ban.

7 commodities. One deadline. No exceptions.

#FoodTimes #EUDR #Sustainability #FoodIndustry #SupplyChain

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🌿 Plant-based food packaging hits $8.14B in 2026 — growing 13.1% annually toward $13.33B by 2030.

EU bans, Gen Z eco-demand, and Big Food's net-zero pledges are rewriting the packaging playbook.

#SustainableFood #GreenPackaging #FoodIndustry #FoodTimes

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TUTTOFOOD Milan 2026 closes with record-breaking numbers: 5,000 brands from 80 countries, 4,000 int'l buyers, and 85,000 sqm exhibition space. Foreign exhibitor presence surged +30%. Italy's food exports hit a record EUR 72.5B in 2025.

#TUTTOFOOD2026 #FoodExpo #MadeInItaly

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🥃 Brown-Forman rejects Sazerac's $15B takeover bid — $32/share all-cash offer turned down. Jack Daniel's founding family says no to consolidation, weeks after Pernod Ricard talks also fell apart.

Independence > $15B.

#FoodTimes #BrownForman #Spirits #MAndA #Whiskey

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Global agrifoodtech funding held at $16.2B in 2025 — but investors are writing fewer, bigger checks. Europe surges, climate tech & precision fermentation lead deals. The era of "spray & pray" is over. 🌱

#FoodTech #AgriFood #FoodInvesting #Sustainability

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Tariffs are hitting your grocery cart — hard.

US families face $540/yr in extra food costs by late 2026. Businesses absorbed 80% of tariff shocks in 2025. That buffer is running out.

The price tag is shifting to consumers. 🛒

#Tariffs #GroceryPrices #FoodTimes

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Nestlé sells Blue Bottle Coffee global stores to Centurium Capital—the PE firm behind Luckin Coffee—for ~$400M. Deal closes H1 2026, reshaping the premium coffee landscape. #BlueBottle #Nestlé #CoffeeMA #CenturiumCapital #FoodTimes

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🤖 Chef Robotics just hit 100 MILLION servings in food production — and now its AI models automate produce packing too. The robot food factory era is here.

#FoodRobotics #FoodTech #AI #FoodInnovation #AgriFood

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China just fined 7 food delivery giants — Meituan, https://t.co/wKoGKBYVjQ, Pinduoduo, JD, Douyin, Taobao & Tmall — a record ¥36 billion ($5.3B) for "ghost kitchen" violations. Biggest food safety crackdown ever. 🚫🍜

#FoodTech #ChinaNews #FoodSafety #Meituan #Eleme

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🟠 Sustainable packaging hits $441B in 2026 — a 10.3% YoY surge.

New EU regulations + Big Food's net-zero pledges are reshaping every shelf and supply chain on the planet. Green is no longer optional.

#SustainablePackaging #FoodIndustry #FoodTimes #GreenBusiness

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Laird Superfood just acquired Terrasoul Superfoods for $48M — backed by a $60M equity raise. The superfood M&A wave is here. 🌿

#FoodTech #Superfoods #PlantBased #FoodIndustry #MandA

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🎨 $250M into natural colors — Sensient's biggest single bet ever.

As the U.S. & EU crack down on synthetic dyes, the race to clean-label is accelerating fast.

#FoodIndustry #NaturalColors #FoodTech #CleanLabel

[Food Crush @foodcrush10]

Which cold drink goes best with steak 🥩?

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🍫 Lab-grown cocoa butter is here. Mondelēz just made chocolate bars using Celleste Bio's cell-cultured cocoa butter — a breakthrough as climate change cuts global cocoa output by 40%.

The future of chocolate is brewing in bioreactors

#FoodTech #CellularAgriculture #Chocolate

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Hershey targets the $138B functional foods market! ?➡️💪 The candy giant expands beyond sweets with protein bars, LesserEvil acquisition & nutrient tech—delivering "benefits when your body needs them."

#FoodTimes #Hershey #FunctionalFoods #FoodTech

[Ahse Macao @AhseMacao]

Malaysia, here we come!🌏
AHSE Asia Exhibition global roadshow officially kicks off!
We partner with World Buyer Summit & MAHO, gathering a 100+ Malaysian buyer delegation.
🗓️ Nov 18–20
📍Cotai Expo, The Venetian Macao
See you in Macao!
#AHSE #AsiaExpo #GlobalTrade #HotelIndustry

[FBAF~Asia International Food Expo @FBAFASIA]

Welcome to Our Booth I19 #TMSAPAC2026 One-stop Full-Service MICE Destination Solutions #Macao #MICE #centralasia #latinAmerica #FBAF2026

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AgriFoodTech raised $3.6B in Q1 2026 — Danone snapped up Huel for $1B as corporates take back control from VCs. Smart agri, precision fermentation & farmer-tech leading the charge.

#FoodTech #AgriFoodTech #FoodIndustry #FoodInnovation

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Danone + BEL just co-led a $34M round into precision-fermented casein.

Legacy dairy backing its own disruption.

The cow-free cheese race just got serious 🧀

#PrecisionFermentation #FoodTech