Supplier News

Glanbia Nutritionals has introduced FerriUp, a new whey protein that provides a strong nutrient foundation for active women, a group that may experience depleted iron and energy levels.

Sokol Custom Food Ingredients, a family-owned company that has been developing custom food formulations for 125 years, announced Shawn M. Sullivan has been named CEO, effective as of September 26.

Kerry, the world’s leading taste and nutrition company, has launched Puremul, a new texture system which enables manufacturers to reformulate using a label friendly non-GMO alternative that overcomes the existing sunflower supply challenges. 

Apparo, a plant protein ingredient company, announced a Series A investment of $3.5 million co-led by Endeavor8 and Finistere Ventures. Blue Horizon also joined the funding round.

Stravito, the enterprise insights platform democratizing access to market research and insights for the world’s largest food & beverage companies, announces the launch of Atlas, a new exploratory search tool.

Superbrewed Food, Inc. has announced that its proprietary postbiotic cultured protein has achieved self-affirmed GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status. Superbrewed Food is believed to be the first company to receive self-affirmed GRAS for a microbiome-derived protein.

Blommer Chocolate Company (USA), the largest cocoa processor and ingredient chocolate supplier in North America, and DouxMatok (Israel/USA), a food tech company spearheading sugar reduction, announced the launch of additional chocolate and confectionery products. Earlier this year, Blommer launched the innovative Discovery product line, empowered by  DouxMatok’s award-winning sugar-based sugar reduction solution, Incredo Sugar. The first products were chocolate-flavored chips and they have now expanded the product line to include additional coatings to support utilization in a broader range of food applications, including but not limited to panning, enrobing, and molding.

Icon Foods, a globally respected natural-ingredients supplier, has expanded its team with the addition of Todd Burk, vice president and general manager, and Camden Roarke, procurement manager. Additionally, the company, which has more than 20 years of experience supporting the growth of clean-label food and beverage production, has promoted Collier Johnson to operations leader. 

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (“TreeHouse Foods” or the “Company”) (NYSE: THS) today announced the appointment of Scott Ostfeld, Partner of JANA Partners LLC and Co-Portfolio Manager of its engaged investing strategy JANA Strategic Investments, to the TreeHouse Foods Board of Directors. The appointment is in connection with an agreement with JANA Partners LLC (“JANA”), which owns approximately 9.2% of TreeHouse Foods’ outstanding common stock.

Burcon NutraScience Corporation (“Burcon or the “Company”) (TSX: BU) (NASDAQ: BRCN), a global technology leader in the development of plant-based proteins for foods and beverages, is pleased to announce that it has received a co-investment from Proteins Industries Canada for the development of high-quality protein ingredients from sunflower seeds.