News in Numbers

The price US private-equity firm Yellow Wood Partners has paid Nestlé for its “mainstream” vitamins, minerals and supplements business.

Sugar led the FAO’s headline food price index to average 133.3 points in August, the highest reading since November 2022.

Pladis wants to develop McVitie’s into a £1bn ($1.35bn) global brand and has earmarked China as central to that push.

Tesco has increased the number of “restricted” additives in its private-label ranges from 65 to 114. They include aspartame and monosodium glutamate.

Demand for protein saw sales from Arla Foods’ B2B ingredients arm – Arla Food Ingredients – jump more than 19% in the first half of 2026.