Nosh Staff

Natural Products Expo East 2022 saw aisles upon aisles of better-for-you treats aimed to cure any sweet tooth. Check out the gallery for everything from autumn-inspired nut butters and cocoa truffle bars to low-sugar chew candies and poppable ice cream bites.

This year’s Natural Products Expo East at the Philadelphia Convention Center saw plenty of protein alternatives spanning far beyond plant-based meat with everything from Green Banana Pasta to Kelp-based Sea Veggie Burgers.

On this week’s show, NOSH editor Carol Ortenberg chatted about Amazon’s first Prime Early Access Sale with Chris Moe, the president and co-founder of the Amazon consulting group Cartograph.

During this year’s Natural Products Expo East at the Philadelphia Convention Center, booths were packed with a wide array of new salty and savory snacks. From plant-based meat sticks to grab-and-go seaweed packs to jalapeno potato crisps, there were plenty of options sure to please every consumer’s palette.

During day two of Natural Products Expo East 2022 BevNET and NOSH reporters Adrianne DeLuca and Lukas Southard share some quick takeaways, notable trends and interesting finds from the show floor.

CPG executive Sarah Bird has been appointed interim CEO of Quinn Snacks. The leadership shakeup happened soon after Bird joined the gluten-free snack company as CMO in July.

Across categories, climate-friendly and carbon neutral foods at Expo East showcased a variety of approaches but entrepreneur’s operating in the space all shared a similar sentiment: consumers care about carbon, and food companies should too.

Natural Products Expo East 2022 kicked off its annual trade show in Philadelphia on Thursday, with food and beverage companies and entrepreneurs eager to showcase their newest products, brands and innovations. BevNET and NOSH editors Martin Caballero and Carol Ortenberg share their quick takeaways from the first day.

This week, Kiva Dickinson, co-founder and managing partner of Selva Ventures joins the NOSH podcast team to break down how D2C has evolved from a pandemic-era must-have to an integral sales and brand development tool. The conversation dives deep into the expectations from investors and how they match up with reality as the industry lands firmly in an omnichannel world.

Max Pouvreau, the founder of premium pudding brand Petit Pot, explained why he has always emphasized frugality and cautious spending, how the hire of an experienced operations executive and planning strategy helped the company scale production and achieve profitability and how being ahead of the curve on permissible indulgence has benefited the brand’s development.