Chicago-based Field + Farmer is entering new markets outside the Midwest under a fresh brand name and marketing direction, aiming to make 'clean,' plant-based foods accessible to everyone, shared founder Megan Klein.
Emerging snack brand Amazi Foods is working to popularize jackfruit as snack in the US by drying the tropical fruit into chewy snack-sized pieces when it's at peak ripeness and spicing up the flavor with ginger, lime, turmeric, and chile.
JUST Egg - a plant-based scrambled egg alternative made with mung bean protein – is already outperforming conventional eggs in some accounts, and is now the #1 priority at JUST, Inc given the size of the addressable market, says CEO Josh Tetrick: “Right...
Americans’ love affair with plant-based meat likely will continue to heat up in the coming year with the vast majority of consumers who have tried them reporting that they intend to continue to buy them, even though many prefer eating animal-based meat,...
Boston-based Motif FoodWorks (formerly Motif Ingredients) - which is deploying synthetic biology to engineer microbes to produce proteins with a fraction of the environmental footprint of their conventionally-produced counterparts – has raised $27.5m...
HelloFresh will start offering Beyond Meat’s Beyond Burger in its meal kits next month as part of its premium ‘craft burger’ collection, addressing a growing consumer interest in plant-based eating and meat reduction.
The ‘blended trend’ is emerging in the meat aisle as leading brands launch burgers and nuggets combining animal- and plant-based protein. But will it work in the dairy aisle?
With a new look, logo and tagline debuting this month, San Francisco-based startup ReGrained hopes to add a little “whimsy” to its snack bars while also educating consumers about upcycling ingredients and creating a recognizable “calling card” for when...
Tyson Foods has created a new, state-of-the-art facility in Springdale, Arkansas, where the company will develop new food manufacturing solutions leveraging automation and robotic technologies.
Getting consumers to try trendy plant-based meat alternatives is a relatively low hurdle compared to encouraging long-term adoption of these products, which requires more convincing on the part of brands, says Nielsen, noting that the sector is "ripe...
Edible insect pioneer Chapul – which introduced many Americans to the concept of eating bugs by milling them into powder and adding them to protein bars – has pulled out of the bar category for the time being after its co-packer went out of business,...
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is calling on four of the world’s leading cereal makers to make ‘relatively small commitments’ in the way they source grains, which would go a long way to combat climate change.
The US Dietary Guidelines, which are updated every five years, were created more than 40 years ago as a way to help all Americans eat healthier based on current scientific data, but since its inception a large and vulnerable group has been left out –...
Unlike most companies that develop new products under a veil of secrecy to protect against competitors stealing their idea before they go to market, the co-founders of the startup Prime Roots are taking a unique community-driven approach to co-create...
