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      <news:title><![CDATA[Transforming waste into the ingredients of the future]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[EMEA Global Food Tech Awards winner 2026 announced at Future Food-Tech London]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Swedish startup Hemisphere Technologies takes first place for its innovative hemp processing methods at the Global Food Tech Awards EMEA heat.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[5 clues to the future of grocery in Whole Foods’ latest LEAP Cohort]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Nestlé teams with dairy supply chain partners to map path to scaling regen ag]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[From dairy farms to feed production, Nestlé and its partners are working to scale regenerative agriculture while addressing barriers around capital, data and program design.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[The big sustainability shift: ‘Regulation is forcing storytelling to grow up’]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Nestlé takes Starbucks home as cold caffeine craze heats up]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Science Shorts: Yili dairy tech, climate research and cultivated meat]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Growth by acquisition: 5 megadeals transforming food and drink]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Big Food warns growing scrutiny of ultra-processed foods could hit sales and costs]]></news:title>
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