Food and Beverage


Avocado Innovation Meets Community Impact: Westfalia Fruit’s Focus at Fruit Logistica 2025

Samples of pinks made from avocado dyes. (Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR043)Westfalia Fruit, a global leader in the avocado industry, will showcase its commitment to sustainable innovations and social growth through technologies such as natural avocado dyes and community-oriented programmes in Chile. Taking place between 5-7 February 2025, the event provides an ideal platform for Westfalia to present these innovations.

Mondi wins ten prestigious WorldStar Awards for innovative packaging solution

Paper bag without free film. (Photo: Mondi, PR315)Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, is proud that ten of its innovative products have received WorldStar Packaging Awards in 2025. The awards, organised annually by the World Packaging Organisation, celebrate outstanding achievements in packaging design and technology across the globe.

Weight management benefits of chicory root fibres confirmed via systematic review with meta-analyses

Chicory root and powder. (Photo: BENEO, PR029)A new systematic literature review with meta-analyses, conducted by Reimer et al, demonstrates that chicory root fibre intake promotes a significant reduction in body weight, body mass index (BMI), fat mass, waist circumference and, to a certain extent, body fat percentage. Based on this review, there is now even stronger evidence to show that supplementation with chicory root fibre can lead to clinically meaningful reductions in body weight and other weight management parameters.

BENEO Helps Achieve Faster and More Cost-Effective Plant-Based Market Launches

FiE Plantbased white fish fillet. 
(Photo: BENEO, PR028)At Fi Europe 2024, BENEO is demonstrating how producers can streamline their hybrid and fully plant-based development processes to facilitate faster market launches. Using texturates from Meatless® and faba bean protein concentrate, BENEO has created a selection of product samples that showcase the company’s solutions. These include technical samples highlighting ingredient and recipe development, primary processing components, as well as semi-finished and final products. By covering larger parts of the value chain, BENEO supports producers in simplifying the development process. BENEO can offer them highly scalable solutions that deliver a range of cost and quality control benefits that will appeal to consumer purses and palates.

Westfalia Fruit celebrates first Hass avocado shipment to India

Westfalia Fruit celebrates first Hass avocado shipment to India. (Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR039)Westfalia Fruit, a leading multinational supplier of avocados and a range of fresh fruit, is proud to announce the arrival of its first-ever container of South African Hass avocados in India, which arrived on Tuesday, 22nd October 2024. This milestone marks a significant achievement in the company’s export efforts and the broader South African avocado industry.

Westfalia Fruit appoints Chris Bush as Group CEO

Westfalia FruitThe Board of Hans Merensky Holdings (HMH) and Westfalia Fruit Group (Westfalia) announced today the appointment of Chris Bush to the post of Group CEO, effective 28 October, 2024. Mr Bush will take over from Acting Group CEO Rian du Toit who returns to his role as Group CFO.

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