Archives - September 9, 2021 - FoodNavigator-USA.com

Cargill opens $150m pectin production facility in Brazil, becomes world's second largest producer

09-Sep-2021

By Elaine Watson

Cargill has opened a $150m pectin production facility in Bebedouro, Brazil, to meet growing global demand for the label-friendly texturizing ingredient.

Quorn USA president: ‘We want to be the kings of [meat-free] chicken’

09-Sep-2021

By Elaine Watson

While investors and journalists are pretty excited about a new wave of startups growing food in fermentation tanks, it’s easy to forget that we’ve been eating a filamentous fungus grown in big metal vats (a.k.a. ‘mycoprotein’) since the 1980s, says the...

Meatless Farm, Equinom tie-up on high-protein yellow pea: ‘Food companies have merely scratched the surface when it comes to yellow peas’

09-Sep-2021

By Katy Askew

Israeli seed developer Equinom and plant-based business Meatless Farm have announced a tie up to leverage Equinom’s high-protein yellow pea varieties.

Kraft Heinz raises prices on 2/3 of portfolio, ‘but that is not the only thing we are doing’ to offset inflation

09-Sep-2021

By Elizabeth Crawford

Like many CPG players, Kraft Heinz has leaned heavily on pricing to offset inflationary pressures, and is willing to do so again, but it is not the only weapon in the company’s arsenal to protect its margins and balance consumers’ needs, executives said...