Sustainability: Page 5


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    Coca-Cola, 8 bottlers form $137.7M venture capital fund focusing on sustainability investments

    Each of the nine entities, including the beverage giant, contributed about $15 million to the initiative. It will focus on five areas, including packaging, distribution and supply chain.

    By July 12, 2023
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    Traceability company Oritain raises $57M to spur growth

    Food and beverage producers, such as A2 Milk and Nestlé’s Nescafe, depend on the firm to assure customers that the items they purchase are genuine and sourced ethically.

    By July 12, 2023
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Food Dive

    The food and beverage industry is changing rapidly and the actions companies take this year are likely to play a major role in defining their future. 

    By Food Dive staff
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    The one question every CPG brand should ask ESG innovators right now

    How can ESG innovators and CPG brands break through together?

    July 10, 2023
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    Insect protein company Ynsect names insider as CEO

    Shankar Krishnamoorthy, who joined the company in 2021, takes over from co-founder Antoine Hubert. He will be responsible for overseeing the expansion of the fast-growing business.

    By July 10, 2023
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    The top Ingredients stories of 2023 (so far)

    As companies grapple with a diverse set of outside challenges, their focus has turned internally toward innovation, AI and upcycling.

    By Food Dive staff • July 10, 2023
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    Upcycled chicken producer Do Good Foods files for bankruptcy

    The two-year-old company is the latest food business to file in the last month, following AeroFarms and Tattooed Chef, as upstarts struggle with a challenging economic environment.

    By July 10, 2023
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    Leftovers: Pepsi puts pineapple on top; Pillsbury stuffs banana bread in a tube

    The CPG beverage giant is rolling out the exclusive flavor at Little Caesars locations, and Peak State is debuting coffee made with adaptogenic mushrooms.

    By Food Dive staff • July 7, 2023
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    Profile

    PepsiCo struggles to advance its plastic sustainability goals

    The food and beverage company’s ESG report attributed its increased use of virgin plastic from nonrenewable sources, in part, to “limited availability and high cost of recycled content.”

    By Katie Pyzyk • July 6, 2023
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    Opinion

    New analysis reveals best practice examples as food segment nibbles on their emissions

    The food sector needs to make a lot more progress when it comes to implementing effective ways to reduce emissions, according to Ceres’ Nako Kobayashi.

    By Nako Kobayashi • July 5, 2023
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    Food waste solutions must not shy away from processing, IFT says

    The group said technology needs to play a larger role if efforts to reduce the 1 billion tons of food lost each year are going to be successful.

    By June 28, 2023
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    Sponsored by Enel X

    A 360-degree approach to industrial sustainability: Parmacotto and Enel X Global Retail

    Climate change is not some future state — it’s here today, and the scientific predictions are increasingly dire.

    June 26, 2023
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    JBS pulls ‘aspirational’ claims about its net zero emissions goal

    The National Advertising Review Board ruled the wording was misleading because it made consumers believe the meat giant was guaranteed to have virtually no greenhouse gas impact by 2040.

    By June 23, 2023
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    Opinion

    5 emerging technologies set to transform the global food system

    Fresh solutions are needed to tackle the impact of climate change, food waste and to feed a growing population with fewer resources, according to Rick Hamilton, senior consultant at 4C Associates.

    By Rick Hamilton • June 23, 2023
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    Cultivated meat from cows: How Omeat uses plasma to grow beef

    The company, which has already raised $40 million from key investors, says it can make products at the same cost as traditional meat.

    By June 22, 2023
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    SunOpta upcycles oat milk byproduct for new cereal

    The company collaborated with Seven Sundays to launch the breakfast item using protein left over from its plant-based milk.

    By June 15, 2023
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    USDA aims to boost accuracy of antibiotic-free, ‘humane’ meat labeling

    The initiative — which follows stakeholder petitions for more oversight — is an effort to strengthen standards to validate claims such as “grass-fed" and “free-range,” among others.

    By June 14, 2023
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    Hershey ESG report notes ongoing challenges with recycled content in packaging

    The sweets and salty snacks company says it’s “hindered by an insufficient reliable supply of food grade material.”

    By Maria Rachal • June 2, 2023
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    Three in four consumers say food impacts their mental well-being, survey finds

    A new report from the International Food Information Council found stress led 51% of people to consume items that are less healthy.

    By May 26, 2023
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    Leftovers: Ice cream warms up to upcycling; Lucky Charms brings magic to color-changing marshmallows

    Salt & Straw’s new frozen novelties use ingredients that would have gone to waste, and California Pizza Kitchen enters the salad dressing category.

    By Food Dive staff • May 26, 2023
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    Nestlé digs in to plant-based offerings even as broader industry stumbles

    Consumer interest in the category is robust enough that the world’s largest food maker needs to have a strong presence, said Mel Cash, the company’s chief marketing and innovation officer.

    By May 24, 2023
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    Upcycled Foods Inc.’s chief innovation officer aims to unlock ‘treasure’ in spent ingredients

    Lara Ramdin said her company sees a burgeoning marketplace for reused items such as leftover grain from beer making, cacao fruit syrup and coffee leaves.

    By May 24, 2023
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    Q&A

    How Smucker works toward sustainable coffee and brews new innovation

    In the second part of this Q&A, Coffee General Manager Joe Stanziano talks about the segment’s sustainability challenges and future plans.

    By May 23, 2023
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    Major tea companies linked to plantations with reported human rights abuses, report says

    Companies including Unilever, Ekaterra and Starbucks said they are working to address these issues through greater supply chain transparency.

    By May 22, 2023
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    Coca-Cola criticized by green group for falling behind on reusable packaging goal

    The beverage giant said in April that 14% of its total beverage volume was served in this material in 2022, a decline from 16% two years earlier.

    By May 19, 2023
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    From beer to bars: How AB InBev’s EverGrain finds new uses for spent barley

    The startup is working with many of the world’s largest food companies to include its nutrient-rich byproduct, which is already being incorporated into crackers and nutritional supplements.

    By May 18, 2023