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

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.

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.