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Deep DiveThe Honest truth: How a tiny tea company is poised to become one of Coca-Cola's next $1B brands
As more stores carried its products and sports drinks, lemonades and kids beverages were added to the lineup, revenue has soared from $38 million a decade ago to more than $500 million today.
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SponsoredSustainable, natural and delicious. Perfectly balanced.
FrieslandCampina Ingredients introduces three new ingredients that will help product developers meet consumer demand for natural, pure and convenient solutions
Sustainability -
Food companies can make nutrition affordable to low-income consumers with a mix of tech and tradition
This report from the Institute for the Future and commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation makes specific recommendations about how to create better products for this group during the next decade.
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Lucky Supermarkets launches new plant-based educational initiative
From now until Dec. 2, Lucky Supermarkets will be offering customers plant-based education and samples from 16 different brands.
Grocery -
ColumnLeftovers: Treats sure to be a Halloween smash, creepy crisps
Upscale candy gets into the fun-size game, bars get bakeable and a Chinese company decides to munch on spent silkworms.
Manufacturing -
FDA food safety chief Ostroff to retire and be replaced by Walmart's Yiannas
The mega-retailer's vice president of food safety and health, who will join the federal government next month, was the driving force behind the store's move to blockchain technology.
Food Safety -
Can Cornucopia Institute's new guide clear up questions about organic eggs, dairy and poultry?
The watchdog group said it produced the website following consumer concerns about reports that imported organic grains do not necessarily deserve the label.
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Time to ban dihydrogen monoxide? Consumers take clean label to extremes
Some additives, artificial colors and flavors are being taken out of food products to appease shoppers who want healthy and recognizable ingredients.
Manufacturing -
Clean labels are more important than brand, study finds
Manufacturers that ignore transparency could risk losing customer loyalty, trust and awareness as shoppers direct their attention to competitors.
Ingredients -
Kellogg mixes cereal brands 'All Together' for GLAAD partnership
The boxes nod to inclusivity and will be available at the brand's New York City Café, with proceeds going to GLAAD.
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Q&AHow a veteran insect supplier makes cricket products sing
Darren Goldin, co-founder of ingredient manufacturer Entomo Farms, talks about getting consumers comfortable with eating bugs and what's ahead for the budding segment.
Manufacturing -
Beyond Meat picks investment banks for IPO
A public offering would be the first for the new generation of companies making meat-like products from plants, which are increasingly popular with consumers.
Corporate -
Constellation chief to step down in March, COO to assume top post
The change in the c-suite comes as the brewer of Corona and Modelo Especial makes a $4 billion bet on the burgeoning cannabis industry.
Corporate -
Nestlé's sales perk up 2.9% with growth in coffee and the North American sector
CEO Mark Schneider said in a release that this quarter's increases were "supported by disciplined execution and faster innovation."
Manufacturing -
Kerry's consumer preference simulator aims for product sweet spot
The Ireland-based company gathered views of 17 sweeteners to better understand how people perceive them across sports drinks, carbonated soft drinks, ice cream, flavored alcoholic malt beverages, granola bars and cookies.
Manufacturing -
Startups are using tomatoes, eggplant and carrots to improve fake fish
Sustainability-minded consumers are looking to imitation smoked salmon, sushi and shrimp to take pressure off the oceans — as long as these products are convincing enough to replace the real deal.
Manufacturing -
New website helps consumers eat food that lines up with their sustainability and social values
A communications firm unveiled FoodPrint.org on Thursday to provide information to help people make informed purchasing decisions.
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New dairy-free ice cream is made with persimmon
WellKit Foods International plans to debut four flavors of its My Goodness! plant-based ice cream in New Zealand next month before reaching out to export markets in Asia.
Manufacturing -
Declining apple sales present a challenge for retail
According to Nielsen data, the fruit dropped 5% in dollar sales and 8% in unit sales during the 52 weeks ending Sept. 15.
Grocery -
Unilever tries to scoop Halo Top's popularity with new probiotic ice cream
The new premium low-calorie, high-protein brand, called Culture Republick, features local artists on the outside of the pint.
Ingredients -
Q&ATetra Pak thinking outside the box as sustainable packaging demand grows
Gustaf Rabe, the company's VP of aseptic sales in the U.S. and Canada, discusses how it's embracing current trends through the use of plant-based plastics and modernized designs.
Corporate -
Danone sales rise 1.4% amid strong demand for yogurt and plant-based foods
While the French company faces ongoing challenges in other parts of its operations, segments known to consumers in North America continue performing well.
Manufacturing -
All tapped out? Global warming could impact world beer supply
A new study found that drought and heat could hurt barley crops enough to spike prices and decrease the amount made by the end of the century.
Beverages -
Big Food drops legacy brands to make way for new products
Healthier consumer eating habits and increasing millennial and Gen Z influence are pushing manufacturers to cut slower-growing items.
Manufacturing -
Commercial kitchen and distribution service Pilotworks shuts down overnight
With no warning and no explanation, the much-celebrated incubator closed its doors, leaving 175 startups in the lurch.
Manufacturing