As the debate over labeling conventions and regulatory frameworks intensifies in the burgeoning cell-cultured meat arena, a group of start-ups seeking to grow meat from cells without slaughtering animals has agreed to form an industry trade association...
Los Angeles-based Cave Shake – a ready-to-drink (RTD) vegan, ketogenic shake brand – said that despite droves of consumers ‘going keto’, the company is taking a steady, targeted approach to becoming the #1 brand in the category guided by a recent investment...
Almond and peanut butter brand MaraNatha is taking a page from the wildly successful craft coffee’s playbook with the introduction of Light Roast and Dark Roast Creamy Almond Butters and in doing so is opening a new area for growth for the increasingly...
Members of the Organic Trade Association are moving forward with a voluntary organic research, promotion and education check-off program after the US Department of Agriculture unexpectedly pulled the plug on what would have been a mandatory check-off...
With kids spending so much of their day in school while also being heavily influenced by their parents' eating habits, how can we get kids to make healthy food and beverage choices?
Returning seasonal flavors such as pumpkin-flavored-anything tend to give products and food service outlets featuring the autumnal flavor a spike in sales as early as a month before the official start of fall.
General Mills is delivering innovation in mobile e-commerce technology through Häagen-Dazs NOW, an app that allows consumers to benefit from geo-targeted delivery-on-demand.
After industry slammed FDA for proposing pure maple syrup and jars of honey list ‘added sugars’ on their updated Nutrition Facts panel, the agency has done an about face and will no longer the controversial declaration on the products when ‘packaged as...
At the start of the year, industry experts predicted 2018 would be the year of the plant-based diet, and as we enter the fourth quarter sales and growth data suggest that the prediction is coming to fruition – but does it also mean that the end of animal...
Two weeks after rolling out into Walmart stores, The a2 Milk Company became available in 3-packs at Costco stores across the southeast, signaling that a2 Milk is no longer a niche product concept, said managing director and CEO Jayne Hrdlicka who took...
With one in six children in America facing hunger at home, providing a snack or supper after the last class is a win not only for students, but also for schools and food manufacturers, according to Tyson Foods, which is working with No Kid Hungry to make...
Proposed changes in the House Farm Bill (HR 2) being debated on the hill this week could cost millions of US households grappling with food insecurity access to benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps,...
UK firm Ugly Drinks uses fruit-based essential oils and sparkling water to create “totally unsweet” fizzy drinks with a nutritional content of “zero” that are an everyday fridge staple, it says.
Kraft Heinz stock is down 30% since its 2015 IPO. So, is 3G Capital - which manages the company and owns 22% of its stock – doing a lousy job, as one investor has suggested in an open letter to its board and shareholders this week? Or does the slump reflect...
Confused about ‘autolyzed’ yeast extract? You’re not alone, say the suppliers behind a new website designed to demystify an ingredient that has made its way – they say unfairly – onto multiple retailers’ unacceptable ingredients lists.
