Industry Insights & Data

Fiber and protein may be familiar nutrients, but their role in food and beverage is undergoing a quiet transformation. Spate reveals how these “always-on” macros are not only growing at massive scale, but evolving in meaning.

Brightfield Group uncovers how everyday categories – bars, chips, and grab-and-go snacks – have become ground zero for rising consumer anxiety around ultra-processing, “forever chemicals,” and hidden health tradeoffs.

Will the Poppi playbook work for Jams? Stephen Ellsworth, who co-founded modern soda brand Poppi with his wife, Allison, has joined consumer products house The DropOut Companies as an operating partner. The DropOut Companies was established by Connor Blakley and Josh Franko to launch and scale reimagined childhood classics. Earlier this year, the Nashville-based venture… Read more »

As early-stage deal flow moderates and mid-sized rounds gain share, the quarter signals a market that is stabilizing at a more sustainable pace – one defined by disciplined capital allocation, selective growth, and investor confidence in category leaders.

With 35% of U.S. consumers actively seeking high-protein claims and 26% having bought a refrigerated protein or snack bar in the past three months, demand for protein snacks remains strong. Insiders can full the full report, curated especially for Nosh.

Snacking is going functional—and fast. The new Spate report shows how ingredients once reserved for supplements or beauty are now finding their way into everyday snack formats.

The Q3 2025 Agrowgate BevNET Supply Chain Report highlights how tariffs, freight costs, and crop conditions are shaping the food and beverage industry.

Months after acquiring better-for-you, grain-free tortilla chip producer Siete Foods, PepsiCo is pledging to clean up its flagship products – joining Big Food’s MAHA-driven efforts to kick FD&C colors to the curb.

Despite a volatile landscape, Q2 2025 saw a 13% year-over-year uptick in total U.S. food and beverage venture funding, reaching $342M.

In this report curated exclusively for Nosh Insiders, discover how emerging formats, functional ingredients, and clean oil swaps shake up the snack aisle.