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

Specialty ingredient purveyor Woodland Gourmet announced today it has acquired International Spices, which creates “high-impact blends” for use in snacks, proteins and prepared foods.

In this reviews roundup, we nosh on Local Style’s Chicago-inspired potato chips and JIMMYBAR! creatine-packed protein bars.

This week on the podcast, Nosh managing editor Monica Watrous and senior reporter Lukas Southard discuss trends and new products featured at the NACS Show held Oct. 14-17 in Chicago. The event drew thousands of convenience store operators to view the latest offerings from food and beverage brands seeking to expand within the channel.

Over the course of six years in business, Stockeld Dreamery raised over $20 million and recently secured a spot in Whole Foods, but this month founder and CEO Sorosh Tavakoli made the decision to close up shop.

Legacy tropical fruit company Dole and new snack brand Wavers are playing to their respective strengths as they attempt to enter the convenience channel.

Whole fruit snacking brand Trü Frü has teamed up with WNBA star Paige Bueckers after her social media posts sharing her love for the brand captured more than 30 million views.

Gerardo Galvan has spent nearly his entire career in beverage. Since departing Topo Chico, he has set his sights on the snack set, marking the start of his entrepreneurial journey with Casa Arte Sano.

This Friday 10/24, early registration pricing expires for Nosh Live, taking place December 4+5 in L.A. Register before the weekend and save $100.

With no end in sight, the U.S. government shutdown has temporarily halted the demerger of Unilever’s ice cream business, which will be known as The Magnum Ice Cream Company.

PNC Brands Group, the parent company of PNC Specialty Foods and Pivot North Consulting Group, has taken a majority stake in Ice Cream Factory, expanding its end-to-end commercialization capabilities.

The large majority of consumers believe food companies rely on ultraprocessing methods to produce food and pad profit margins, but they place little trust in these entities to share accurate information about what they are selling.

When it comes to public offerings for food and beverage brands, it’s been quite a dry spell. If successful, could OUAF’s IPO be the impetus for a shift back toward IPOs in the packaged food and beverage space?

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.