News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
As shoppers load pantries amid COVID-19 fears, sales over the past two weeks at leading natural products distributor UNFI “resembled our prior year's Thanksgiving holiday week—with the difference being we, our suppliers, and our customers, did not have...
Editor’s spotlight: Reinvigorating a stagnating ingredient
Chia grower Benexia is betting on its consumer brand Seeds of Wellness (SOW) to jumpstart demand for the nutrition-packed seeds.
Adolescence is a key window of brain development, and it also happens to be one of the most vulnerable times when it comes to nutrition as teens exercise increased social autonomy and are more prone to making poor food choices, according to new study.
Often a pregnancy staple for many women, pickle juice is attracting a new audience. The salty beverage is gaining traction as a functional ingredient, particularly for athletes.
Atlast Food Co – a startup using mycelium (the filament-like roots of mushrooms) to create ‘meaty’ textured edible 3D structures – has been working with innovation consultancy Mattson to help commercialize its first product later this year: meatless bacon.
The latest innovation from Beyond Meat – the Beyond Breakfast Sausage - will hit the frozen breakfast meat section at ACME, Albertsons, Key Foods, Kings, Pavilions, Raley’s, ShopRite, Vons, Wegmans and Whole Foods later this month.
Brazilian processor JBS Embalagens Metálicas has invested R$13m to modernise the equipment at its site in Lins, São Paulo.
The old adage that it isn’t just what you know, but who you know could not be truer than for company founders in the highly competitive food and beverage industry, according to the serial entrepreneur behind the seed-stage company Farma Genetix.
PepsiCo will acquire Rockstar Energy Beverages as it expands its presence in the fast-growing energy category.