Food & Beverages Processing - January 2026

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Food & Beverage Processing brings together a comprehensive mix of insights spanning processing, packaging, ingredients, safety, sustainability, and industry innovation, offering readers a 360-degree view of where the food industry is headed in 2026. This issue explores The Bakery Trends That Will Define 2026, examines water content optimisation in butter production using microwave technology, and highlights how metal detection is helping frozen food producers reduce waste and boost productivity. Critical safety and quality themes are addressed through in-depth coverage of food adulteration in India with a focus on 2025 outbreaks, rapid detection, and indigenous innovation, alongside practical insights on preventing food poisoning. On the sustainability and efficiency front, the edition features air-saving ejectors beyond energy efficiency, advanced cold chain and tech-enabled perishable logistics, and breakthrough technologies such as the new LEAK-MASTER® MAPMAX for inline leak testing. Packaging takes centre stage with stories on snacks and namkeen packaging as a strategic brand tool, the rapidly expanding on-the-go food packaging market, innovative dairy packaging developments by Polmlek, and global advancements from Amcor, Tetra Pak, and Lecta. Ingredient and consumer trend coverage includes Asia’s evolving sweet preferences for 2026, fruit powders in bakery applications, banana biomass transformation into next-generation products, and the rapid rise of plant-based meat globally. The edition is further enriched with updates on industry expansion and innovation, featuring GNT’s EXBERRY® application lab in the Middle East, Symrise’s Symvision AI™ expansion, ystral’s new India facility, Kerry’s co-creation centre in Dubai, along with new product and business announcements from Anmol Industries, Nutrica, and Earthling, making this issue a must-read for professionals across the food value chain.