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  • General Mills, Pillsbury
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    Leftovers: General Mills' Pillsbury rolls out baking kits; Unilever and Chrissy Teigen fry up a new sauce

    The Minnesota-based company sees opportunity in do-it-yourself baked goods during the pandemic, and Cappello's offers up keto-friendly frozen pizza with a secret ingredient.

    By Food Dive staff • Aug. 13, 2021
  • Purecane's baking ingredients are Reb M created from sugarcane by fermentation.
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    Will Purecane's fermented Reb M get consumers to think differently about sweeteners?

    People want less sugar, but tend to feel substitutes will give their baking an off flavor. With its product, parent company Amyris seeks to change this perception.

    By Aug. 12, 2021
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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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    Two-thirds of US youths' calories come from ultra-processed foods, study finds

    Newly published research shows that kids and teens are eating more highly processed ready-to-heat and -eat meals and confections, but less sugar-sweetened beverages.

    By Jessi Devenyns • Aug. 12, 2021
  • Natural colors from Sensient
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    Debut Biotech partners with DIC to develop natural colors for food

    Fresh off a $22.6 million funding round, the upstart aims to show how its cell-free biomanufacturing platform can overcome some of the existing barriers to creating all-natural and biodegradable pigments.

    By Lauren Manning • Aug. 12, 2021
  • Danone's plant-based Silk Greek yogurt launched in August 2021.
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    Danone's Silk launches plant-based Greek yogurt

    With the thick, protein-packed variety dominating the dairy-based segment, the company's new offer aims to recreate its success.

    By Aug. 10, 2021
  • Del Monte Fruit Infusions
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    Leftovers: Del Monte's fruit cups get functional; French's bun mashup bakes in the mustard

    Digestion, energy and immune-boosting ingredients are infused in the company's fruit, and Nissin Foods says "yes" to pumpkin spice ramen.

    By Food Dive staff • Aug. 6, 2021
  • DouxMatok's Incredo Sugar is made from sugar and manufacturers can use 40% less of it.
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    DouxMatok hires CEO with experience in partnerships, marketing and brand building

    Ari Melamud is the first outside leader for the Israel-based sweetener company and joins at a time when its Incredo Sugar is widely available to manufacturers.

    By Aug. 5, 2021
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    Danone expands partnership with AI firm Brightseed to explore health benefits in plants

    The multiyear collaboration will focus on common crops and lesser-known species as the food giant works to triple its sales in the plant-based space by 2025.

    By Samantha Oller • Aug. 5, 2021
  • Danone Silk line
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    Danone prepares 'plant-based 2.0' platform

    The food giant is making taste and texture improvements to its oat, almond and soy milks, with new U.S. launches for Silk and So Delicious set for the second half of 2021.

    By Samantha Oller • Aug. 3, 2021
  • Scientists work at one of Motif FoodWorks' labs.
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    Motif partners with mechanical engineers and dental experts to understand the science of chewing

    The science-based ingredients company is working with two U.K. universities, with plans to solve for the dry texture of plant-based proteins.

    By Aug. 3, 2021
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    Sponsored by Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition

    Tracing the sensory story from umami to kokumi

    Umami may be a force of nature, but our understanding of it arose thanks to a scientific quest that began more than a century ago in Japan.

    Aug. 2, 2021
  • Planterra, a division of JBS USA, launched Ozo products in grocery store across the United States.
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    Why MycoTechnology and Planterra are joining forces in plant-based

    With a similar attitude toward innovation, the fermented ingredients maker and JBS USA's alternative protein subsidiary say this partnership adds to R&D and new product possibilities. 

    By July 29, 2021
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    ADM acquires non-GMO soy ingredients maker Sojaprotein

    The purchase of the Serbia-based company for an undisclosed amount continues the agribusiness giant's push to expand its plant protein manufacturing capabilities.

    By Lauren Manning • July 29, 2021
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    Surge in coffee prices to a multi-year high could impact major CPGs

    Lower output of the commodity following frost in Brazil may squeeze manufacturers of the beverage, including Nestlé, J.M. Smucker and Coca-Cola.

    By Lauren Manning • July 29, 2021
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    Fresh off its IPO, stevia-sweetened soda maker Zevia aims for beverage dominance

    CEO Paddy Spence said his company, which competes against Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, LaCroix and Monster, is considering entering coffee and sports drinks.

    By July 28, 2021
  • Nobell Foods makes cheese with plant-based casein from bioengineered soy.
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    Plant-based cheese maker Nobell Foods raises $75M for expansion

    The California-based company, which gets casein protein from bioengineered soybeans, is eyeing a late 2022 product launch.

    By July 23, 2021
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    Barry Callebaut's better-for-you portfolio to use 100% sustainably sourced cocoa and vanilla

    The latest initiative by the chocolatier builds on its pledge to have all sustainable ingredients by 2025. 

    By Lauren Manning • July 22, 2021
  • Allulose-sweetened cookies from Tate & Lyle
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    Tate & Lyle works to meet 'extreme' surge in allulose demand

    The British company that was the first to put the natural sweetener on the market is trying to increase capacity for the ingredient as need outpaces supply.

    By July 22, 2021
  • A woman eating Daring Foods' plant-based chicken
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    Why chicken is taking over plant-based meat

    With Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods entering the space and new options filling freezer cases, the potential for the poultry analog suddenly seems limitless.

    By July 20, 2021
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    Impossible Foods plans to debut chicken nuggets this fall

    The plant-based company will introduce prototypes at a trade show this week, and told Bloomberg it is eyeing a launch in foodservice, then retail.

    By July 16, 2021
  • GNT Exberry greens
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    GNT debuts green colorings made from spirulina and turmeric

    The additions to the plant-based Exberry color portfolio are said to offer vibrant yellowish and bluish green shades for confectionery, dairy and other applications.

    By Samantha Oller • July 15, 2021
  • Tate & Lyle food scientists at the company's Hoffman Estates lab.
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    Tate & Lyle sells controlling stake of corn-based products arm to private equity

    The British company will retain the division that makes alternative sweeteners, texturizers and soluble fibers, but still receive some of the proceeds from the commodity business that will be run by KPS Capital Partners.

    By July 15, 2021
  • Future Meat Technologies opened its pilot plant in Israel in June 2021.
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    Nestlé works with Future Meat Technologies to explore cell-based meat's potential

    The announcement stops short of disclosing any guarantees of product development between the two companies.

    By July 14, 2021
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    Better Juice raises $8M to cut sugar in orange juice

    The company's technology reduces the amount of the sweetener by up to 80% by converting fructose, glucose and sucrose into prebiotic dietary fibers and other non-digestible molecules.

    By Lauren Manning • July 8, 2021
  • Beyond Meat launched plant-based Beyond Chicken Tenders at foodservice outlets in July 2021.
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    Beyond Chicken Tenders launch in foodservice

    Beyond Meat's new offering, which is primarily made with fava bean protein, is available at hundreds of locations nationwide starting today.

    By July 8, 2021