Even though Hormel Foods Corp’s sales, volume and earnings per share dropped in its fiscal third quarter, the company was able to meet Wall Street’s expectations and maintain its full-year earnings outlook thanks to disciplined pricing, strategic promotional...
Protein-fueled snack brand Iwon Organics is predicting growth of 300% this year (on top of similar growth last year) as it takes its Stix and Puffs into 5oz bags, and starts to woo more natural and conventional accounts.
A court has rejected Clif Bar’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit* accusing it of duping consumers by presenting bars that are “loaded with sugar” as wholesome and nutritious – allegations the company describes as “absurd” and “implausible.”
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.
With the unofficial end of summer around the corner, most Americans are planning on firing up their grills for what may be the last time this season for many people, unless they are Millennials or Gen Zers, according to marketing firm Acosta’s recently...
Interest in CBD is “off the charts,” but those mulling the regulatory path forward for the hottest functional ingredient of the moment might be well advised to consider how other cannabinoids will fit into the regulatory framework going forward, says...
As consumers become more comfortable buying groceries online they are becoming less tolerant of imperfections in e-commerce platforms and of insufficient product information – effectively raising the bar for retailers and brands to offer a seamless ordering...
What motivates Moms as they shop for food for their kids? What are they looking for on labels? Are they looking for foods containing certain key nutrients?
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.
The next generation of plant-based burgers looks, cooks, tastes, and smells eerily like the real thing. But how do you deliver an authentically ‘meaty’ taste without animals, and which flavors (beef, chicken, pork, tuna?) are the hardest to emulate?
With the $1bn cash acquisition of the fast-growing, protein-focused brand Quest Nutrition, Simply Good Foods Company adds muscle to its already strong portfolio of healthy lifestyle brands, which includes the complementary low-carb brand Atkins Nutritionals....
Cornell University food scientists have created a low-calorie butter-like spread that consists of 80% water and minuscule drops of vegetable oil and milk fat, mimicking the look and texture of dairy butter without the use of artificial stabilizers.
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...
When it comes to advertising on Amazon, most companies use and see strong returns from search-related sponsorship options, but one digital marketing expert notes the platform has a full suite of underused options that are worth exploring to better drive...
Even more than consumers who visit brick and mortar grocery stores, those who shop online are creatures of habit – filling about a third of their cart with products that they have purchased before and only about 7% from browsing, according data from Giant...
A California court has granted a request from Mondelēz Canada to compel Facebook and Google to release information associated with Instagram and Gmail accounts of a company selling THC-infused gummies under the STONEY PATCH brand.
While the shelf-stable market for plant-based meats and eggs is small compared with the frozen and chilled segments, it represents an area of significant untapped opportunity, says Atlantic Natural Foods (ANF), which is gaining traction in this market...
Global stevia supplier PureCircle has launched a branded gourmet ice cream line sweetened with its next generation stevia sweeteners, which will initially be sold from food trucks throughout Chicago.
The Natural Products Association, the oldest trade organization in the dietary supplement industry, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday, according to an NPA statement.
The question of what a healthy gut microbiota looks like has loomed over discussions in the microbiome realm for a long time. A new paper by experts convened by the North American branch of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI North America)...
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,...
Happy Family Organics’ mission to change the “trajectory of children’s health through nutrition” means not only making food from organic “curated ingredients” that support children at different life stages, but also making it accessible to as many people...
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...
Tillamook presents a bucolic image of a dairy brand sourcing milk from cows grazing on local small farms, when in fact most of its milk comes from industrial scale factory farms, alleges a lawsuit accusing the firm of deceptive practices.
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.
If super low carb, zero-sugar, keto-friendly cereal sounds like a super niche opportunity, think again, says Catalina Crunch founder and CEO Krishna Kaliannan, who is already generating “close to a million in monthly sales” via his website just a year...
How consumers buy and experience food is changing with the emergence of online shopping and a busy on-the-go culture, so it only makes sense that how companies test potential new products also evolves to better align with modern usage and values, according...
Change is hard – especially when it revolves around something that may not appear pressing or even necessary at first blush, but as illustrated by Kraft Heinz’s digital shelf journey leaders can streamline changes by breaking the process into three parts.
Co-Alliance and Farmer’s Grain & Feed Co. are in the start up phase and turning on their joint venture feed mill in Indiana following more than a year of construction.
US processor Smithfield Foods, along with Dominion Energy, has broken ground on what is being described as North Carolina’s largest renewable natural gas (RNG) project.
As the dog days of summer drag on, people nationwide are reaching for frozen desserts to help stay cool, but unlike in the past when the promise of providing a moment’s respite from the heat in the form of a sweet treat was enough to land a product in...
The percentage of children’s products making front-of-pack nutritional and ‘better-for-you’ claims has increased significantly in the past decade, as has the use of ‘fun appeals,’ but the nutritional quality has not, according to a recent study that prompted...
A new “more diverse and inclusive” marketing campaign for Werther’s Original that launched this week seeks to make the brand more “relevant” to modern consumers by showing that it offers more than the iconic hard candy for which it is best known, but...
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?
General Mills has finally prevailed in a false advertising lawsuit* over sugar levels in its cereals after three years of legal wrangling, with the judge concluding that the plaintiffs "cannot plausibly claim to be misled."
In its quest to cater to a new generation of parents, New York-based Little Spoon launched a new line of nutrition Boosters—powder supplements to sprinkle into baby food.
With eMarketer analysts estimating that at least 50% of all US households will be Amazon Prime members by the end of the year and 56.9% will be by the end of 2021, there no denying the website’s sales potential – but according to one online marketing...
An $8 million injection of Series B funding led by MAW Investments will help turbocharge plant-based snack company Biena Snacks’ already fast growth by empowering it to expand its marketing team at the same time it expands distribution of its new Chickpea...
The legal dispute over the ‘natural’ credentials of LaCroix sparkling beverages is heating up with brand owner National Beverage Corp urging a court in Illinois to enter a protective order shielding it from discovery that it claims would compel it to...
Gardein has quadrupled in size over the past four years and is now the second largest brand in the meat-alternative space behind Morningstar with annual retail and foodservice sales topping $170m. And there is still a significant opportunity to grow in...
Parabel USA – best known for its green-hued ingredients from the ‘water lentil,’ a micro aquatic plant also known as duckweed/Lemna/Lemnaceae – has unveiled a neutral-tasting, beige-colored protein hydrolysate suitable for a wide range of applications...
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...
