Ingredients: Page 49


  • Candy Dynamics, candy
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    5 attention-grabbing products from the 25th Sweets & Snacks Expo

    Hidden among the close to 700 exhibitors and 4.5 acres of candy and snack innovation were offerings including Toxic Waste treats, tomato jerky and Dippin' Dots-like coffee. 

    By June 1, 2022
  • Upside Foods' cell-based chicken on a salad
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    Deep Dive // Race for regulation of cell-based meat

    How should cell-based meat be labeled? What 1,179 comments to USDA say about stakeholders' priorities

    With decision-making coming soon, players in cultivated and animal meat industries, state governments and policy groups expressed opinions about how the nascent space should be represented.

    By May 31, 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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    FDA rules tagatose must be classified as an added sugar

    Sweetener maker Bonumose questions the decision given the ingredient's health benefits, floating the idea of potential bias at the department.

    By May 26, 2022
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    More consumers look for clean eating as they battle stress, survey shows

    The International Food Information Council's annual survey shows that more than half of Americans are now following a diet or eating pattern, while nearly three in four snack daily.

    By May 23, 2022
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    Sponsored by CII Foods

    CII's Cluster & Granola manufacturing grand opening!

    After a long year of design and construction, CII’s new multi-million-dollar manufacturing plant will be opening up in St. Joseph, Missouri at the end of May.

    May 23, 2022
  • Evo Foods shows off its plant-based eggs in San Francisco in April 2022.
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    Ginkgo Bioworks partners with Evo Foods on animal-free eggs

    The U.S. biotech company will offer its scientific expertise in precision fermentation to help the Indian plant-based CPG create an ingredient to use in its products.

    By May 19, 2022
  • Flow of vegetable, peanut, sunflower and sesame oils
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    Manufacturers shift tactics to stay ahead of edible oil turmoil

    From substitutions to diversifying suppliers, food companies have to stay flexible as war, weather and export bans pressure ingredient supplies and prices.

    By Samantha Oller • May 19, 2022
  • Benson Hill soybeans
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    Cargill to build soybean processing facility to meet rising oilseed demand

    The company plans to break ground on the plant early next year and expects it to be operational in 2026. Once completed, the new structure will create about 45 full-time positions.

    By May 19, 2022
  • A box of myAir bars, customized to help a user destress.
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    How myAir uses the power of data and personal nutrition to reduce stress

    After taking an online quiz, customers get snack bars with adaptogens that specifically target their needs, and smart watch monitoring data can tell them how well they are working.

    By May 19, 2022
  • Meati launched the Meati Steak Filet, made from mycelium produced through fermentation.
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    Meati launches its first alternative protein steak

    CEO and co-founder Tyler Huggins said the product's secret is mycelium — mushroom roots that give it a structure and texture like animal meat.

    By May 17, 2022
  • Harvesting machine approaching with the foreground of golden wheat
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    Wheat's inflationary year

    World wheat stocks expected to drop to 6-year low

    Drought and flooding in the United States, a brutal heat wave in India and the Ukraine war are hampering production.

    By Samantha Oller • May 16, 2022
  • Campbell Soup, Old Bay, Goldfish
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    Leftovers: New Goldfish flavor hooks into Old Bay; Real Good Foods introduces chicken shells to the freezer aisle

    Campbell Soup's latest collaboration with McCormick harnesses the popular seafood seasoning, and Ayo Foods teams up with a celebrated West African chef for two new frozen entrees.

    By Food Dive staff • May 13, 2022
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    Brightseed raises $68M to accelerate artificial intelligence work

    The creator of Forager AI, which maps the health impact of plant-based compounds, plans to use the funding to launch its first FDA-GRAS ingredient. 

    By May 12, 2022
  • An alfalfa field that Leaft Foods uses to produce its rubisco protein.
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    How Leaft Foods turns green plants into a protein nutritionally similar to beef

    The New Zealand company founded by two former dairy execs recently raised $15 million to bring its concentrated rubisco powder to the U.S. next year.

    By May 12, 2022
  • Fermented chocolate made by WNWN
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    WNWN announces world's first consumer sale of cacao-free chocolate

    The British company, which uses fermentation to turn barley and carob into the beloved confection, hopes to use its U.K. launch to highlight the ethical problems with the traditional way the candy is made.

    By May 11, 2022
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    Tate & Lyle buys chickpea ingredients company Nutriati

    The acquisition comes six months after the ingredients giant agreed to distribute the upstart's offerings used in non-dairy, plant-based meat and gluten-free products.

    By May 5, 2022
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    Whole Earth Brands carves out its sweet spot in alternative sweeteners

    The company's portfolio of products like Wholesome and Equal are designed to give consumers more choice and position it to grab a bigger slice of the $100 billion market dominated by sugar.

    By May 5, 2022
  • Tropicana Crunch cereal
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    Leftovers: Tropicana invites consumers to pour OJ on cereal; Cinnabon muscles in on protein drinks

    The juice brand crafts a breakfast offering designed to be eaten with orange juice, and ReGrained's upcycled flour appears in a new line of baking mixes.  

    By Food Dive staff • April 29, 2022
  • smoked salmon (actual salmon -- not a plant-based analog)
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    IFF and SimpliiGood collaborate to make spirulina-based smoked salmon

    The ingredients powerhouse will provide flavor and aroma attributes to a product that the Israel-based startup plans to make completely out of microalgae.

    By April 28, 2022
  • Closed up pile of bottled palm oil in the market
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    Indonesia's palm oil export ban takes effect as supply pressures mount

    The world's largest supplier of the popular ingredient widened its restrictions at a time when alternative sources and substitutes face their own challenges.

    By Samantha Oller • April 28, 2022
  • McCormick & Company Headquarters Grand Opening
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    McCormick's diverse supplier network helps shield it from Ukraine impacts

    No single raw material makes up more than 5% of the company's total cost of goods sold, according to CFO Mike Smith.

    By Alejandra Carranza • April 28, 2022
  • A scientist uses PIPA's LEAP system to get information about functional ingredients.
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    Mars partners with AI provider to accelerate functional food development

    The multi-year agreement with PIPA will bring an algorithm searching biomedical data, scientific publications and clinical trials to the company's human and pet divisions.

    By April 27, 2022
  • Hodo launched tofu-based All Day Egg Scramble in April 2022.
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    Hodo breaks into plant-based eggs with a tofu scramble

    The product is the CPG version of a longtime favorite at the company's farmers market stand and brings another player into the quickly growing category.

    By April 26, 2022
  • Marco of Lucky Charms
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    FDA investigating illness linked to Lucky Charms

    Over 231 consumers have told the agency that the General Mills cereal made them sick, with thousands more reporting illness online, though the source remains unclear.

    By April 25, 2022
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    Indonesia to end palm oil export ban next week

    The world's largest producer of the ingredient announced that exports can resume on May 23, a move set to ease edible oil price and supply pressures.

    By Samantha Oller • Updated May 20, 2022