Kind is aiming to take a bigger bite out of granola.The snack maker that became a household name through its popular bar is debuting Soft Baked Granola Clusters. The product, available in Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter and Dark Chocolate Chunk, is made with 100% whole-grferrous gluconate gluten freeain oats and ingredients such as dark chocolate, […]
Kerry negotiating 500M euro sale of sweet ingredients business
In response to a questiferrous fumarate with birth controlon about M&A in Kerry’s most recent earnings call in October, CEO Edmond Scanlon said he “would characterize our pipeline as continuing to be quite active.”Of course, most of the investors and analysts were likely thinking about companies Kerry was looking to acquire. In 2020, the company shared […]
FDA allows more vitamin D fortification in cereal and bars
CPGs are continuing to look for ways to increase the nutritional aspects of their food products. For Kellogg, adding vitamin D provides a beneficial, sought-after nutrient to products like cereal, which have long been dogged by a perception of unhealthiness. The company last increased vihow much iron is in 324 mg of ferrous gluconatetamin D fortificatipara […]
Leftovers: Kelly Clarkson, Jonas Brothers bring popcorn to the BBQ; Breyers goes oat-ally non-dairy
Rob’s Backstage Popcorn has rolled out a new product in collaboration with Grammy-winning singer Kelly Clarkson, Kelly’s Classic BBQ.The brand, owned by pop band the Jonas Brothers and The Naked Market, launched in retail stores last year.The collaboration came about after the brothers appeared on Clarkson’s talk show last April to promote the product. She […]
Molson Coors debuts nonalcoholic RTD cocktail line
With Roxie, Molson Coors is tapping into several trends that signal an evolution in how consumers consume beverages.The company said in a statement it wanted to create a beverage forferrous fumarate tablets 322mg consumers who choose not to drink by iron pills ferrous fumaratemaking something similar to what they might order at a bar. The beverage […]
PepsiCo overhauls recipe for its Zero Sugar cola
While the cola wars of the 1980s might seem a distant memory, for PepsiCo and its archrival Coca-Cola the competition between the soda giants remains as vibrant as ever.Beverage makers are cognizant that consumers are cutting back on sugar, making it important for them to have a market-leading product that taps into this ever-growing demographic.Sugarferrous […]
Why food and beverage cases make up the majority of the ‘most ridiculous’ lawsuits
While a lawsuit taking Kraft Heinz to task for making microwaveable macaroni and cheese that doesn’t quite live up to the on-package promise of taking three and a half minutes to make may seem frivolous, it’s part of a subcategory of legal filings that are big business for some attorneys, and sometimes a headache for […]
Live Green Co adds precision fermentation to enhance recommendations
The Live Green Co has been working toward solutions to make plant-based products for both full product design and chemical food additives. And while its Charaka platform can make recommendations of different plants and protein ingredients to replace those that come from animals or chemicals, being able to harness precision fermentation gives the company the ability to […]
Ayana Bio invests $3M to create healthy ingredients from chocolate
Chocolate is fantastic, and that’s why Ayana Bio is paying special attention to it, said co-founder and Chief Technical Officer Effendi Leonard.But he’s not praising chocolate for its taste, its near-universal appeal or its ability to inspire deep emotion among consumers. Instead, Leonard is praising the beneficial polyphenols that occur naturally in cacao. These compounds […]
USDA issues rule strengthening organic program
Once seen as a paragon for food grown naturally, The Washington Post’s reporting in 2017 — and the subsequent Inspector General’s report finding widespread problems in organic enforcement at ports — showed there were many holes in the USDA Organic Program.This rule, which was years in the making, seeks to plug all of those holes […]