Nestlé Waters North America joins How2Recycle
Nestlé Waters North America, Campbell Soup Company and Unilever have joined How2Recycle as PepsiCo plans to roll-out more products with the label.
Archives for April 23, 2017
Unleash your inner Viking! Saga Dairy takes its grass-fed Icelandic yogurt nationwide with Sprouts
Viking Icelandic Yogurt – which hit the market in 2015 as grass-fed products started to gain traction in the dairy case - is launching nationally with Sprouts starting April 17, says brand owner Saga Dairy, which has also won listings in conventional...
Albertsons and Whole Foods? Not a match made in heaven, say analysts
All eyes have been on Whole Foods since activist investors demanded radical action to address its recent “chronic underperformance." But is Albertsons – rumored to be courting the Austin-based retailer – the right suitor?
NOSB defers vote on organic certification for hydroponics amid confusion about ‘basically everything’
Hydroponic and aquaponic farms can keep their organic status – at least for now – following the National Organic Standards Board’s decision April 21 to defer a vote on whether the systems are eligible for USDA certification.
Full Harvest aims to make access to ‘ugly’ produce easier via B2B marketplace
Drawn by the start-up’s mission to reduce global food waste, investors have injected $2 million in seed round financing for Silicon Valley-based marketplace Full Harvest.
Better testing fuels US meat pathogen reports
Reported US infections linked to pathogens Yersinia and Shiga toxin-producing E.coli, commonly contaminating meat products, grew in number in 2016, but experts blamed better testing, not more people becoming sick.
Dispatches from Experimental Biology 2017
Study unlocks how genes may affect dietary preferences
Genes involved in behavioral and psychological traits appear to drive a significant part of someone’s food preferences and dietary habits, says a new study from Spain.