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Bringing you the top 10 most-read sustainability stories from the food and beverage industry in 2021, featuring sustainability news from big names like Nestle and Al Ain, on sea cucumbers, palm oil and more.

Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has developed a solution to turn fish waste into protein hydrolysate, a raw material that can be used to manufacture peptone for the cultured meat sector.

GEA is expanding capacity at its in-house test center in Ahaus, Germany, by adding two more modules to its technology offering.

HowGood’s Latis ​database, which can rapidly verify the impact of more than 33,000 ingredients and products against 127 key environmental and social impact metrics, has added the EU’s Nutri-Score and French Eco-Score labelling systems into its metrics to boost its efforts to improve transparency in the food industry.

Healthier noodle brand Mr Lee’s Noodles has big plans for the Asian market, but has had to redefine its packaging to take climate and humidity concerns into consideration, as well as explore a new pricing strategy to meet the needs of markets in the region.

This week we feature three interviews: Libor Miloševský, general manager, Cardbox Packaging; Henrik Andersen, CEO of Arla Foods Ingredients; and three guests related to the Real California Milk Excelerator - John Talbot, CEO of the California Milk Advisory Board, Fred Schonenberg, CEO of VentureFuel, and Sean Folkson, CEO of the winning company, Nightfood.

There’s a strong case for the future growth of robots in food production in Europe, believes Dutch bank ING, as companies look to boost competitiveness, improve product quality and respond to rising labour costs.

KP Snacks has cut 410 tonnes of plastic from its packaging in 2021 after pairing back on packaging by 6.8% across a number of its brands. It also said that 13 million snack packs have been recycled to date through its partnership with TerraCycle.

PepsiCo has expanded its green tech accelerator programme in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) to reach sustainable design innovators across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

The new Alfa Laval CM Connect is a subscription-based condition monitor and cloud gateway, which enables plant operators to access data of rotating equipment on processing lines from a remote location.