Cargill
Leading the charge – the companies at the cutting edge of cell-based protein product development
The race is on to get cell-based protein products – meat, seafood and dairy – onto supermarket shelves and into…
Patents signal: Health central to confectionery applications in H1
Each week, Just Food’s journalists analyse data on patent filings and grants that illustrate innovation trends in our sector. These…
Eyeing alternatives – meat companies with stakes in meat-free and cell-based meat
The rise of plant-based products and the arrival of cell-cultured – or 'clean' – options as meat alternatives are trends…
UK poultry group Avara Foods to close factory
Avara Foods, the UK poultry supplier co-owned by Cargill, has set out plans to shut a plant in Wales. The…
Mars, Cargill back WWF fisheries initiative
Pet-food giant Mars and agri-food heavyweight Cargill are backing a new scheme set up by the WWF, aimed at making…
US indoor farming company Local Bounti secures backing of $145m
Montana-headquartered indoor farming company Local Bounti has secured $145m of financing from agri-food giant Cargill and an unnamed real estate…
The top ten most-read features on Just Food in 2022
Spectre raised of plant-based meat fragility as Very Good Food goes on the marketIn September, Simon Harvey used The Very…
United Petfood acquires two European facilities from Cargill
United Petfood, the Belgian private-label pet-food producer, has added to its factory network by acquiring two facilities from US agri-food…
Cargill promotes Brian Sikes to CEO as Dave MacLennan moves role
US agri-food major Cargill has promoted Brian Sikes to president and CEO, effective from the start of next year. Sikes,…
COP27 – agri-food firms pledge to speed up climate change action
To coincide with the COP27 climate change summit, 13 food and commodity businesses have renewed their pledge to end deforestation…