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Four-year-old Ancient Crunch is setting its sights on rebuilding the American snack pantry, betting that consumers will pay a premium for familiar salty snacks crafted with ingredients it says meet higher sourcing standards.

This week on the podcast, Nosh managing editor Monica Watrous and senior reporter Lukas Southard break down the federal government’s first proposed definition of ultraprocessed foods and a rocky quarter for Celsius. The hosts also dig into Khloé Kardashian’s latest Khloud innovation and Keurig Dr Pepper’s lime-forward reformulation of 7UP.

Lifeway recorded another quarter of sequential sales growth, though headwinds from elevated milk prices tempered short-term performance.

BranchOut Food is heading into the back half of 2026 with a growing base of recurring retail and ingredient business as it looks to translate recent customer wins into higher production volumes and improved profitability.

Lotus Bakeries said it will invest 500 million euros, or roughly $577 million, over the next five years to expand global production of Biscoff cookies and spreads.

Wasted is making a break for U.S. retail with a premium “bread waste” pasta nearly two years since food brands began backing away from positioning their products around upcycling.

Part snack, part crouton, all satisfying.

:INCLUDED’s 2026 Impact Report suggest that while diverse founders are demonstrating capital efficiency and real business traction, access to the resources needed to scale remains uneven.

B&G Foods posted a net sales drop of 9.7% ($41.1 million) year-over-year during its second-quarter earnings results. But that trajectory is expected to change considering the decrease was largely due to portfolio reshaping efforts.

Peter Rahal’s latest venture is a low-calorie, low-sugar chocolate brand called HallPass, launching at the end of the month.