Archives for July 11, 2024

Startup Spotlight

Bobabam built a devoted fan base with customizable at-home boba tea kits

Capitalizing on the boba tea boom during the pandemic, coupled with their love of the Taiwanese drink, Bobabam co-founders, Brian Khoddam, Ron Escopete and Bob Yau, leveraged their expertise in supply chain, foodservice, and data analysis to quickly...

Supergut’s Marc Washington on ‘Ozempic era’ opportunity

The IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas 2024 in Salt Lake City highlighted many of the innovations happening in the prebiotics space, including how GLP-1s are impacting the category.

PepsiCo sees slowdown in US salty snack business, plans to ‘make disciplined commercial investments’

PepsiCo’s second quarter 2024 earnings released this morning, revealing new challenges to its Frito-Lay North America business, as company Chairman and CEO Ramon Laguarta vows to tap into consumer demand for zero-sugar and functional products and...

Summer Fancy Food Show

Bread is back: Better-for-you, artisanal and take-and-bake options coax consumers to back to the bakery

Bread is back after being demonized for years as high in calories and carbs and low in nutrition, innovative bakers are bringing to market bagels, buns and brioches that are high in fiber, protein, healthy fat and, of course, flavor.

Could sugarcane super crop cut cost of sugar?

The cost of sugar has increased sharply in recent years. Now researchers believe gene editing could boost supplies. But how, and what does this mean for manufacturers?