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The frozen smoothie category has evolved since pandemic lockdowns with consumers demanding more convenience and functionality blended together and packaged at a price accessible to mass channel shoppers.

After launching into grain-free granola, Three Wishes is entering a new category with chewy granola bars as it eyes opportunity in snacks and expanding its reach in mass and conventional channels.

Hemp-derived cannabis companies face an uncertain path forward as they navigate an increasingly difficult climate for retail distribution as states like California restrict what can be sold and where.

Citing concerns over public health, California’s Governor Gavin Newsom proposed on Friday an emergency regulation that will heavily restrict “intoxicating hemp products.”

The founder of new labneh brand Bezi talked about being a first-time CPG food founder, capitalizing on the success of Mediterranean dips, and the trial and error in launching a new product in an emerging category.

Now that The Coconut Cult has fully rolled out its refreshed packaging design, CEO Ari Raz talked with Nosh about positioning the plant-based yogurt for future success and how clear messaging is a big part of its growth strategy.

G.O.A.T. Foods has been acquiring URLs of one-word food name and building DTC businesses out of them. With a new $10 million investment, the company is scaling up for more.

Bon Bee Honey, formerly Honey Bunchies, has entered over 400 Sprouts Farmers Market locations, unveiling its new 4-packs as part of the grocery chain’s “New for You” innovation set through September.

UPSIDE Foods has has teamed up with nonprofit, public interest law firm, the Institute for Justice to fight Florida’s ban on cell-cultured meat citing constitutional issues with the state’s approach to restricting interstate commerce.

Smoothie powder producer Kencko is taking its freeze-drying expertise to a new aisles. The New York-based company recently introduced a new line of Iced Lattes and more as it marks it first year in retail.