| From 08-Feb-2019 to 15-Feb-2019 |
Once Again Nut Butter overhauls packaging with a simplified look that will improve shopability Already the top-selling organic nut butter brand, according to SPINS, Once Again Nut Butter is dramatically overhauling its branding to improve the products' shopability, and make it easier for time-pressed shoppers to quickly find the attributes they care about... Read Fresh Bellies takes its 'palates in training' approach into toddler snacks and beyond Fresh Bellies entered the competitive HPP baby food market in 2015 with its line of savory refrigerated vegetable purees and has expanded its line to crunchy toddler snacks in order to 'age with' its consumer... Read A 'surprising' finding: Kellogg patents process to cut pea protein bitterness Kellogg has patented a process to remove the bitter flavor in pea protein that it says will open the ingredient up to broad consumer acceptance... Read Lilys Sweets CEO: It feels like a mainstream trend [reducing sugar] is being boosted by a micro-trend [keto] Consumers often say that if theyre going to indulge, theyd rather eat a small portion of something made with real or familiar ingredients (butter, cane sugar, whole milk) than a more processed low calorie/sugar/fat alternative... Read Chobani and Danone North America clash over plant-based milk and yogurt labels; CSPI proposes front of pack disclosures Dairy giants Chobani and Danone North America both have a presence in the burgeoning plant-based dairy category, but have different ideas over how such products should be labeled... Read Investing in the Future of Food: Offering a solution to a problem not just a product can drive success When seeking investor support or trying to woo customers, companies not only need to describe their product, but they also need to explain the problem that the product or brand solves, according to the CEO of SmartCatch... Watch now Craigs Creamery marries traditional goodness of dairy with cutting-edge technology for sustainability Producing high quality cheese sustainably and at an affordable price is the central mission of industry newcomer Craigs Creamery, which is currently rolling out in stores in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions... Read Kettle & Fire launches new soup line through Kickstarter to take the mealtime hassle out of going keto Keto may be one of the hottest diets right now, but it's far from the most convenient when it comes to meal planning, said Nick Mares, co-founder of Kettle & Fire... Read Plant-based JUST Egg is already outselling established liquid egg brands at retail, claims Just CEO JUST Egg - a plant-based scrambled egg alternative from Just Inc made with mung bean protein is already outselling established liquid egg brands such as Egg Beaters (ConAgra Brands) and All Whites (Crystal Farms) in dollar sales per store in natural and conventional grocery channels, says CEO Josh Tetrick... Read Henry Ford did more for horses than animal rights activists ever did technology has enabled us to align our ethics with our behaviors. Paul Shapiro talks cell-based meat No one likes factory farming. But most people still eat meat regardless. Put another way, persuading consumers to change their behavior hasnt really moved the needle, says cell-cultured meat enthusiast and author Paul Shapiro. Offering a technological solution (growing meat without killing animals) means they wont have to. They can have their cake (well, meat), and eat it too... Read The world is watching the cell-based meat industry, says Memphis Meats VP: Subpar early products can stigmatize an entire category for decades to come How will cell-cultured meat come to market, and does it matter in the long-term which companies are first, where they launch, and what kinds of products they come out with?.. Read From edible scaffolding to bio-printing: What would an industrial-scale cell-based meat plant look like? While its hard to visualize what a commercial cell-based meat plant might look like as no player in this embryonic field is yet producing it at scale, delegates at a conference in San Francisco were given some insights into how firms are approaching the scale-up process, and they are not all the same... Read Prebiotic chocolate? Gutsii enters US market on a mission to make gut health simple When thinking of gut healthy foods, chocolate may not come to mind right away. However, Australian brand Gutsii is forging a spot within the functional foods market with its prebiotic chocolate line... Read Merisant teams with Amazon accelerator to expand appeal of Equal with two new sweetener lines Accelerators may disproportionately target startups, but well-established companies and heritage brands can also benefit from the jumpstart they offer as illustrated by Merisants rapid development and launch of its latest brand Sugarly Sweet and a new line of fortified sweeteners under its iconic sweetener brand Equal... Read Freebie office snacks full of empty promises, says CDC report A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that free snacks at work make up a weighty amount of the empty calories daily consumed by approximately 140 million working Americans... Read Memories of carefree summer days: Coca-Cola launches Orange Vanilla Coke Coca-Cola is launching its first new Coca-Cola trademark flavor innovations in a decade in the US this month: with Orange Vanilla Coke and Orange Vanilla Coke Zero Sugar... Read Soup-to-Nuts podcast: Campbell & Land O Lakes share strategies for meeting sustainability demands Shoppers increasingly are making purchasing decisions based on how sustainable they perceive a product, brand or manufacturer to be, but as recently published research from Nielsen notes the consumers definition of sustainability is amorphous making it difficult for brands to meet their demands, unless they proactively take control of the conversation... Listen now Enjoy Life Foods CMO: A product doesn't have to be perfect at first Allergy-friendly snack company Enjoy Life Foods didn't aim for perfection when launching its Protein Bites. In fact, it endured some lackluster consumer reviews and underwhelming sales before figuring out how to position the snack that's now securing a new store listing roughly every 10 days (most recently Trader Joe's and 7-Eleven), according to CMO Joel Warady... Read IRI: Consumer sentiment for online food shopping grows: Consumers have been slower to migrate online to shop for certain food items, compared to other categories such as personal care and vitamins/supplements. However that behavior is starting to change with frozen and refrigerated grocery items registering among the highest year-over-year dollar sales growth rates, according to IRI's Q4 Consumer Connect Survey of over 2,200 respondents... Read |
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