News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Pulses, grains, and seeds
The team of moms is cornering the category with a double whammy—pulse-based pasta for both the time-strapped parent and the aspiring chef with more time on their hands.
Tyson Foods executives have told investors the food giant has enjoyed surging demand for its branded meat products.
Sports nutrition company Cellucor is jumping into a crowded category with its launch of a new line of nutrition bars called FitJoy. With the suspicion that many nutrition bars are merely “candy bars in disguise,” what’s FitJoy doing differently?
The $8bn US wet soup category is “sleepy and ripe for disruption,” says the founder of Sonoma Brands, which is launching its first incubated brand in July: ZÜPA NOMA, an organic ready-to-drink chilled vegetable soup in a bottle debuting July 1 in around...
Discount retailer Aldi has launched its Never Any! range of quality meat products, free from antibiotics and growth-enhancing drugs, in the US.
Attempts to reach a federal GMO labeling solution have failed miserably to date. However, a bipartisan deal requiring mandatory GMO labeling (via smartlabels, symbols or as yet undetermined wording) thrashed out in the Senate on Thursday looks like it...
Coca-Cola has obtained a minority equity stake in California’s Aloe Gloe. Coca-Cola says the investment into the ‘up-and-coming’ brand gives it a further entry in the emerging market segment for plant-based beverages.
US pharmacy retail chain CVS is to replace 25% of checkout space traditionally dedicated to candy with ‘better-for-you’ snacks at almost a third of its stores.
Private label confectionery value shares are flat or declining in most Western economies, according to market analysts IRI.
Australia has been overtaken by Brazil as China's primary source of beef following a surge in Brazilian beef exports to the country, according to Rabobank.
If your product contains even trace levels of pesticide residue, and you are calling it '100% natural', are you at risk of a false advertising lawsuit? New complaints filed against Post Foods – mirroring lawsuits filed in March vs Quaker Oats - suggest...