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Beverage Trends Webinar: A deep dive into the market of functional, better-for-you beverages

20-Feb-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

From plant-based dairy alternatives and the rise of oatmilk, to CBD-infused beverages and clean energy sources… what are the most bankable, and drinkable, beverage trends impacting the market?

Dang Foods rebrands as ‘Asian-American’ snack brand, posts 54% surge in revenues in 2019

18-Feb-2020 By Elaine Watson

Dang Foods – the snack brand behind the #1 selling nutrition bar in Whole Foods in 2019 – has unveiled new packaging, a new logo and marketing initiatives positioning itself as an ‘Asian-American snack brand.’

GOODTO GO enters US retail market filling the dessert, snack time keto void

14-Feb-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Based in Canada, GOODTO GO keto-friendly bars recently launched in the US in Sprouts stores nationwide, with other national retail partnerships to follow, tapping into the keto consumer craze taking off in the wider snacking category.

Unilever to change the way it markets ice cream brands to kids

13-Feb-2020 By Elaine Watson

Unilever has pledged to stop marketing and advertising foods and beverages to children under 12 in traditional media, and below 13 via social media channels.

FDA, FTC and healthcare professionals should discourage toddler milk consumption, research suggests

04-Feb-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

Researchers with the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity are calling on US regulators to severely restrict advertising for toddler milks and strengthen labeling requirements for the products after long-term market analysis revealed a significant...

PureCircle announces new management following probe into accounting irregularities

29-Jan-2020 By Elaine Watson

Stevia supplier PureCircle has unveiled a new management team following a probe into accounting irregularities that has delayed the publication of its full-year results and prompted a suspension of its shares.

Harmless Harvest moves into plant-based yogurt: 'We’re making it pretty differently than just about anyone else'

17-Jan-2020 By Elaine Watson

Harmless Harvest – which has carved a distinct niche in the coconut water category via its use of micro-filtration (instead of thermal pasteurization) – is promising to bring the same commitment to novel processing methods, organic ingredients, and clean...

Fewer than 2% of packed school lunches meet key nutritional standards, study finds

16-Jan-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Packed lunches from home have typically been considered the healthier alternative to meals provided by the school cafeteria, but a recent study found that bringing lunch from home doesn’t always mean a child is eating a nutritionally-balanced meal.

Atkins Nutritionals & Rob Lowe tackle misinformation about the low-carb diet in new campaign

15-Jan-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

Recognizing that there is a lot of information – and misinformation – about different diets, weight management brand Atkins Nutritionals is launching a new multi-marketing campaign with spokesman Rob Lowe that aims to set the record straight about what...

Experts urge industry to work with schools to improve kids’ meals even as standards are rolled back

14-Jan-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

Health and nutrition experts are urging food manufacturers to create healthier options for schools to serve students after new research shows that strengthened nutrition standards in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 are working and the fears...

Save the date! Join us at the 3rd FoodNavigator-USA FOOD FOR KIDS summit in Chicago, Nov 11-13, 2020

14-Jan-2020 By Elaine Watson

By 2026, 80% of millennials will have children, and their expectations are changing, says Whole Foods Market, which listed ‘reimagining the kids’ menu’ as one its top 10 trends to watch this year.

Honeycut Kitchen puts a healthier spin on the nostalgic snack cake

13-Jan-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

Honeycut Kitchen, an emerging brand out of Los Angeles, is giving fitness enthusiasts an alternative to the monotony of protein bars with a lineup of snack cakes reminiscent of America's best-selling brands, but with a cleaner ingredients deck and...

Consumers are being misled by unregulated terms such as ‘lightly sweetened’ and ‘sorta sweet,’ claims CSPI

10-Jan-2020 By Elaine Watson

If a beverage contains 25g of added sugar and describes itself as ‘just a tad sweet,’ is it misleading shoppers? In the absence of a legal definition of terms such as ‘low sugar’ or ‘lightly sweetened,’ the courts have delivered mixed opinions on lawsuits...

NPD Group: Consumers pay most attention to sugar and calorie content when reading the nutrition facts label

09-Jan-2020 By Mary Ellen Shoup

When it comes to reading the updated nutrition facts label, consumers are most keyed into sugar and calorie content, reports The NPD Group.

Investing in the Future of Food: Lily’s CEO shares strategies to ‘run your own race’

08-Jan-2020 By Elizabeth Crawford

As more entrepreneurs adopt an iterative, fail-fast approach to innovation it is increasingly tempting to compare businesses and products as a way to measure success, but according to Jane Miller, the CEO of Lily’s Sweets, a better strategy to remain...