Nosh Staff

At Expo West 2023 NOSH editor Carol Ortenberg sat down with Core Foods president and CMO, Brett Hartmann, to discuss how the company is approaching innovation, what lessons it learned from its first foray into shelf-stable snacks and the role retailers play in its decision making process.

From smoothie mixes to new cereals and oatmeals featuring adaptogenic ingredients to on-the-go morning meals, the show floor was packed with both new and old entrants in the category. Here’s a look at some of the newly released products featured at Expo West 2023.

At last week’s Natural Products Expo West, innovations in the frozen food set were plentiful, ranging from modern interpretations of international flavors to plant-based breakfast sandwiches to crispy appetizers. Here’s a look at some of the notable new and recently-launched products featured at Expo West 2023.

Watch reporter Lukas Southard talk with FitJoy’s founder and president Norman Taliaferro about the brand’s progression from whey protein bar into grain-free snack company. Taliaferro explains how building an inclusive brand is more important than individual product callouts.

The NOSH team discusses what they saw, heard and tasted at Expo West 2023 including the possible reverberations of Silicon Valley Bank’s meltdown on CPG food startups.

We’re inviting the local Boston CPG community to our HQ office on Thursday, April 13th for a food, beverage and beer industry meetup. Join our BevNET, NOSH, Brewbound and Taste Radio teams from 6 PM to 8 PM ET for networking, beverages and light appetizers. We also encourage you to BYOS a.k.a. “bring your own samples” for others to try!

Circana, the new combined company name for IRI and the NDP group, announced today the second cohort of 13 consumer packaged goods companies for its Diversity and Advantage program (DAP), eight of which are food and beverage brands.

A day ahead of Expo West, news broke that Patagonia Provisions had acquired climate-friendly snack brand Moonshot Snacks, the CPG brand of carbon management platform Planet FWD. A week prior, Planet FWD had announced a new partnership to join forces with Climate Neutral, a carbon credits certification program.

Filmed at Expo West 2023, in this interview The Kraft Heinz NotCompany CEO Lucho Lopez-May shares how the joint venture has approached innovation and is bringing plant-based alternatives to the Kraft Heinz portfolio.

In our third video recap from last week’s Natural Products Expo West 2023 in Anaheim, the team breaks down the latest news and updates from the event, including how a number of brands are trying to topple Uncrustables as well as a new target consumer (and use case) for functional foods.