Nosh Staff

Across our preparations, these sauces transformed straightforward ingredients such as chicken, tofu, and cauliflower into dishes that could easily pass for restaurant fare.

In this week’s new products roundup, Kraft Natural Cheese makes parmesan pocket-sized, Barebells pumps up the protein in its bars, and Heinz expands into ready-to-eat soups.

This week, the podcast goes through an M&A deal for Greek yogurt bar brand Clio and all the big news from the NACS trade show last week.

The Nombase Podcast is now the CPG Operator Podcast, your go-to resource for what it takes to build and grow a food or beverage brand. The new name reflects what the show has always been about: candid conversations on the day-to-day realities of starting, building and growing a brand, from formulation and pricing to landing shelf space and scaling up.

Alec’s and Purely Elizabeth’s “ice cream for breakfast” collab feels playful and indulgent while maintaining a relatively clean ingredient profile.

In this week’s new products roundup, Ghirardelli makes its debut in the cookie aisle, Thomas’ and Bob Evans put a protein-packed spin on familiar favorites, and Jeni’s explores unconventional ingredients with a new acorn-inspired ice cream flavor.

This week, podcast co-hosts Brad Avery and Lukas Southard dive into the relaxation beverage category, a developing rift between MAHA advocates and the White House, more lawsuits over sweeteners and RIND Snacks’ pivot deeper into co-packing.

Both varieties deliver the crunchy texture consumers expect from chili crisp, adding another dimension beyond the olive oil and seasonings and making the products feel more substantial than a conventional infused oil.

The grown-up cheese stick line comes in Cheddar Gouda and Truffle Reserve flavors, offering 7 grams of protein and 1 gram of carbs per 1 oz. stick.

In this week’s new products roundup, Cheez-It gives its crackers a protein boost, Skittles capitalizes on growing demand for multi-textured confections, and Sauz expands its next-gen pasta sauce lineup.