Gareth Griffith-Swain praised Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s Food Technology Centre after winning Aldi’s Next Big Thing. The founder of Fungi Foods won a contract to supply more than 1,000 Aldi stores across the UK through the Channel 4 show. He used the Food Technology Centre (FTC) in Llangefni to mass-produce his dried Lion’s Mane mushroom, which…

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Welsh food and drink companies are being encouraged to take up support from a Welsh Government backed project which aims to reduce waste in the food and drink supply chain. The call to action coincides with Love Food Hate Waste’s Food Waste Action Week 2024 (18th – 24th March), an annual campaign which brings businesses,…

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Coleg Glynllifon students learned how to maximise the value of meat and dairy produce at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai’s Food Technology Centre. Level 3 Agriculture learners attended workshops with food technologists Julia Skinner and Karl Jones at the centre in Llangefni. Julia showed students how to earn more from dairy farming by making products such as cheese,…

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Professor David Lloyd and Martin Jardine from Food Innovation Wales were both recently interviewed by Food Manufacture.  They discussed how Food Innovation Wales is helping the food and drink sector to grow.

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A project which provides technical and commercial support to the Welsh food and drink industry has reported that it has delivered over £355 million impact to the sector since it launched in 2016. As a result of its success, the Welsh Government have announced Project HELIX will continue to assist the sector until March 2025….

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Welsh Food and Drink exports were worth £797 million in 2022, the highest recorded yearly value, Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has announced. With the Royal Welsh Show in full swing and crowds enjoying some of Wales’ best food and drink products, the Minister has revealed the industry’s exports increased by £157m between 2021 and…

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