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AYO Foods is looking to bring the flavors of West Africa to every aisle while prioritizing the expansion of its frozen set to enable user-friendly experience when consumers try its recipes.

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.

Rapid delivery service Buyk is seeking a buyer for its assets after declaring bankruptcy earlier this year due to funding issues.

Expo East introduced a wide assortment of new condiments, sauces and dressings to the natural food market; many touting ingredient lists that were gluten free, low-to-no sugar and Keto- or Paleo-friendly.

In this video, Chubby Snacks CEO and co-founder Dillon Ceglio shared how the pre-made sandwich brand plans to challenge category leader Uncrustables with a better-for-you option.

As food brands made their way to Natural Products Expo East in Philadelphia last Wednesday, organizations across both the public and private sector convened at the White House for the first Hunger, Nutrition and Health conference in 50 years.

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.

Each year, NOSH recognizes companies, brands, individuals, products, ideas, and trends through our annual Best Of awards show, presented at our two-day NOSH Live conference for natural food professionals. This year, the show will take place on December 1st in Santa Monica, CA. Nominations for the 2022 NOSH Best Of awards are currently open.

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.

Method Products and Ripple Foods founder Adam Lowry is set to join refrigerated dessert brand Bon Devil as its next general manager, the company announced today.

Plant-based food company Wicked Kitchen has raised $20 million to help it “further ramp up global brand awareness initiatives” and expand retail distribution into other channels, such as foodservice, the company announced in a press release today.