Food Industry News, Insights, and Education for the CPG Community

Impossible Foods has brought its plant-based protein platform into U.K. retail stores for the first time.

Online grocery competitors Instacart and Gopuff are joining forces, as the companies announced today that Gopuff will join the Instacart Marketplace and utilize the Instacart Carrots Ads platform to power advertising on its own app in the U.S.

Little Spoon is moving beyond food with the launch of its first daily multivitamin, the latest category expansion for the baby and kids nutrition company as it builds out an “end-to-end feeding platform.

Clean-label food brand Eat Happy Kitchen is going deeper into retail, expanding its flagship pasta sauce line in California and bringing its high protein Cheese Bites snacks to brick-and-mortar accounts for the first time with a rollout into HomeGoods stores nationwide.

Non-UPF Verified is bringing consumers into the ultraprocessed food (UPF) conversation with the release of a new app that features a barcode scanner to check a product’s verification status – and to request that an item become verified if it isn’t already.

Protein snack maker Flings is expanding into bite-sized chocolate indulgences, as it sees margins shrink for its toaster pastry line.

The combination of creamy peanut butter and banana jelly really works, delivering a familiar flavor profile while maintaining the convenience and texture of a classic PB&J.

This week, we’re checking out Cerebelly’s first acquisition as it seeks to build a kids nutrition platform, investigating the Siete of Mediterranean cuisine, and making up words to explain our avocado anxiety. Hey, what more could you ask for?

Amylu Foods is set to reach nearly 130,000 points of distribution by the end of 2026, up roughly 50% from last year, as it adds shelf space across a variety of retailers.

In this week’s new products roundup, AWAKE Chocolate takes its caffeine platform into trail mix, Momofuku Goods makes its biggest portfolio expansion yet with a new line of cooking sauces, and TRUBAR taps into the matcha craze with a limited-edition Cha Cha Matcha collaboration.

Kosterina introduced its first collaborative product this week as it works to build an olive oil platform that plays across food, supplements and beauty.

Kroger shoppers looking for Red Bull or Boar’s Head products may be out of luck for the time being.

Mexican-style soup and sauce maker Juanita’s Foods has acquired a 120,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., giving it a larger production base.

Consumers are starting to get fed up with being told what they need, rather than offered what they want, according to Tastewise’s 2027 Food and Beverage Forecast. The annual webinar claimed that the “Health Promise” made by food and beverage brands is fading from relevance and in some cases is becoming a turnoff.