Archives for July 30, 2025

Letter from the editor

Letter from the editor: Summer Fancy Food highlights

Despite ongoing economic uncertainty and estimates by FMI – The Food Industry Association that 70% of Americans say they are extremely or very worried about rising grocery prices, sales of specialty food – which often is more expensive – are projected to...

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Methylcellulose’s match? ICL’s Rovitaris offers clean-label binding alternative in plant-based meat and seafood

Powered by Plantible Foods’ Rubi Protein, ICL’s binder system outperforms methylcellulose’s gelling capabilities in plant-based meat and seafood and delivers better nutritionals

FDA-commissioned roadmap pushes for unified produce safety strategy

FDA is calling on produce industry leaders to spearhead a sector-wide transformation in produce safety

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Fermentation x flavor: Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition’s new tomato flavor tackles cost, supply and clean label challenges

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition is betting that fermentation – and a more transparent, science-forward narrative around natural flavor technologies – will help close the gap between consumer perception, cost feasibility and functional performance

Is Smucker’s $5.5bn Hostess deal headed for a legal meltdown?

The deal that closed on November 7, 2023 is now under fire as sales slump, losses mount and legal investigations heat up - raising serious questions for food‑industry M&A