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

Healthy, but not too healthy. That’s the gist of the products that made this year’s edition of Circana’s 2025 New Product Pacesetters.

In this week’s new product roundup, JiMMYBAR! Expands its creatine line, COB goes deeper into salty snacks, GoGo Squeez extends into new formats and functions and more.

Five years after debuting online, and with a store footprint that so far only includes about 500 Target doors, Opopop is in the midst of attempting to make its biggest retail push to date, opening last month in 3,000 Walmart locations across the country.

Target’s grocery assortment overhaul is already showing promise as the retailer posted its stronger quarter in over a year while exceeding analyst expectations.

Bel North America’s acquisition of Ingenuity Foods earlier this month represents a first step toward creating a better-for-you snack platform.

This week on the podcast, Nosh managing editor Monica Watrous and senior reporter Brad Avery discuss Brami’s new funding, Olipop’s refreshed brand identity, Kettle & Fire’s leadership transition, and Danone’s plans to sell its stake in Lifeway Foods.

Mauna Loa jumps on the pickle flavor craze with a new roasted macadamia nuts offering. Little Sesame unveils a refreshed line of hummus.

Fenton Food and Beverage, a company formed by Yahya Abbas, the founder of Toronto-based Ya Ya Foods Corp., has secured a grant to begin building a roughly 100,000 sq. ft. plant-based milk factory in Fenton, Mich.

Sweet Stash – a new gummy candy brand founded by actor Martin Starr and influencers Ezra and Adeev Potash (a.k.a. “The Potash Twins”) – is expanding its lineup with two new products: Sour Jams and Rock Jams.

FoodStory Brands is stepping into the protein bar ring with one of its most ambitious launches yet: Main Event, a co-owned, co-developed brand created in partnership with UFC.

Brami’s lupini bean pasta is surging with velocities increasing 58% year-over-year, outpacing distribution growth by 30 points, according to Nielsen data for the year-long period ending April 18, 2026.

The Israeli startup today announced the launch of Perfecta Premium Plant-Based Meat, a line of products using a proprietary process designed to mimic the complex textures of traditional animal protein.

Bob’s Red Mill has unveiled a new brand look and feel that brings its commitment to real ingredients and homemade food to the forefront, elevates its logo and introduces a custom typeface.

Kettle & Fire today announced a leadership transition as part of a broader push to scale the bone broth brand into a significantly larger wellness platform – one increasingly backed by operational infrastructure, investor alignment and adjacent-category ambitions.