Nosh Staff

On CPG Week, the podcast team talks co-branding, energy drink and protein supplement licensing with sweets makers, and the evolution of cannabis in sports recovery drinks.

Wellness Bars are seeing some growth in sales. Meanwhile, granola & snack bars have seen a slight decline in both sales and units.

Expect Korean foods and flavors to roll out to more retail shelves in the coming year as the cuisine continues to gain traction on U.S. menus.

In this week’s new products roundup, Mike’s Hot Honey unveils yet another co-branded product, SPAM takes inspiration from a popular Korean condiment, and Krusteaz ventures into the refrigerated aisle.

The numbers don’t lie: Over half of Americans are actively trying to shed pounds. The U.S. faces a weight problem with obesity rates more than doubling since 1980 and remaining stubbornly high for over two decades.

This week, the podcast team explores the uphill battle for industrial hemp food and beverage brands as individual states enact restrictions, a juice category merger and the growing snack portfolio of Our Home.

Each year, Nosh recognizes packaged food industry companies, brands, individuals, products, ideas, and trends through our annual Best Of awards show, presented at our two-day Nosh Live conference. This year, the winners will be announced on December 5 in Marina del Rey, CA.

Late last week, CEO Ethan Brown announced the company will soon roll out a whole muscle cut, plant-based steak. As consumers cite the segment’s over-processed nature, could Beyond’s embrace of healthfulness inject a panacea into its challenged profit margins?

In this week’s new products roundup, Myna made its first foray outside of the cookie set, Wenzel’s expanded its portfolio of smoked meat snacks, and Bubbies, Chamberlain Coffee and McConnell’s jumped on the pumpkin spice bandwagon.

On the episode of CPG Week, the team discusses the social chatter around Foxtrot’s reopening, insights from the first Newtopia Now and the state of the non-alcoholic wine category.