Fruit, vegetable, nut ingredients

Conserve capital or invest? Atomo Coffee doubles down with new facility

24-Jan-2024 By Ryan Daily

Seattle-based coffee startup Atomo Coffee is a couple of months away from launching its new manufacturing facility to scale production of its espresso, created with upcycled ingredients and no coffee beans, as the company double downs on its ambition...

Plant-based diet, whether ‘healthy’ or ‘unhealthy’, linked to weight loss

24-Jan-2024 By Donna Eastlake

Latest research suggests replacing animal products with vegan alternatives provides multiple health benefits, including weight loss.

Dietary Guidelines Advisory Subcommittees collaborate on diet simulations for diverse populations

23-Jan-2024 By Deniz Ataman

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's (DGAC)Health Equity Working Group and Food Pattern Modeling and Data Analysis subcommittees provided details on its pilot program to develop dietary intake patterns for American Indian and Alaska Native...

US: Whole and lactose-free milk sales grow as plant-based alternatives dip

21-Jan-2024 By Teodora Lyubomirova

While the annual fluid milk consumption continues to decline, some categories have bucked the trend with growing retail sales in 2023, according to newly-released data.

Startup Spotlight

[Video] ELAVI's journey to Costco and reinvigorating its brand

18-Jan-2024 By Deniz Ataman

Participating in Costco’s RoadShow and interacting directly with consumers to sample its gut-friendly, cashew dessert spreads gave WOC-founded startup ELAVI insights that would have “cost thousands of dollars” to acquire elsewhere, allowing it to make...

Fiber Foods eyes global expansion for dried jackfruit ingredient with help of PeakBridge funding

18-Jan-2024 By Ryan Daily

Ingredient supplier Fiber Foods is taking its dried jack fruit ingredient to a more global audience with the help of recent funding from venture capital firm PeakBridge, as hybrid plant-based and animal-based meat products gain traction, company co-founder...

Intelligentsia reformulates its RTD oat milk lattes without Oatly to lower costs, streamline its supply chain

17-Jan-2024 By Deniz Ataman

Intelligentsia Coffee is replacing Oatly oat milk with a new formulation in its RTD lattes as a way to "improve supply chain logistics and lowering cost of production," while balancing its flavors and sensory profile, Bailey Manson, director...

Daily Harvest’s January Jumpstart program features GLP-1-focused meal plans

15-Jan-2024 By Deniz Ataman

Daily Harvest's debut of its GLP-1 Companion Food Collection as part of its quick-to-prep January Jumpstart plan includes “meals made with only real foods that are calorie-conscious while delivering ample vitamins and minerals,” Carolina Schneider,...

Can Oatly reinvigorate slowing oatmilk category sales with launch unsweetened, clean-label options?

11-Jan-2024 By Elizabeth Crawford

Oatmilk pioneer Oatly’s new Unsweetened Oatmilk and Super Basic Oatmilk, which launched this week, respond to rising consumer concerns about plant-based milks, including their nutritional value and, for some, long lists of unfamiliar ingredients, which...

From tuna to plant-based fish, how brands are expanding the canned fish category

11-Jan-2024 By Deniz Ataman

Poised to grow to $50.47bn by 2030, the global canned seafood market is driven by consumer demand for nutrient-rich foods, like protein and fatty acids, and longer shelf-life, per Grandview Research data. Notably, canned tuna, with its high nutritional...

Precision versus personalization: AHARA explores a “new frontier” in nutrition

10-Jan-2024 By Deniz Ataman

With the rising popularity of personalized nutrition plans, AHARA’s app takes personalization one step further through precision nutrition, a combination of machine-learning, evidence-based nutrition science and an international advisory board to verify...

Vegetarian consumers feel left out in today’s market, Ingredient Communications reports

09-Jan-2024 By Ryan Daily

Vegetarian consumers are increasingly dissatisfied with the food choices available to them, as 100% plant-based might have deterred some shoppers, according to research conducted by market research company SurveyGoo and commissioned by Ingredient Communications....

A cup of lab-grown Joe: researchers release proof of concept for cell-cultured coffee

09-Jan-2024 By Deniz Ataman

Dr. Heiko Rischer and his team at VTT Technical Research of Finland published its cell-cultured coffee recipe, highlighting the opportunity to strengthen and reinforce the global coffee supply chain.

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Tea sales rise, but volume flattens as brands explore how to boost consumption

08-Jan-2024 By Elizabeth Crawford

Tea’s inherent functional benefits, positive sustainability messaging and diverse usage occasions, formats and flavor profiles should make it a shoe-in for US consumers searching for healthier options that don’t compromise taste or convenience, and yet...

CRISPR launch aims to future-proof agrifood production

04-Jan-2024 By Natasha Spencer-Joilliffe

CRISPR technology, the gene-editing technology, hones in on food security and sustainability through genetic modification.

Chamberlain Coffee continues RTD expansion, launches Oatmilk Lattes

02-Jan-2024 By Deniz Ataman

The Gen Z-oriented coffee brand Chamberlain Coffee released Salted Caramel and Mocha oatmilk lattes last month to “appeal to those that like a sweeter coffee and prefer oats as their top choice of milk,” Christopher Gallant, CEO, told FoodNavigator-USA.

[Video] Green Onyx launches its vertically farmed freshwater lentils into space

20-Dec-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Pioneering the growth of nutrient-dense duckweed in its indoor farm, Israeli start-up Green Onyx launched its flagship product, Wanna Greens, to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX. The mission allows them to test their innovative cultivation...

How to produce higher value alternative proteins with less cost, waste and energy

20-Dec-2023 By René Floris, NIZO Food Research Division Manager

Innovative processing and sequential extraction and purification hold the key, believes NIZO Food Research.

Springdale Ventures raises $40M for Fund II, targets early-stage CPG brands

19-Dec-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Nearly doubling its size since 2019, the Austin-based venture capital firm secures its new funding round with backing from returning limited partners, family offices, entrepreneurs, and athletes.

Producers boost plant-based meat’s nutritional value

19-Dec-2023 By Natasha Spencer-Joilliffe

Plant-based meats role in public health will be boosted by the addition of ingredients such as vitamin B12.

Holland and Barrett predicts health trends for 2024

19-Dec-2023 By Olivia Brown

Following strong trends in protein and immunity throughout 2023, Holland and Barrett predicts new consumer demands for natural energy alternatives, cognitive care, personalised hormonal support, and optimised hydration in 2024.

How do we measure the success of regenerative agriculture?

19-Dec-2023 By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

A more granular approach to regenerative agriculture that considers farmer's experience and the local landscape will help drive positive outcomes for people, nature and climate says Regen10

Peach is 2024’s flavour of the year: Chosen to inspire community, kindness and comfort

19-Dec-2023 By Gill Hyslop

It’s expected to be a year of blush – with dsm-firmenich declaring Peach+ as its 12th annual Flavour of the Year, inspired by Pantone’s Colour of the Year, Peach Fuzz.

Beyond meat and dairy analogues: What can plant-based protein do?

15-Dec-2023 By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

Plant-based protein isn’t just about meat and dairy analogues. At Food Ingredients Europe in Frankfurt last month, FoodNavigator spoke to companies doing a range of things with alternative proteins outside of simply adding them to plant-based burgers,...

NYC’s public schools expand farm to school programming, improving nutrition access

15-Dec-2023 By Deniz Ataman

New York City Public Schools’ Office of Food & Nutrition Services (OFNS) received $200,000 from USDA and New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSDAM) for agricultural education programming, enhance local produce sourcing from marginalized...

AHARA partners with Instacart to streamline shopping for personalized nutrition

15-Dec-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Precision nutrition and food-tech platform AHARA's integration with Instacart allows users to easily add nutritionist-recommended items to their grocery lists on the food delivery platform.

Partnership for a Healthier America and Instacart tap D.C.’s nutrition programs to improve fresh produce access for underserved families

14-Dec-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Combining local community programs and services with national technology and nutrition education, Partnership for a Healthier America’s (PHA) Good Food at Home program has reached 30 cities across the U.S., with a recent launch in Washington, D.C. The...

WNWN completes Mondelēz innovation program with plans to expand its chocolate-free line

11-Dec-2023 By Deniz Ataman

WNWN Food Labs’ recent completion in Mondelēz International, Inc.’s CoLab Tech accelerator is “just the beginning” for the cocoa-free brand, Johnny Drain, co-founder, WNWN, told FoodNavigator-USA.

The proof is in the compostable cup: Better for All's strategy for composting over recycling

11-Dec-2023 By Deniz Ataman

While more companies are ordering Better for All’s land and marine compostable cups compared to five years ago, the cups’ base biopolymer P-Hydroxy-Benzoate Hydroxylase (PHBH) is roughly 1.6 times more expensive than PLA (polylactic acid), a natural polymer...

Daiya Foods embraces dairy-like culturing methods as it unleashes reformulated plant-based cheese

11-Dec-2023 By Teodora Lyubomirova

The company tells us more about its reformulation process and the key to achieving ‘smooth, creamy texture and dairy-like melt’.

[Video] Strawberry (vertical) fields forever: Plenty expands from leafy greens with Driscoll’s partnership

07-Dec-2023 By Deniz Ataman

While Plenty will continue growing leafy greens in its 100,000 square foot Compton, Calif., facility to retailers like Walmart, the indoor vertical farm heads for the East coast to Richmond, Va., where it will use Driscoll’s genetic know-how to grow flavorful...

How can industry turn the tide on seaweed consumption?

07-Dec-2023 By Flora Southey

In Europe, many consumers associated seaweed with the rotting, smelly kelp that washes up on beaches. How can industry cultivate consumer appetite for marine plants?

Beyond the berry, Oishii launches Rubī tomato

06-Dec-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Oishii’s Rubī, which means “ruby” in Japanese, is the vertical farm’s third fruit within its portfolio to launch in select Whole Foods locations with expected expansion to other locations in the coming months. Prior to Rubī, the vertical farm launched...

JM Smucker bucks market trend with higher volumes despite price increases in select categories

06-Dec-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

Higher prices are not stopping consumers from buying JM Smucker’s iconic coffee, spreads and snack brands, unlike with many competitors that have struggled with sliding volumes in direct proportion to inflation-related price increases.

Mac and cheese goes dairy-free with Kraft NotMac&Cheese launch

01-Dec-2023 By Deniz Ataman

The pantry staple by The Kraft Heinz Not Company features a plant-based sauce made of fava bean protein and coconut oil powder in two flavors—original and white cheddar—priced at $3.49 a box on shelves this month and continuing its rollout in early 2024....

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Snacking increases but innovation needed for long-term growth

29-Nov-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

Snacking in the US continues to climb, according to data from Circana, despite predictions that a surge in the frequency and sales of snacks during the pandemic was unsustainable and would revert to pre-COVID levels as consumers returned to in-person...

‘We believe consumer demand for healthier choices is there’: PepsiCo expands its use of diverse ingredients

24-Nov-2023 By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

Ingredients such as whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds and plant-based protein are highly nutritious. Snacks major PepsiCo, in its shift towards expanding its ‘diverse ingredients’ portfolio, plans to produce products containing...

Heali’s food-as-medicine platform to improve nutrition, food access for consumers, businesses

21-Nov-2023 By Deniz Ataman

With $3M in seed funding from Astanor Ventures, Heali plans to expand its personalized nutrition services for consumers and patients with chronic illnesses through its database of evidence-based nutrition research, while developing a larger presence with...

Futureproofing the Food System

Will ‘healthy’ iconography help consumers select better options?

17-Nov-2023 By Deniz Ataman

While the FDA is updating its current definition of healthy and exploring voluntary iconography for packaging, the term means many different things to many different people, which could complicate the impact of the icon and product marketing, suggests...

[On-demand event] Building resilient supply chains from seed to field and ‘farm gate to dinner plate’

17-Nov-2023 By Ryan Daily

Food and beverage companies need to take a holistic view of their agriculture and logistic processes to create resilient supply chains that can weather sudden and drastic challenges, a panel of experts shared during FoodNavigator-USA’s Futureproofing...

Futureproofing the Food System

Building a defensible vertical farm is more than technology

16-Nov-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Vertical farms promise to produce climate-resilient crops devoid of pesticides and fertilizers while reducing reliance on natural resources in contrast to traditional agriculture. Yet with the more recent failures of vertical farms due to high energy...

Futureproofing the Food System

[Watch-on-demand] “Your AI is going to be as good as your data”

16-Nov-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Understanding how to identify and leverage useful data into a consistent and predictive algorithm is critical for a nimble and productive business strategy. How can businesses across the food sector—from ingredient discovery and product development to...

Futureproofing The Food System

Watch on demand: What will it take to win over prescribers, insurers to food-as-medicine movement?

16-Nov-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

As the concept of “food as medicine” gains traction, doctors, dietitians and insurers already active in the space are keen to distinguish the difference between “better-for-you” products and those proven to effect a health change and therefore worthy...

Futureproofing The Food System

Watch on demand: Can cellular agriculture, precision fermentation and molecular farming deliver on the promise for more sustainable proteins?

15-Nov-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

Despite notable advances in alternative protein production in 2023, including clearing regulatory hurdles, increasing capacity and expanding distribution, the segment faces significant hurdles, including questions about safety, sales and its ability to...

PepsiCo awards CHUZA winner of Greenhouse Accelerator Program Juntos Crecemos edition

13-Nov-2023 By Ryan Daily

PepsiCo awared snack brand CHUZA the grand prize for the Greenhouse Accelerator Program: Juntos Crecemos edition, as the startup plans to use the award money to expand distribution across the US, brand founder and CEO Daniel Schwarz told FoodNavigator-USA....

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: How plant-based players can ensure steady, long-term growth

13-Nov-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

Contrary to high-profile headlines about sliding sales of meat alternatives, consumer demand for plant-based products across categories continues to climb, but for the segment to reach its full potential – and continue expanding its consumer base – new...

Futureproofing the Food System

Watch this week: FoodNavigator-USA’s digital summit explores trends in food-tech, food as medicine and the circular economy

13-Nov-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

This week, join FoodNavigator-USA and stakeholders across the supply chain, including Eat Just, The Hartman Group, Oishii, NotCo, Instacart, NIQ, Consumer Brands Association, FMI – The Food Industry Association, Cargill and more for our three-day Futureproofing...

Spilling the tea (and coffee) on natural beverage trends

10-Nov-2023 By Deniz Ataman

The functional and perceived health benefits of tea and coffee paired with their familiarity and diverse usage occasions across dayparts make them ideal platforms for beverage manufacturers to meet consumers’ evolving preferences for indulgence, health...

Consumers expect to pay more for holiday meals, continue seeking convenience from grocery retailers

10-Nov-2023 By Deniz Ataman

Thanksgiving retail is expected to see a more judicious consumer who expects to pay more this year and will seek more deals while retailers can expand food service departments with semi and fully-prepared meals to complement the majority of consumers...

Me vs. others, status vs. group: The values that drive alternative meat consumption

06-Nov-2023 By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

Why do people buy meat alternatives? A new study reveals that values focused on one’s relationship to a group, such as ‘self-transcendence’, are far more likely to influence their decision to buy meat alternatives than ‘self-focused’ values such as a...