Ingredients: Page 43


  • Doritos, Frito-Lay, PepsiCo
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    How PepsiCo adapts to keep pace with food innovation

    The company’s Frito-Lay unit is using artificial intelligence and expanding its consumer outreach to design new products and create more flavor options.

    By Nov. 3, 2022
  • A person stands next to a white kitchen counter holding a box of Jack & Annie's nuggets. There is a baking tray full of nuggets and a plate with nuggets and white dip on the counter in front.
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    How Jack & Annie’s uses jackfruit to shake up plant-based meat

    Founder and CEO Annie Ryu said the massive fruit native to South India has a meat-like texture and easily adapts to products including chicken-like nuggets and meatballs.

    By Nov. 2, 2022
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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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    Thanksgiving turkeys will cost 23% more this year: Wells Fargo

    Consumers may want to trade down to less expensive items to replace traditional dishes, the banking giant said in a report.

    By Nov. 1, 2022
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    Impossible Foods’ patent affirmed in legal battle with Motif FoodWorks

    While the ingredient company’s challenge to the plant-based meat maker’s intellectual property was not reviewed, the litigation between the two parties continues. 

    By Oct. 31, 2022
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    Sponsored by ADM

    Create a stir with plant-based, on-trend ingredients

    Capitalize on the growing Flexitarian lifestyle and deliver elevated plant-forward experiences.

    Oct. 31, 2022
  • Small pieces of chocolate sit on a surface covered with crushed cocoa beans
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    Courtesy of Barry Callebaut
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    Why Barry Callebaut says its new chocolate is a ‘paradigm shift’

    The ingredients maker unveiled Second Generation Chocolate, which uses a customized process to produce a more natural and clean label confection with 50% less sugar.

    By Oct. 28, 2022
  • Fermentation equipment in an open building, with concrete block walls and floors on one side, and an open view of grass and trees behind. Two people in hard hats stand nearby.
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    BioVeritas gets $65M for fermented upcycled ingredients

    The company, which turns broken pasta and other food waste into ingredients commonly sourced from petrochemicals, plans to open a commercial-scale plant in 2025.

    By Oct. 27, 2022
  • A view of Arzeda's lab, with stairs on the left and several lab tables with equipment on the right.
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    AAK partners with Arzeda to transform oils with enzymes

    The protein designer, which has worked with BP and Unilever, has long wanted to use its processes to help make the food industry more sustainable and efficient, said CEO Alexandre Zanghellini.

    By Oct. 27, 2022
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    Brightseed launches upcycled functional gut health fiber

    The ingredient made from hemp hulls was discovered by the company’s artificial intelligence platform. It will be first used in a protein crisp jointly developed with Puris.

    By Oct. 27, 2022
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    Mondelēz commits $600M more to cocoa sustainability

    Dirk Van de Put, the snack giant’s CEO, said additional collaboration is needed to have a greater impact on the popular crop and its growers.

    By Oct. 27, 2022
  • Packages of American Style, Cheddar Style and Provolone Style Kraft NotCheese slices lean up against a light blue surface with a white surface below them.
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    Kraft Heinz launches plant-based cheese slices through NotCo joint venture

    The product, which Bloomberg says will be in some Ohio stores next month, is the CPG giant’s first foray into new products made without animal-derived ingredients.

    By Oct. 26, 2022
  • A mount of Better Meat Co's mycelium Rhiza protein, which is in a solid form of white chunks, with a company toothpick flag on top.
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    The Better Meat Co. patents mycelium it says ‘does an even better job of mimicking’ meat

    The California company received its fourth patent for its versatile and shelf-stable Rhiza protein, made from the roots of the fast-growing fungus Neurospora crassa.

    By Oct. 25, 2022
  • Nestle, Blue Bottle, coffee
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    Nestlé’s Blue Bottle wades into instant coffee

    After three years of development, the brand’s first soluble product in the U.S. will allow consumers to make premium drinks at home without pricey machines or brewing expertise.

    By Oct. 24, 2022
  • A small cast iron skillet with Beyond Steak bites inside sits on a gas-powered hot plate with the product package and a dish of tortilla chips with dips is in the background.
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    Beyond Meat’s plant-based steak launches at more than 5,000 stores

    The product, the first of its kind widely available in U.S. grocery stores, could help turn the company’s fortunes, which have been mired recently by job cuts and slowing sales.

    By Oct. 24, 2022
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    Sponsored by Merit Functional Foods

    Is pea protein the key to unlocking grit-free texture in plant-based beverages?

    Sip on the next big ingredient for plant-based drinks: highly soluble Peazazz C™.

    Oct. 24, 2022
  • The box for the Pop-Tarts x Tajin kit, which is blue with green, white and red stripes on the upper left corner, sits between containers of Tajin spice and hot sauce and three boxes of Pop-Tarts.
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    Leftovers: Pop-Tarts get hotter with Tajín; Dr Pepper aims to score with bourbon-flavored soda

    Kellogg’s toaster pastry brand pairs the spicy seasoning blend with fruity flavors, and Evil Genius Beer collaborates with White Castle on a tangerine IPA.

    By Food Dive staff • Oct. 21, 2022
  • McCormick & Company Headquarters Grand Opening
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    McCormick plans to eliminate $100M in costs and inefficiencies

    The spice maker aims to reduce its reliance on co-packers and trim excess transportation expenses as part of its approach.

    By Alejandra Carranza • Oct. 20, 2022
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    Why King Arthur sees regenerative agriculture as a collective CPG effort

    The flour brand, which aims to have 100% of its products milled from regeneratively grown wheat by 2030, said it is part of a network of companies aiming to improve the sustainability of the ingredient.

    By Oct. 20, 2022
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    Big CPGs have not been making food and drink healthier, study finds

    The Access to Nutrition Initiative found the 11 largest U.S. manufacturers increased their commitments to affordable, more nutritious products, but have largely not translated those promises into action.

    By Updated Oct. 17, 2022
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    Leftovers: Kellogg’s Eggo enters eggnog; Outshine debuts blender-free smoothie cubes

    The CPG giant gives grownups a way to L'Eggo of holiday stress, and Nestlé’s Coffee mate sweetens the creamer category with Pop-Tarts and Twix flavored offerings.

    By Food Dive staff • Oct. 14, 2022
  • Local lettuce at a Whole Foods store
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    Food inflation persists as drought batters produce crops

    Grocery items increased 0.7% from August, extending a string of monthly increases that began early last year, amid higher prices for everything from apples to lettuce.

    By Oct. 14, 2022
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    Ingredion partners with HowGood to measure ingredient sustainability

    A scorecard for each item measuring aspects including emissions, water usage and labor risk will be available by the end of 2022, allowing the company and its customers to better gauge environmental and social impact.

    By Oct. 13, 2022
  • A rainbow swirled can of Build next to a pineapple top and slices and pieces of a cracked coconut on a pastel background.
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    Pulp Culture and The Every Company partner to create protein-boosted alcohol

    The better-for-you hard juice company is adding highly soluble and nutrient-dense animal-free egg protein to its new line of beverages. 

    By Oct. 12, 2022
  • A Seattle-style dog made with Tofurky plant-based sausage
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    Arkansas plant-based meat labeling restrictions are unconstitutional, judge rules

    The court said terms like “burger” and “hot dog” on Tofurky’s clearly labeled plant-based items aren’t deceptive and provide consumers with important information about the products.

    By Oct. 11, 2022
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    Nestlé sees green in plant-based business despite category slowdown

    While the segment got overheated during the pandemic, a top executive said it remains a “strong consumer trend” and one the global food giant will continue to invest in.

    By Oct. 11, 2022