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

Yesterday plant-based meat brand Beyond Meat faced the heat and emerged sizzling. The popular protein play began trading on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol BYND and served up the year’s best IPO debut. However, the question remains, what does the company have to do next in order run alongside fellow protein players and move beyond its current market position?

The consumer craze with cauliflower shows no sign of slowing down. Today, frozen food and snack brand Cali’flour announced the close of a round of capital led by Sunrise Strategic and a leadership transition in an effort to more heavily move the business into retail.

Food entrepreneurs: your brands are your babies. As they evolve, it’s hard to loosen the reins and let them fly. How do you know when you need help, specifically a CEO? And how do you learn to accept it? Jeni Britton Bauer and John Lowe join NOSH Live Summer 2019 to talk about their relationship over the years as founder and CEO and how it has developed.

The FDA issued new draft guidance last week for allulose, stating it intends to allow manufacturers to exclude the low-calorie sweetener from total and added sugars on Nutrition Facts labels, marking the first time a sweetener will be exempt from the total or added sugars list.

What are the outer limits of the cannabis business? Where is it succeeding, what are the consumers like, how does it move from a consumption experience to a culinary one? And from there, can it change our level of cultural understanding? The team behind 99th Floor aims to answer those questions and will present their thoughts and ideas about how “Fine Dining” can morph into “High Dining” at the Cannabis Forum, presented by BevNET and NOSH, on June 14 at CNVS in Manhattan.

Ellis Fried is the Founder & CEO of SMPL, a brand that aims to make health and wellness living simple with on-the-go snacks packed with superfoods and adaptogens. Its first SKUs showcase functional ingredients such as CBD, activated charcoal and pine pollen, and are free from dairy, soy, gluten and refined sugar.

Nearly 20 years ago Jesse Laflamme came home from college to find his family’s egg brand, Pete and Gerry’s, on the precipice. In this episode, Laflamme spoke about how the company not only got back on its feet, but also excelled beyond anyone’s expectations.

After a first course, investment firm ACG has found that it wants another bite of Clio Snacks. Earlier this month the group reinvested in the chilled yogurt bar brand. The investment will help the brand complete a new plant as well as launch new product lines.

Gerber, Nesquik, Toll House, Lean Cuisine, Hot Pockets, Haagen-Dazs, KitKat, and the list goes on — they all belong to the largest food company in the world, Nestle. At NOSH Live Summer 2019 we’ll gain insight into the conglomerate’s perspective on cultivating innovation from within as well as through acquisition.

In picking up petite popcorn brand Pipsnacks last month, Factory, an innovation center for food, drink and pet brands, has now fueled itself with five brand investments.

Generational snacking was a major focus of consumer research group IRI’s recent State of the Snacking Industry webinar, which examined how snacking behavior and needs varies between Gen Z, millennials, Baby Boomers and seniors.

Less than 12 hours remain to take advantage of early registration prices for NOSH Live Summer 2019. This two-day conference that champions the cause of food entrepreneurs is returning to the Metropolitan West in New York City this June 10th and 11th, and it will be our largest summer event yet. Hundreds of passionate business leaders from food brands, retailers, investment firms, suppliers, and service providers will come together ready to learn, innovate and grow their business.

Safe and Fair set out to make quality snacking easy, tasty and affordable for consumers with allergies. Now the food company is expanding its purview to make mealtime and parties better too.

Aaron Gailmor is the founder and CEO of Brass Roots, a puff snack brand from New Orleans. The mission-based company has developed high protein salty snacks for young parents that can feel good about sharing it with their kids.