B&G Foods is selling its Portland, Maine, manufacturing facility to the Institute for Digital Engineering and Life Sciences to cut costs and boost efficiencies at a time when the overall food and beverage industry is struggling with inflation and...
Even as economies reopen and consumer mobility increases, demand for CPGs and food consumed at home remains elevated over pre-pandemic levels in many categories, and in some cases exceeds the high demand of the early pantry-stocking days, according to...
Messaging around dairy alternatives often focuses on health, sustainability, animal welfare, or food allergy/intolerance, which motivates shoppers that want to feel good about what they put in their baskets and their bodies. But ‘plant curious’ consumers...
After an initial launch in Canada, plant-based foods company Nabati Foods is rolling out its plant-based liquid egg product (Nabati Plant Eggz) in the US where it will be sold online through the company's direct-to-consumer website.
Poppi, an emerging prebiotic soda brand, has closed a $13.5m funding round led by CAVU Ventures and further backed by a star-studded investor pool including Ellie Goulding, Halsey, Kevin Love, and Olivia Munn, which will go towards supporting the company's...
Whether it is in-person, online or a hybrid of both, children across the country are returning to school – bringing relief to some caregivers and triggering anxiety in others, but either way almost everyone is headed to the store for classroom essentials,...
Thanks to blockchain and other advances in traceability, it’s tempting to think that in the event of a problem (foodborne illness, adulteration, contamination, child labor question marks), we can trace everything in the food supply chain back to its source...
From 'animal-free' dairy proteins, to RuBisCO protein from a fast-growing aquatic plant that behaves like egg white, to 'Superbrewed' bacterial protein, the so-called 'alternative protein' market is rapidly heating up. But...
While Quest Nutrition may not have achieved its founders’ somewhat lofty goal of ‘ending metabolic disease’ just yet, the high-protein, low-carb, low-sugar positioning of the company – one of the runaway CPG success stories of the past decade – is continuing...
The global shipping crisis brought on by the pandemic is continuing to strain supply chains and raise costs, a number of companies have told NutraIngredients-USA.
Despite beating first-quarter profit and sales forecasts, JM Smucker cut its full-year earnings outlook in the face of what CEO and president Mark Smucker described as “significant supply chain volatility, disruption and cost inflation” beyond that which...
Closing out a challenging fiscal year plagued by labor shortages, supply chain constraints, and higher-than-expected inflation, Hain Celestial executives are “very bullish on our future” after convincing retailers to accept price increases, implementing...
Specialty ingredients supplier Balchem has developed several product concepts for the kids snacking market addressing specific nutrition areas of increasing importance to parents and families of young children.
In a first for a national dairy brand in the US, Chobani has unveiled a yogurt cup made with 80% paperboard that will hit the market later this year in its single-serve oat blend products, with a view to rolling out across a wider set of products over...
