Archives for May 17, 2019

Spero Foods seeks capital to ramp up manufacturing for plant-based eggs, cheese

Plant-based meat, eggs and dairy products that precisely replicate their animal-based counterparts might be more sustainable, but they’re not always more nutritious, and often come with a lengthy ingredients list and a high degree of ‘processing,’ says...

FDA to permit ‘potassium chloride salt’ in place of ‘potassium chloride’ on food labels; CSPI says new term 'not helpful'

The FDA says it will accept the term ‘potassium chloride salt’ instead of ‘potassium chloride’ on food labels in a bid to demystify the popular salt replacer for consumers, although industry stakeholders lobbying for a name change had hoped it would...

NEWS IN BRIEF

Sprouts Farmers Market builds retail brand awareness targeting new markets

Half of the new stores Sprouts is opening in 2019 will be in new markets, helping to build its brand awareness across the US, said interim Co-CEO Bradley Lukow at the BMO Capital Market Farm to Market Conference.

Euromonitor: What's the driving force behind plant-based eating?

The bulk of the plant-based eating trend is being driven by consumers who are trying to do their part to help the environment by cutting down their meat intake, as opposed to completely eliminating meat products by following a vegetarian or vegan diet,...

Lawsuit vs Miyoko's Kitchen challenging plant-based 'butter' is voluntarily dismissed

A high-profile lawsuit against Miyoko’s Kitchen taking issue with its use of the term ‘butter’ on a plant-based product, has been voluntarily dismissed with prejudice.

US and Australia vie for beef markets

The US-China tariff war may be getting nasty but there’s another battle for beef supremacy going on that is worth billions. The US and Australia are both looking at the Eastern markets, particularly China, for growing beef exports.

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Symrise shares 4 ways that plant-based eating is becoming more sophisticated

While the rapid growth of the plant-based market in the US initially may have been fueled by demand for alternatives to animal-protein and -dairy, the trend is quickly evolving as consumers’ tastes become more sophisticated and they begin to embrace...