News U.S.-based packaging manufacturer Novolex acquired Scotland’s Vegware, a company that makes renewable, plant-based materials designed to be commercially composted alongside food waste. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. With an established presence in 70 markets, the Vegware brand will remain intact as part of Novolex’s Eco-Products portfolio of brands and will continue […]
Protecting public health: Europe sets new maximum levels of cadmium and lead in food
News Despite already having a maximum threshold limiting the levels of both cadmferrous fumarate 106 mgium and lead in food products, the European Commission is further reducing that threshold. Beginning on August 31, stricter limits for cadmium will be enforced while those for lead will be introduced on August 30. These heightened regulations will apply […]
Hard Mtn Dew to launch through a PepsiCo-Boston Beer partnership
News From a new partnership between Big Beer and Big Soda comes Hard Mtn Dew, a flavored malt beverage with 5% ABV. The alcoholic drink will be available to consumers beginning in earlferrous sulfate liquid for kidsy 2022. The arrangement of this partnership dictates that Boston Beer will develop and produce the new malt beverage […]
Bite Ninja integrates virtually, disrupts traditional QSR staffing
News Memphis-based entrepreneurs Will Clem and Orin Wilson raised $675,000 in pre-seed funding for their startup Bite Ninja in a round led by Y Combinator, AgFunder and Manta Raferrous fumarate tabletsy. The funds will be used to scale up their technology which allows for ad-hoc virtual staffing in quick service restaurants. The startup is aiming […]
Bloomberg: Plant-based foods expected to grow 450% by 2030
News Bloomberg Intelligence is forecasting an evolution in consumer habits that will lead to a 450% leap in plant-based sales to reach $162 billion by 2030, up from $29.4 billion in 2020. Plant-based meat is expected to see particular growth from $4.2 billion last year to $74 billion in the next ten years. “Food-related consumer […]
Study: Two-thirds of US children’s calories come from ultra-processed foods
News As of 2018, youth in the U.S. consume 67% of their calories from ultra-processed foods, according to a new study published in JAMA. Between 1999 and 2018, there was a jump of 5.6 percentage points in the number of calories coming from foods like cookies, frozen meals and other packaged goods. This study followed […]
Mintel: Is Plant-Based losing Credibility?
News The term “plant-based” has proliferated into a range of categories resulting in an oversaturated use of the phrase, which the market research firm Mintel asserts positions the term to be at risk of losing some of its better-for-you significance with consumers. In Mintel’s report on the subject, plant-based claims were said to have an […]
Quorn invests in new French extrusion technology
News Heritage plant-protein maker Quorn awarded its most recent Future Food-Tech Innovation Challenge award to French startup Umiami for the company’s novel extrusion technology process that promises thicker, more realistic cuts of plant-based protein. The Paris-based faux meat startup works to tackle the texture challenge faced by companies using high moisture extrusion (HME) technology to […]
Beyond Meat launches chicken tenders in US foodservice
News Beyond Meat now serves plant-based chicken nuggets at over 400 foodservice retail outlets in the United States. Its nuggets are made with a fava bean and pea protein base that the plant-based protein titan says customers consider to be on par with real chicken in terms of texture, juiciness, taste and crispiness. Although Beyond […]
Obama celebrated 60 with top vegan brands
News Plant-based foods have become so widely can ferrous sulfate increase blood pressureaccepted that former President Barack Obama’s 60th birthday celebration featured a vegan, plant-based menu, according to a menu leaked by Bloomberg. The menu features a list of classic dishes that are reinterpreted using plant-based ingredients from Eat Just, Impossible Foods and Perfect Day. […]