Meat, fish and savory ingredients

'Vegan cheese' banned but 'veggie burger' still on the table, votes European Parliament

23-Oct-2020 By Flora Southey

The European Parliament has voted to ban dairy-related terms for plant-based alternatives. An amendment proposing to ban ‘meaty’ terms for vegan products, however, has not passed – much to the sector’s delight.

Good Catch plant-based seafood products enter Canadian retailers

22-Oct-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Good Catch has launched nationwide in Canada, where its frozen plant-based seafood entrees and appetizers are available at 640 locations from retailers including Loblaws, Provigo, Dominion, and others.

SEED study aims to address the 'growing yet surprisingly silent pandemic of anxiety' around kids and food allergies

22-Oct-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Building off the landmark LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut Allergy) study, food allergy advocacy group FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education), is launching the SEED (Start Eating Early Diet) study exploring early introduction of multiple allergenic...

‘We want to make sure that when people live on Mars, we’ll be there too’: Aleph Farms plans to accelerate cell-based meat production in outer space

21-Oct-2020 By Oliver Morrison

After its first experiment producing meat on the International Space Station a year ago, cultured meat company Aleph Farms has announced its new ‘Aleph Zero’ programme, which aims to accelerate ‘extra-terrestrial food production’.

Impossible Foods seeks to double size of R&D team, provides glimpse of work on Impossible Milk and egg alternatives

20-Oct-2020 By Elaine Watson

It’s not sharing launch dates, but Impossible Foods is making progress on developing egg alternatives and a milk that “is better than anything that comes from a cow,” company execs told reporters during a call outlining plans to double the size of the...

Albertsons digital sales up 243% year-over-year as retailer drives customer engagement

20-Oct-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Albertsons Companies saw total revenue grow 11.2% to $15.8bn during Q2 2020 (12 weeks ended Sept. 12, 2020) driven by strong digital sales growth (+243%) and a growing base of loyal consumers who are gravitating towards the retailer's private label...

Judge’s decision to block SNAP work requirements will help hundreds of thousands buy food

20-Oct-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

In a withering opinion published Sunday, a federal judge struck down a Final Rule pushed by the Trump administration that would have severely reduced or eliminated nutrition assistance to more than 1 million Americans during and after the pandemic.

Cell-cultured meat startups, NAMI, urge USDA to gather more data before issuing a proposed rule on labeling

19-Oct-2020 By Elaine Watson

Cell cultured meat startups and conventional meat companies have written to USDA’s food safety and inspection service (FSIS) urging officials to gather more data before publishing a proposed rule on how cell-cultured meat and poultry products should be...

Plant-based meat webinar highlights… from Impossible Foods’ global ambitions to those ‘frankly desperate’ Lightlife ads

17-Oct-2020 By Elaine Watson

Impossible Foods is gearing up for market entry in Europe, China and Brazil; Beyond Meat is looking at “any and all plant-based protein sources” as it expands its ingredient toolbox; Meati Foods is preparing to launch fungi-based steaks, and Planterra...

Pulled Oats… the new trend in plant-based meat? Gold & Green touts shorter, cleaner label for 'next wave' of meat alternatives

16-Oct-2020 By Elaine Watson

While all the key brands in plant-based meat are exploring new protein sources, most still use soy or pea as the primary protein source. Oats, rapidly emerging as star players in the plant-based milk category, have not, however, made any real impact in...

LIVEKINDLY Collective raises $135m gearing up for 2021 US launch of plant-based portfolio

15-Oct-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Launched earlier this year, global multi-brand plant-based food company The LIVEKINDLY Collective has closed a $135m capital raise led by Blue Horizon Corporation to accelerate and increase capacity for its planned 2021 US launch.

Hooray Foods to debut plant-based bacon at seven regions of Whole Foods

15-Oct-2020 By Elaine Watson

Hooray Foods – which launched its allergy-friendly vegan bacon (no soy or wheat) in restaurants late last year – will make its retail debut on November 1 with a roll out to seven regions of Whole Foods Market.

Kroger adds more than 50 plant-based items to Simple Truth line

14-Oct-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Kroger has added more than 50 items -- from oat milk ice cream and non-dairy cheese to the debut of Emerge Chik'n -- to its Simple Truth plant-based collection to meet consumers' growing appetite for plant-based alternatives.

Tune into the Consumer Parents' Panel in part one of the FOOD FOR KIDS 2020 virtual summit

14-Oct-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

How are parents coping with the COVID-19 pandemic in their households when it comes to feeding their kids? Has the extra time spent at home given families more opportunity to cook and experiment with new recipes, or has the anxiety left parents scrambling...

Ongoing obesity epidemic among children sparks call for expanded nutrition benefits, stricter school meal standards

14-Oct-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

Despite broad efforts to reduce sugar, sodium, fat and excess calories in the American diet in recent years, childhood obesity continues to afflict one in seven 10- to 17-year-olds in the US, leaving them vulnerable not only to type II diabetes, high...