Lukas Southard

Plant-based food company Chunk Foods has moved into retail with its whole muscle, meat alternatives. The launch is beginning with independent specialty retailers in Los Angeles and New York with plans to expand into bigger chains in 2025.

New nut mix maker Wanderlands is blending neuroscience and winemaking to make a “transportive” snacking experience for consumers.

After a positive Q4, Simply Good Foods presented an optimistic outlook for the coming FY2025 with a continued restructuring of the Atkins brand and the further integration of OWYN into its portfolio.

After pandemic driven sales highs and inflationary lows, emerging bean brands are using a variety of techniques from online sales marketing to pouched packaging as they differentiate from category incumbents.

Manufacturing B2B platform Keychain recently added $2.5 million from The Hershey Company, bringing the technology company’s total investment to $20.5 million in under a year.

PepsiCo announced slow food brand sales dragged down its Q3 earnings as “business disruptions” to its international business lowered the company’s organic revenue growth outlook.

Bioactive protein lactoferrin used in supplements and infant formula is usually derived from cow’s milk but a number of precision fermentation companies are using innovative processes to create a less expensive and more sustainably sourced ingredient.

BetterBrand, the company behind low-carb bagels, buns and rolls with a pre-money valuation of $170 million, might be in the process of shutting down as its website has been recently disabled and customers have taken to social platforms to express complaints over unfulfilled orders and a lack of communication.

Oasis Date (formerly Oasis Date Gardens) announced it is now the largest date producer and processor in North America with over 5,000 farmed acres of organic Medjool dates including the world’s first Regenerative Organic Certified farm.

The frozen smoothie category has evolved since pandemic lockdowns with consumers demanding more convenience and functionality blended together and packaged at a price accessible to mass channel shoppers.