Ingredients: Page 41

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    Using honey is good for honey bees. Here’s why.

    Learn how beekeepers and honey bees play an essential role in the food industry.

    May 8, 2023
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    Leftovers: Miller High Life infuses beer into chocolate; Twisted Tea blasts off with a popsicle-inspired drink

    The Molson Coors-owned brand and chocolatier Phillip Ashley mix the brew into Bar Snack Truffles, and allergy-friendly brand Partake brings a campfire treat to s’more consumers.

    By Food Dive staff • May 5, 2023
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    How GLP-1s are shaking up snacking

    Food companies, including Danone and Nestlé, are adding more protein and changing portion sizes as weight loss medications reshape consumption patterns.

    By Food Dive staff
  • Packages of Hero Bread products, including Seeded Bread, Flour Tortillas, Classic White Bread, Classic Burger Buns and Classic Hot Dog Buns, are on plates with some products on a white marble surface.
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    Low-carb Hero Bread raises $15M and expands retail presence

    The better-for-you baked goods brand previously backed by Tom Brady and Kevin Durant will be in 2,300 stores nationwide by the end of May.

    By • May 5, 2023
  • Overhead view of six glasses of fruit juice garnished with fruit and mint and with a straw. Clockwise from top left: kiwi, pineapple, apple, raspberry, peach, strawberry
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    How Better Juice and Louis Dreyfus Company use science to cut sugar in beverages

    The two businesses have developed enzymatic processes that turn natural sugars into beneficial nutrients — and, they say, keep drinks sweet.

    By • May 4, 2023
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    Michelle Obama launches healthier food and beverage company aimed at children

    Plezi Nutrition's first drink has 75% less sugar than average leading fruit juices, no added sugar, plus fiber and nutrients. The startup plans to expand into additional products.

    By • May 4, 2023
  • Sesame seeds cover a wooden table. A lighter wood bowl full of sesame seeds with a matching wooden spoon inside sits among them.
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    Legislators condemn manufacturers that added sesame in response to allergy labeling law

    Some bakers have put the ingredient into products that didn’t have it before, which has led some people to unknowingly consume the seed.

    By • May 4, 2023
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    Nestlé ponders the future of New Jersey instant coffee plant with 227 workers

    A spokesperson with the CPG giant said the facility, which opened in 1948, “is limited based on its age, flexibility and ability to meet growing consumer demand in a cost-effective way.”

    By • May 3, 2023
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    Behind Do Good Foods’ mission to lower livestock emissions through upcycling

    The company, which uses unsold groceries to create animal feed, plans to have a facility in every major metropolitan area to produce its chicken and egg products.

    By • May 3, 2023
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    The Every Company and Alpha Foods partner to create plant-based food with animal-free eggs

    The joint development agreement is the first to bring a precision-fermentation-made ingredient to enhance meat analogs.

    By • May 3, 2023
  • Cans of plant-based Loma Linda Tuno.
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    Above Food to go public through SPAC merger

    The deal values the Canadian agriculture, ingredient and CPG company at $319 million, and company leaders say there are opportunities for margin growth.

    By • May 1, 2023
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    Hershey to invest in schools and boost income of farmers in Côte d’Ivoire

    The chocolate giant plans to distribute cash payments of up to $600 per household annually to about 5,000 cocoa farming households and partner to build 10 primary schools.

    By • May 1, 2023
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    Nestlé urged by investor group to lower dependence on unhealthy food products

    In a letter, the shareholders said they have “already made clear our willingness to escalate our engagement” with the CPG giant should it fail to act.

    By • April 28, 2023
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    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 • April 28, 2023
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    SweetLeaf partners with American Diabetes Association to promote stevia and monk fruit

    The year-long partnership will tout the company’s sweeteners as a healthier and safer alternative with event sponsorships, recipes and cooking demonstrations.

    By • April 27, 2023
  • Five colorful jars of Just Spices -- including two that are open -- are stacked and positioned on a wooden surface.
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    Kraft Heinz enters US seasonings segment with Just Spices

    The CPG company bought a majority stake in the successful German startup — which sells trendy blends largely direct-to-consumer — in 2022. Ten offerings are now available to American consumers online. 

    By • April 26, 2023
  • Two halves of a breakfast sandwich with cultivated chicken sausage, a poached egg and spinach are stacked on top of each other on an orange plate on a white table with a yellow wall in the background.
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    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 • April 24, 2023
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    Leftovers: Kellogg chills out with Icee cereal; Boston Beer signs up for signature cocktails

    The breakfast giant’s new collaboration features flavors inspired by the slushie, and marshmallow brand Stuffed Puffs makes its way into the dessert aisle with ice cream products made by Blue Bunny.

    By Food Dive staff • April 21, 2023
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    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 • April 21, 2023
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    More than 40% of consumers factor in sustainability when purchasing food, survey finds

    Kearney's annual Earth Day report indicates that even as shoppers deal with inflation, they are still likely to consider the environmental impact when purchasing items.

    By • April 21, 2023
  • Dishes of food including spaghetti and meatballs, meat curry, pasta with meat sauce, rice and frisee salad fill a table. Four hands with utensils are scooping up some of the food.
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    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 • April 20, 2023
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    Sara Lee owner Grupo Bimbo lead investor in $4M funding round for Olyra

    The company’s venture capital arm made a minority investment in the maker of organic and nutritional breakfast biscuits produced with stone-milled ancient Greek grains.

    By • April 19, 2023
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    Coca-Cola, Molson Coors enter hard iced tea with new launch

    The beverage, under the Peace Tea line, is the third brand the CPG giants have brought into the alcohol space under a partnership, joining Topo Chico and Simply.

    By • April 18, 2023
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    Coca-Cola’s Topo Chico Sabores launch aims to broaden reach for mineral water brand

    The new premium sparkling products made with fruit juice and herbal extracts accelerate efforts by the beverage giant to expand distribution and usage occasions for the fast-growing offering.

    By • April 18, 2023
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    Sponsored by National Sunflower Association

    Sustainability is top priority for consumers today

    Rising demand for sustainable food products encourages innovators to look at cleaner, more sustainable ingredient decks for their food innovations.

    April 17, 2023
  • Bags of the four varieties of Herr's Sandwi-chips on a red background with white spatter paint.
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    Leftovers: Herr’s adds crunch to condiments; Hershey’s Kisses cozy up to chocolate milk

    The Pennsylvania-based snack maker debuts Sandwi-chips, featuring flavors like ketchup and mustard, and Diageo’s Captain Morgan embraces Madagascar vanilla for the spiced rum.

    By Food Dive Staff • April 14, 2023