Eyeing alternatives – meat companies with stakes in meat-free and cell-based meat
We present a guide on how meat manufacturers are investing in plant-based and cell-based alternatives.
WH Group
Smithfield Foods sets out goals on plastic
The US meat processor, owned by China's WH Group, aims to implement new sustainability commitments across its portfolio by 2030.
Smithfield Foods to reduce sugar, salt in products
Smithfield Foods, the US meat firm owned by China's WH Group, has made a four-year commitment linked to the amount of sugar and salt in its product range.
Covid-19 food industry updates – Friday 18 September (free to read)
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New products – Coca-Cola Co.’s Fairlife moves into new category; Eat Just opens new market; Nestle-owned Sweet Earth reveals faux bacon burger
This week's new product offerings include more protein-packed products from Mars and a new range of Calzones from Smithfield Foods of the US under its Carando brand.
Investor spotlight on animal protein over “pandemic risk”
The global animal-protein industry is "vulnerable to zoonotic outbreaks and guilty of creating them", new research from an international investor group has claimed. FAIRR, a network of global investors aiming…
US pork giant Smithfield Foods closes coronavirus-hit plant
Smithfield Foods, one of the world's largest pork producers, has closed "until further notice" one of its biggest production facilities in the US amid what are reported to be dozens…
Brazil’s JBS inks major Chinese supply deal with WH Group
Brazilian meat giant JBS has signed a major distribution deal with Chinese peer WH Group worth BRL3bn (US$713.1m) a year. Sao Paulo-based JBS said the two parties have inked a…
Smithfield Foods enters meat-free with Pure Farmland brand
Smithfield Foods becomes the latest among an array of global meat producers entering the plant-based category with the launch of a range under its Pure Farmland brand. The US business,…
Pork price lawsuit ‘dismissed by US court’
A US federal court has dismissed price-fixing lawsuits filed against a host of pork companies including Tyson Foods and Pilgrim's Pride by a clutch of consumers, Reuters reports. The lawsuits…
Nestle ‘steps up efforts to sell Herta meats unit’
Nestlé is reportedly stepping up efforts to sell its Herta meats business after the Swiss food giant was said to have hired bankers in February to arrange the disposal of…
