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What’s driving AI and ML adoption in food and beverage manufacturing?
AI has the potential to optimize all areas of food manufacturing, facilitating smart, industry-specific applications to improve every aspect of the supply chain.
May 1, 2023 -
New startup brings the ramen experience to instant pasta
Pasta Noodles Co. said it is bringing authentic Italian pasta packaged in a rapid cook cup, which cooks in three minutes in a microwave.
By Chris Casey • April 28, 2023 -
Explore the Trendline➔
Drew Angerer via Getty ImagesTrendlineThe Food Dive Outlook on 2023
Continued volatility, a focus on sustainability and technology playing a bigger role in giving consumers what they want are playing a huge part in the trends we see for 2023.
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Regenerative ag is driving food sustainability promises, but is it greenwashing?
As companies like PepsiCo and General Mills enlist farmers to deliver on their lofty emissions reduction goals, experts are divided over whether the practice will produce tangible results.
By Chris Casey , Shaun Lucas • April 27, 2023 -
Upside Foods announces cultivated ground chicken as its second product
As it prepares for full regulatory approval, the company announced a new form of its meat that can be made faster, in greater quantities and less expensively than whole cuts, said Chief Operating Officer Amy Chen.
By Megan Poinski • April 24, 2023 -
Deep Dive
Why General Mills is embarking on a farmer-driven regenerative agriculture strategy
The CPG giant said its projects are less about setting stringent rules and more about listening to the producers who are familiar with their land.
By Chris Casey • April 21, 2023 -
Quorn mycoprotein becomes available as an ingredient
This is the first time the fungi-derived substance, which has starred in branded meat analog products since 1985, will be widely available to other manufacturers.
By Megan Poinski • April 20, 2023 -
How Juicy Marbles is raising the steaks in plant-based meat
The Slovenian company uses its technology — and irreverent sense of humor — to change the way people think of alternatives.
By Megan Poinski • April 17, 2023 -
How ADM and Brightseed are using AI to expand microbiome potential
The ingredients and commodity giant said the upstart’s technology will help it meet the growing demand for gut health products by identifying bioactive components in plants.
By Chris Casey • April 13, 2023 -
Alternative proteins sector is growing and needs government support, reports say
Three studies published by the Good Food Institute show significant progress and expansion in the plant-based, fermented and cell cultivated product segments.
By Megan Poinski • April 12, 2023 -
ADM partners with Believer Meats on cultivated products
The agreement brings the global food giant’s ingredients and nutritional expertise to enhance cultured meat items, and lays out a path to potentially produce them for commercialization.
By Megan Poinski • April 12, 2023 -
Plant-based sales hit $8B in 2022
The segment posted 6.6% growth during a year marked by inflation and supply chain upheaval, which the Plant Based Foods Association says proves its staying power.
By Megan Poinski • April 11, 2023 -
Despite dire warnings in climate report, HowGood sees promise in food production
The sustainability platform’s chief innovation officer Ethan Soloviev said in an interview that carbon sequestration and deforestation provide solutions to food insecurity despite Big Food’s impact on emissions.
By Chris Casey • April 3, 2023 -
Supplant upcycles wheat stalks into flour
The company’s second commodity ingredient made from transforming food waste is available for foodservice and in a direct-to-consumer dried pasta.
By Megan Poinski • March 30, 2023 -
Cultivated meat maker New Age Eats shuts down
Founder and CEO Brian Spears said the company’s financial woes had nothing to do with the segment’s viability.
By Megan Poinski • March 29, 2023 -
WunderEgg cracks the plant-based hard boiled egg
The new offering from Crafty Counter has drawn incredulous responses on social media as it starts hitting store shelves.
By Megan Poinski • March 27, 2023 -
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3 lessons for how color can stop the scroll
Plant-based color brand EXBERRY® by GNT highlights three color roadmaps these creatives are using to stop the scroll, spark a consumer connection and drive sales.
March 27, 2023 -
Biotechnology should be used to improve nutrition, sustainability and resiliency of food, Biden report says
The new document sets out “bold goals” to improve areas that include human health and supply chain management. It follows a September executive order that made this kind of technology a national priority.
By Megan Poinski • March 23, 2023 -
Race for regulation of cell-based meat
Eat Just gets FDA clearance for cultivated meat in US
Good Meat chicken, which has been approved for sale in Singapore since 2020, is the second cell-based meat item to get the first green light from the federal government.
By Megan Poinski • Updated March 22, 2023 -
Why Future Farm is getting into plant-based milk and honey
The Brazilian company known for its meat analogs is expanding its platform, making plans to provide varieties of many food items found on the farm.
By Megan Poinski • March 20, 2023 -
Shiru launches plant-based fat as its first ingredient
OleoPro, developed with the company’s artificial intelligence platform, combines proteins and unsaturated oil for functions similar to animal ingredients with less saturated fat.
By Megan Poinski • March 16, 2023 -
Believer Meats promotes its COO to the CEO slot
Gustavo Burger joined the cultivated meat maker last year, playing a key role in building an operations team with CPG experience as the company builds a facility in North Carolina and prepares to launch.
By Megan Poinski • March 15, 2023 -
How The Better Meat Co. scrambled to meet payroll after the SVB collapse
CEO and co-founder Paul Shapiro said a fast and unexpected loss of access to capital was one scenario the company wasn’t prepared to handle.
By Megan Poinski • March 14, 2023 -
Food startups describe a ‘roller coaster of emotions’ as Silicon Valley Bank collapsed
Many companies with accounts at the bank were showing off their products at Natural Products Expo West as news went out, sending many founders into a frenzy.
By Megan Poinski • March 14, 2023 -
Kraft Heinz and NotCo launch plant-based NotMayo
The product is the second to come from the joint venture between the CPG giant and the food tech unicorn. It will get to store shelves this month before gradually expanding nationwide.
By Megan Poinski • March 10, 2023 -
How Bonumose’s new tagatose facility moves better-for-you sweeteners forward
The Virginia plant producing the rare sugar officially opened this month, making a supply of the healthier stand-in for sucrose available for manufacturers.
By Megan Poinski • March 9, 2023