The traceability rule is a part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and has been bucketed into the FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative. As the agency works to enhance food safety in general, it makes sense for the government to also use traceability technology — implemented for years by grocery stores […]
Wilk makes yogurt using milk from cultivated cells
Following the FDA’s letter on Wednesday affirming the safety of Upside Foods’ chicken, there have been a lot of discussions this week about cell cultivation as a way to make meat. But as this breakthrough from Wilk shows, there is a lot more to cell cultivation technology and additional ways it can be used to sustainably […]
Leftovers: Sipping lasagna with Stouffer’s Bloody Mary Mix; Spam brings figgy pudding across the pond
‘Tis the season to be saucy.Nestlé jumped into the cocktail mixer space this week with Stouffer’s Lasagna Inspired Bloody Mary Mix. The company says it gives consumers “a bold and savory cocktail mixer bringing the comforting taste of Stoufidaman ferrous fumarate tabletfer’s classic lasagna sauce to the glass.”Consumers can make frozen meal-inspired cocktails by combining the mixer […]
Perfect Day expands its reach with gelatin company purchase
While Perfect Day has had a banner year with big new products and initiatives, this acquisition represents the company’s biggest leap forward yet. Sterling Biotech doubles the company’s production capacity, with four state-of-the-art manufacturing assets featuring robust fermentation capabilities.With its new assets in India, Perfect Day will not only expand its footprint but also the […]
Plant-based consumers spend less on meat and dairy, study finds
This study was published at an interesting time for the plant-based sector. While business was booming in 2020 and slowing down in 2021, this year has served as a contrast.But while some news outlets seem poised to write the plant-based sector’s obituary, there’s still investment, innovation and sdifference between iron and ferrous fumarateales for plant-based, […]
Upstart bottled water makers thirst for differentiation in $40B industry
In 2020, Matt Levine would pedal his bike around Brooklyn with a backpack full of water hoping to make some green. But, during the early months of the pandemic, the former restaurant owner’s goal was more than just making money. Levine wanted to pique the interest of businesses to carry his unusual liquid: mountain spring water […]
ICL Food Specialties and Protera Biosciences partner on AI-discovered plant-based ingredients
The collaboration of ICL Food Specialties and Protera Biosciences is one that could both pave the way for many advancements in new protein ingredients, and their adoption throughout the world. ICL Food Specialties is the ingredients-specific arm of global specialty minerals giant ICL Group: a company with deep pockets, manufacturing and distribution expertise, a commitment […]
‘A win for public health’: Initial reactions to the ‘healthy’ definition
When the FDA published its proposed rule defining “healthy” last week, there was a lot to digest — literally.The 105-page document was published as many people who had been anxiously awaiting it assembled in Washington, D.C., for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health.The proposed measure was seven years in the making. In 2015, […]
5 attention-grabbing products from Natural Products Expo East
Among the more than 1,100 brands on the trade show floor at this year’s Natural Products Expo East in Philadelphia from Sept. 28 through Ocferrous gluconate and zinct. 1 were hundreds of novel product offerings — many of which capitalize on growing trends in the wellness and functional food space — that their founders hope will […]
Why the food industry is the cause and the cure of unhealthy diets
Last week, a landmark conference on food and nutrition was hosted by the White House. President Biden challenged us all to think big, take action and work together. We all know we need to if we are to stand a chance of getting anywhere near close to eradicating hunger and diet-related diseases and death by […]