Fruit, vegetable, nut ingredients

WATCH: Apeel CEO: ‘The way I think about it is that waste is this invisible tax on the entire food system…’

02-Dec-2021 By Elaine Watson

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist (although it did take a materials scientist) to work out that if you can double, triple, or even quadruple the shelf-life of fresh produce, you can slash food waste, and save money.

Fruit, botanical, and fresh flavors dominate 2022 flavor trends, says Beck Flavors

02-Dec-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Fruit, botanical, and fresh flavors will drive new product innovation in 2022 as consumers continue to seek out immune-boosting food and beverages, predicts Beck Flavors.

Why US peanut consumption has hit record highs

02-Dec-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Peanut consumption in the US has hit record levels for the second year in a row – rising to an all-time high of 7.9 pounds (3.5kg) per American in 2021. However, the National Peanut Board (NPB) said the consistent rise of the nut’s popularity is not surprising,...

Vejii dials in business model and reports positive growth for Q3 2021

30-Nov-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Vejii, an online marketplace for plant-based and sustainable goods, is gaining ground in the competitive grocery e-commerce landscape less than month after going public under the symbol “VEJII” on the Canadian Stock Exchange (CSE).

FrieslandCampina launches its first plant-based pea and fava protein ingredients

29-Nov-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Dairy ingredient supplier FrieslandCampina Ingredients, in partnership with AGT Foods, has entered the plant-based protein market with the launch of pea and fava bean isolates.

Protein Industries Canada teams up with Avena Foods, Roquette Canada, and YoFiit 'to create some very exciting firsts' in Canadian plant-based food innovation

29-Nov-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

In an effort to establish itself as a world leader in the plant-based food and beverage market, Protein Industries Canada has partnered with YoFiit, Avena Foods Limited, and Roquette Canada to develop solutions for common technical challenges in plant-based...

Soup-to-Nuts Podcast: How has the pandemic and work-from-home trend impacted coffee consumption?

29-Nov-2021 By Elizabeth Crawford

For most Americans, coffee is an integral part of their daily ritual that is so ingrained that not even the chaos of the pandemic could break them of their habit, but according to the National Coffee Association, it did change how and where many reached...

Plant-based ice cream 2.0? Eclipse Foods buoyed by ‘incredible’ early data from Whole Foods

28-Nov-2021 By Elaine Watson

Eclipse Foods – a plant-based brand on a mission to replicate the taste and functionality of conventional dairy rather than building a brand around ‘hero’ ingredients such as oat, almond or coconut – says early data from Whole Foods suggests its strategy...

General Mills exec talks growth of natural and organic segment: 'It’s amazing to me that 92% of households have natural and organic products in them'

24-Nov-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

No longer solely confined to higher-income households, General Mills is seeing mass consumer uptake of its Natural & Organic portfolio as the company works to make its brands more accessible to as many consumers as possible.

Do Good Foods creates closed-loop system to tackle supermarkets' food waste issue

24-Nov-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

As grocery chains step up their sustainability efforts, Do Good Foods is providing a solution for supermarkets to offload some of their food surplus by taking perishable foods headed to landfill (vegetables, fruit, meat, bakery items) and upcycling the...

Smucker’s better-than-expected Q2 underscores winning combo of higher prices, innovation, marketing

23-Nov-2021 By Elizabeth Crawford

The risks JM Smucker took as one of the first CPG companies to announce sweeping price increases in the face of inflation earlier this year are paying off as the company’s sales grew high single digits with “every business outperforming our expectations”...

NielsenIQ: Consumers bring on 'the great grocery edit' of 2022

23-Nov-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Weighing unpredictable inflationary prices, a prioritization of wellbeing along with an enduring pandemic, consumers are self-editing their grocery baskets and carts by asking themselves one fundamental question -- "Do I need this?" -- when...

Banana sector ‘ripe for innovation’ amid price wars and disease threat

23-Nov-2021 By Oliver Morrison

Exploiting wild banana varieties may yield a solution to the so-called banana pandemic and provide consumers with new tastes and eating occasions.

Eat Beyond to acquire non-dairy milk brand Banana Wave

22-Nov-2021 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Eat Beyond has entered an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding share capital of Mylk Brands Inc., and in the process will acquire non-dairy milk brand Banana Wave, produced by Mylk's wholly-owned subsidiary Fresh Start Beverage Company.

Ocean Spray teams up with Brightseed: ‘The vast majority of compounds in cranberries have never been explored for their impact in the human body’

22-Nov-2021 By Elaine Watson

Brightseed – a San Francisco-based firm using artificial intelligence (AI) to probe the ‘dark matter of nutrition’ – has teamed up with Ocean Spray to analyze the phytochemical structure of cranberries at a granular level, and has already identified compounds...