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'The new facility will have the capacity to produce at least 10,000 metric tons of cultivated meat (around 22 million lbs) per year. Image credit: BELIEVER Meats

BELIEVER Meats breaks ground on ‘largest cultivated meat production center in the world’ in North Carolina

Israeli startup BELIEVER Meats (formerly Future Meat Technologies) has broken ground on a 200,000-square-foot facility in Wilson, North Carolina, that it claims will be the largest cultivated meat production facility in the world with the capacity to produce at least 10,000 metric tons of cultivated meat (around 22 million lbs) per year.

Campbell Soup Co raises prices while also boosting advertising, promotions to offset inflation without alienating consumers

Campbell Soup Co. is pushing through a fourth round of “very targeted” price increases – the largest in more than a year – to offset core inflation, which continues to rise and reached its highest point in more than year, executives revealed during the...

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The holy grail of emulsions: precision-made, silicone-based solutions designed to keep lines moving

Using a silicone-based emulsion and antifoam, customized for your production line, can maximise efficiency and increase output. Pete LeBaron of CHT explains how.

STARTUP NATION PART TWO: Israeli food startups to watch, from antimicrobial proteins for food protection to upcycled yeast protein

In part two of our gallery of highlights from FoodNavigator-USA's recent trip to Israel, we profile startups exploring everything from upcycled yeast proteins and carob to antimicrobial proteins. Best viewed on a laptop!

IFT survey: Food science, technology, salaries reach 20-year high, but gaps persist

In its recently released 2022 Compensation and Career Path Report, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) highlights that salaries are spiking among food science professionals but that inequities remain, and priorities are shifting despite job satisfaction.

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Constant cravings: Making plant-based foods a daily choice

How a new innovation is unlocking the door to rapid, cost-effective diversification in the meat alternative space.

Wells Ice Cream is now part of Ferrero. Pic: Wells Enterprises

Ferrero snaps up major US ice cream brands

The Ferrero Group has bought Wells Enterprises, maker of ice cream brands Blue Bunny and Bomb Pop, the two parties have announced.

Heme proteins: Impossible Foods EU patent revoked; US IP dispute with Motif FoodWorks ramps up

Impossible Foods EU patent revoked; US IP dispute with Motif FoodWorks ramps up: 'If Impossible wins, it means no one else can experiment with heme in the plant-based industry.'

Motif FoodWorks has filed a suite of new petitions with the US Patent and Trademark Office challenging US patents held by Impossible Foods over the use of heme proteins in meat alternatives as it defends itself against accusations of IP infringement....

Reagan-Udall report calls for sweeping changes in FDA’s food program, leadership structure

Industry leaders are lauding proposed changes to FDA’s food program outlined in a highly-anticipated external review by the Reagan-Udall Foundation published yesterday that includes calls for a “single clearly identified” leader with direct lines of authority...

Layoffs in food industry mount as PepsiCo joins Coca-Cola, General Mills, Walmart and others in cost-savings and restructuring efforts

PepsiCo this week joins the ranks of food manufacturers, retailers and delivery companies laying off employees or offering buyouts to reduce their workforce and offset inflationary pressures even as the consumer packaged goods industry overall struggles...

STARTUP NATION PART ONE: Israeli food startups to watch, from a flavor revolution with solid state fermentation to boozy shelf-stable creams

It's got a population of under nine million, but in the food innovation stakes, Israel punches way above its weight. FoodNavigator-USA headed to Tel Aviv for the Food Tech IL annual innovation event organized by The Strauss Group’s The Kitchen FoodTech...