Kraft Foods Group has announced 200 jobs are at risk as it plans to close a plant making ingredients in Massachusetts.

The facility in Woburn makes gelatin, flavourings and ingredients. Kraft said the site will close by the end of 2016.

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Steve Yucknut, vice president of integrated supply chain for Kraft’s meals and desserts business unit, said the closure was “difficult” but admitted the company did not think “long-term investments in this facility make strategic sense”.

Yucknut added: “We know external vendors already have the upgraded technology and optimised logistics to drive significant cost efficiencies.”

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