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

Building a business carries plenty of risk – but one of them shouldn’t be wondering, when it’s finally time to sell, whether all that hard work is about to implode. Morgan Zanotti, the co-founder of condiment company Primal Kitchen, didn’t want to see that happen, even when the company became a symbol of entrepreneurial success when it sold to Kraft Heinz for $200 million less than four years after its founding.

Bar purveyors displayed at NACS new packaging, products and formulation changes that aligned with consumer demand for energy, creatine and flavor-forward innovation.

Global flavors, heritage-inspired foods and “Female Rage” fueled Union Kitchen’s Meet the Makers event this past Sunday, drawing in nearly 100 vendors to sample.

This week, we’re getting spicy in the Hot Ones seat with a can of pickle Mary mix – and wondering if BUILT Brands is headed for a sale. Hey, what more could you ask for?

There’s likely only one entrepreneur out there that can claim their work has aided both astronomical discoveries and celebrity tea spilling.

In this week’s notable new products roundup, Pop-Tarts and Pitaya jump on the protein craze, LOVE CORN offers trick-or-treaters an alternative to candy and Fishwife expands its portfolio of tinned seafood.

Consumer preferences seem to be shifting almost daily. That can make it pretty tough for brands to figure out where to focus and lean in to secure a spot in a shopper’s basket.

In an innovative step forward for the chocolate industry, Celleste Bio this week unveiled chocolate-grade cocoa butter produced using plant cell culture technology.

Nosh and :INCLUDED CPG are proud to share the five brands selected to attend Nosh Live in L.A. (Dec. 4–5) through our :INCLUDED partnership.

Chobani has raised $650 million in new equity capital to support its continued growth and recent manufacturing investments.

This week on the podcast, Nosh managing editor Monica Watrous and senior reporter Avery dig into Whole Foods Market’s annual trends forecast and DayDayCook’s shift away from its recent brand acquisitions to focus on bitcoin. The podcasters also discuss the potential of a new food processing technology and the legal battle brewing between Liquid Death and Death Wish Coffee.

BUILT Brands may be the latest protein bar producer to explore an exit, according to Reuters.

Price-pack architecture, AI and continuous portfolio renovation were key themes during General Mills’ Investor Day Tuesday as it asserted its ability to meet changing consumer demands and produce “industry leading levels of margin management cost savings.”

Trader Joe’s is the latest producer of crustless PB&J sandwiches to become entangled in a legal battle with Smucker’s.