Marketing

Making the margins work on sustainable packaging remains an industry-wide puzzle that’s yet to be pieced together. Mars-owned KIND Snacks now has a months-long experiment behind it to back that up.

Big Bread still hasn’t cracked the sourdough code, but San Diego-based biotech company Leaven Foods may have just created the secret ingredient to make true sourdough work at scale for home bakers and professionals alike.

The team behind Hot Ones’ branded CPG sauces is expanding beyond its flagship condiment type for the first time with a new line of spicy barbecue sauces.

In this week’s new products roundup, Roots Farm Fresh expands its frozen potato products into the breakfast daypart, Huer Foods and Cholula collaborate on “swicy” gummy candy, and Dr. Praeger’s expands its snack lineup.

For the first time in its over 12-year history, Stone & Skillet has changed its visual identity. The new branding brings a skillet illustration to the logo and adds brighter colors to differentiate flavors.

This week on the podcast, Nosh managing editor Monica Watrous and senior reporter Brad Avery unpack the McCormick-Unilever merger, Constellation Brands’ purchase of HOP WTR, Create Wellness’ fresh funding-fueled expansion, and Q Mixers’ move into functional beverages.

There was a time when an April Fools’ stunt could be delightfully dumb – a clear joke, a quick laugh, maybe a viral tweet. In 2026, that same playbook feels shaky.

Amid a period of “explosive growth,” Toto Foods is evolving beyond its protein-centric messaging with a dessert-forward rebrand aimed at cementing its position as “an ooey, gooey cookie that wins on taste.”

Once Upon A Farm has added five new product lines to its portfolio of kids snacks and meals, claiming the launch marks its largest portfolio expansion to-date.

Creatine gummy brand Create Wellness is moving into powdered beverages with a $20 million investment led by Alliance Consumer Growth and Impact Capital.