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

Regenerative pantry staple producer SIMPLi announced it has secured investment from Chipotle Mexican Grill’s Cultivate Next Fund.

For years, packaged food companies have largely competed on product innovation, promotional support, and brand equity. But a new report suggests those strategies alone may no longer be enough.

As Americana becomes increasingly popular, brands face a key challenge: How do they create something that feels real and resonant rather than simply wrapping a product in red, white and blue?

While testing new categories, Junkless has expanded its footprint in the last year, eyeing new opportunities in c-stores, mass and club.

WILDE has built its reputation by proving chicken breast belongs in the snack aisle. FoodStory Brands is stepping into the protein bar ring with a brand created in partnership with global mixed martial arts organization UFC.

U.S.-based LIVEKINDLY Collective continues to grow its suite of plant-based manufacturing power, recently announcing the acquisition of Greenforce Future Food.

McCormick & Co. received $28 million in tariff refunds during its second quarter and expects an additional $3 million in the back half of the year, offering some relief as the company contends with mounting inflationary pressures.

Saigon Bonbon is among the newest entrants in the gummy candy space, pairing Vietnamese-inspired flavors with lower-sugar formulations and a brand story rooted in culture, community and representation.

Tara Bosch helped transform the candy aisle. Now she’s setting her sights on salty snacks. As the founder of SmartSweets and, more recently, Snackish, Bosch has built a career around challenging legacy categories. At Nosh Live 2026, she’ll share the hard-earned lessons from scaling a breakout brand, navigating a successful exit and applying those insights as she embarks on her second act.

A lack of provable causation between the consumption of ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) and dietary illness led a Pennsylvania court to dismiss a lawsuit targeting 11 major food and beverage manufacturers this week, on grounds that the plaintiff has failed to establish that their products contributed to his pediatric diabetes.

The Better Meat Co. announced today that it will begin doing business as BMC Ingredients to expand the market for its Rhiza mycelium ingredients into additional food categories.

FOND was weeks into raising a Series A when founder and CEO Alysa Seeland got a call that completely broke the business – and forced it to rebuild with mission and profitability as the only objectives.

As part of our exclusive data series for BevNET & Nosh Insiders, we’re partnering with Calebrate, an insights tool that shows CPG brands the best places to sell next, down to the store level, so they are not putting money into the wrong markets that will never pay off. Calebrate combines its own proprietary distribution dataset with demographic data and a range of other signals to point brands to the specific places they are most likely to gain traction. It gives them the insight to build highly localized strategies, grow momentum where it counts, and turn that into bigger opportunities.

Barebells parent company, Vitamin Well Group, has merged with Belgium-based nutritional bar manufacturer EMPWR.