Carol Ortenberg

With the launch of Peckish, a fresh snacking platform centered around eggs, food incubator and investor Sonoma Brands is aiming to bring the same attention to the egg as founder Jon Sebastiani did for meat snacks at his previous company, KRAVE Jerky.

Investment firm Sunrise Strategic Partners announced today an investment in ice cream producer Coolhaus. The company plans to release a plant-based product in the near future.

Can bone broth be the next kombucha? Investment group CAVU Venture Partners thinks so. The fund announced today an $8 million series A investment in upstart bone broth brand, Kettle and Fire.

Snack brand Hippeas today announced a changing of the guard. Founder Livio Bisterzo will move to the role of chairman while Joe Serventi, current U.S. general manager, will assume the role of global CEO.

Health Warrior wants to go beyond bars. The plant-based food brand announced today that it is launching new lines of protein powders and microwavable muffin cups in a quest to become a superfood-based platform brand.

Halo Top, Quest, Kodiak Cakes. These are the CPG role models former Wild Oats category manager and Quest product developer Chris Chiarella looked to when creating Ideal Oats, a line of high-protein, low sugar oatmeal cups.

Just five months after announcing their U.S. debut in Whole Foods Markets, low-sugar candy company SmartSweets is ramping up its mission to kick sugar out of the confection set, launching two new innovations today. The new products will be complimented with an increase in distribution.

From CBD to imperfect produce, this week brands are looking for new ways to appeal to shoppers, embrace the latest trends and streamline their operations. And, for those that achieve these goals, the results can be lucrative.

While the bar category may be a crowded set, Tosi Health thinks there’s room for one more leader at the front of the pack. And now, armed with new capital, the company has more gas in the tank to make this goal a reality.

While working at General Mills, Ibraheem Basir found himself trying to develop products that would both encourage healthy eating and appeal to mainstream shoppers. Now, he’s applying that strategy to his own company — A Dozen Cousins — which is backed by John Foraker, former president of Annie’s Homegrown and current CEO of Once Upon a Farm, and Gail Peterson, a former General Mills marketing director.