Food Wire

Nick’s Stick’s, a Castleray Company, and premium producer of grass-fed beef and free-range turkey meat snacks is pleased to introduce a new snack stick to the company’s offering. The popular product attributes from Nick’s Sticks are now available in Free-Range Chicken, both Original and Spicy flavors.

QDOBA Mexican Eats is adding plant-based Impossible to its restaurants’ menus across the U.S. Following a successful product test in Michigan, the brand has decided to broaden its offering of Impossible with rolling availability beginning April 23 at select restaurants in Brooklyn, Denver and Los Angeles.

Del Taco Restaurants, Inc., the nation’s second leading Mexican quick service restaurant, has announced the nationwide expansion of the company’s Beyond Tacos, offered in partnership with plant-based leader, Beyond Meat.

Buddha Teas, the unadulterated tea brand announced that 325 Sprouts Farmers Market locations across the U.S. will now offer seven Buddha Teas tea blends, further expanding the brand’s nationwide presence.

East Pole Coffee Co., the Atlanta, Georgia-based coffee bar and wholesale roaster, announces the launch of its new ‘Super Special Coffee’ Finca Monteblanco Pink Bourbon. The release is the latest coffee in East Pole’s ongoing ‘Super Special Coffee’ series, which highlights rare coffee varieties and processing methods that feature complex tasting notes and exceptional flavors.

Karma Nuts is mixing up the snack category with its exclusive cashews in three new delectable flavors. Karma Nuts is home of the award-winning “Wrapped Cashew,” meaning they are dry roasted in their natural skin without added oil.

A La Mode, a handcrafted, premium, nut, sesame and egg-free ice cream brand, has announced its transition to all-natural ingredients along with the introduction of a unique packaging update to the current upbeat and playful cartons— most notably including color changing spoons.

Food-X, the world’s first and most active food innovation accelerator, has unveiled the startup roster for its latest cohort: Cohort 9. Among the eight companies are a conversational commerce disrupter, a venture offering clean label flavor innovations, an AI-powered real-time consumer insights startup and a fresh food company harnessing smart technology.

Torani, a leader in the flavor industry for nearly 100 years – has announced the launch of its newest product line, Puremade Syrups and Sauces. Torani is expanding its offering to include a new line of expertly crafted syrups and sauces, delivering amazing flavor with clean, natural ingredients.

Wedderspoon, passionate steward of genuine manuka honey-based products and the no. 1 selling Manuka brand in North America, has announced that all its products are now Glyphosate Residue Free as certified by The Detox Project. This certification ensures that Wedderspoon’s Manuka honey products do not contain the world’s most common herbicide, further enhancing the brand’s hive-to-home promise.