Behind the curtain: Calls for accountability in cocoa chain grow louder
Chocolate companies are coming under increasing scrutiny to publish third-party verified impacts on cocoa sustainability efforts, including taxes paid in origin countries.
Archives for November 7, 2016
The Sneaky Chef and Annie’s Homegrown collaborate in new peanut-allergy friendly PB&J sandwich
The back-to-school lunch was designed to make children with peanut allergies not feel left out, says ‘The Sneaky Chef‘ Missy Lapine.
'Prebiotic' nature of IMOs depends on how they're made, experts say
Are all dietary fibers created equal? As needle moves away from naturally occurring insoluble fibers in the cellulose realm such as wheat bran toward more the more recent market entrants, the purified soluble fibers, the answer seems to revolve around...
New Harvest: ‘You’d be better off driving a hummer to a vegan dinner than taking your Tesla to a BBQ'
Perfect Day talks animal-free milk at reThink Food 2016: ‘One of the huge questions is what do we call it?’
Unlike nut- or legume-based ‘milk’ brands, Berkeley-based Perfect Day is actually making the real thing, minus the cows. But how is it doing it, and will consumers buy into its product as a greener, more ethical alternative to dairy-milk or dismiss it as...
Tension around presidential election likely will take a toll on holiday food spending, IRI predicts
No matter who wins tomorrow’s presidential election, two-thirds of US consumers believe their financial health will deteriorate in 2017 -- a prospect that has many reigning in their holiday dining budgets and looking for deals, according to new research...
Lancaster Colony acquires sprouted grain bakery Angelic Bakehouse
T. Marzetti Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of publicly traded Lancaster Colony Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the assets of Angelic Bakehouse, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of premium sprouted grain bakery...
Made-to-order delivery app HUNGRY gets $2.7m investment
More money is pouring into the ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook mobile app segment, and more apps are springing up. What sets HUNGRY apart?