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June 08th 2026 Tate & Lyle agrees £2.7bn takeover by Ingredion. The deal between the two ingredients companies creates a global powerhouse. After weeks of speculation, UK ingredients company Tate & Lyle has agreed a deal to be bought by … Continue reading →

May 21st 2026 9th EU Starch Value Chain & Fermentation The 9th EU Starch Value Chain & Fermentation Conference will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany, bringing together leading European and international stakeholders across the starch, fermentation, and bioprocessing sectors. The … Continue reading →

May 15th 2026 Ingredion’s Tate & Lyle buy would create a $10B global ingredient powerhouse. The proposed deal would unite two of the food and beverage industry’s largest ingredients makers. Global food and beverage ingredients manufacturer Ingredion offered conditionally $3.7 … Continue reading →

April 28th 2026 How a Dutch starch manufacturer is electrifying without a grid upgrade. Avebe tapped Schneider Electric for an industrial electric boiler and turned into a prosumer, negating the need for upgrading an existing grid connection. Energy tech major … Continue reading →

April 27th 2026 New cassava processing plant breaks ground in Kampong Speu to boost value addition. A new cassava processing plant broke ground today in Kampong Speu province, marking another step in Cambodia’s efforts to expand value-added agro-industry. The project, … Continue reading →

April 02nd 2026 Leading Chinese State enterprise eyes investment in Cambodia’s cassava processing sector. Guangxi State Farms Mingyang Starch Development plans to purchase one million tons of local cassava and establish a high-tech processing facility Guangxi State Farms Mingyang Starch … Continue reading →

March 25th 2026 Starch Convention in Detmold, Germany 14 – 15 April 2026. For more than 75 years, the Association of Cereal Research (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Getreideforschung e.V.) organizes the highly esteemed international starch convention in cooperation with the Max Rubner-Institute, Detmold. … Continue reading →

March 18th 2026 Turkish Tosmur completes EUR 86 mln starch factory in eastern Romania. Turkish group Tosmur has completed a second starch factory in Medgidia, eastern Romania, bringing total investment in the project to EUR 86 million and effectively doubling … Continue reading →

March 14th 2026 Resistant Starch: the ingredient blurring the line between starch and fibre. As manufacturers push fibre levels higher while cutting sugar and protecting texture, resistant starch is emerging as one of the most practical tools in modern food … Continue reading →

February 28th 2026 This plastic is made from protein, starch and nanoclay, and it vanishes in 13 weeks. A new biodegradable film made from milk protein, starch, and nanoclay could offer a cleaner alternative to single-use food packaging. Credit: Shutterstock … Continue reading →