Food Industry News, Insights, and Education for the CPG Community

Cottage cheese has already found its way into frozen desserts, dips and even pizza crusts. Now, startup Curd is looking to give the protein-rich dairy staple a sweeter spin with a line of refrigerated cottage cheese-based puddings.

Oatly is embracing functional beverages as it pushes toward its next era of innovation with a soon-to-launch Fiber line, the company announced during its Q3 earnings call this morning.

Edible cookie dough brand Doughy has revamped its visual identity as it launches its new flat-pack format in Target for the holidays.

The tech-to-functional-food pipeline is now stocked with fiber. ZOE, the personalized food and nutrition app, has expanded into the snack aisle.

Sunnie has closed a $1.6 million bridge round to support an accelerated national rollout of its refrigerated lunch kits as the company expands into the category it initially set out to disrupt. The Funding: The Los Angeles-based company closed the round in September, exceeding its initial $1.2 million target. Co-founders and co-CEOs Katy Tucker and… Read more »

Beef tallow tortilla chip brand Vaca Chips has raised a fresh $5.6 million, led by Barrel Ventures, after raising $1.5M over the summer.

Deep Brands is seeding future growth after its flagship brand surpassed $100 million in annual sales: from debuting a new Thai-focused brand, to bringing back SVP of marketing Maria McManus.

That’s it. has entered Target with its fruit granola product line as JUNKLESS expands its footprint into over 6,000 new doors.

PepsiCo is facing a new proposed class action lawsuit targeting its Siete Family Foods brands, alleging the brand’s tortilla and potato chips are falsely marketed as being made only with avocado oil despite the presence of undisclosed seed oils.

Fine Choice Foods, the Canadian manufacturer behind Asian-inspired food brand SUMM!, has been acquired by private equity firm Power Sustainable Lios from Swander Pace Capital.

After its acquisition earlier this year by Marzetti, Japanese-inspired sauce brand Bachan’s is entering the mayonnaise category.

This week, we’re checking out Dan-O’s o-mazing raise, keeping track of Vita Coco sales, and doing the beer mile – vodka+ade style. Hey, what more could you ask for?

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A new FDA rule expanded applications for sodium alternatives. While most of the industry lauded the effort, we reached out to some experts to understand if this move can have a tangible impact.