Snacks

Chicken chip and cracker brand WILDE Brands is preparing for its next growth phase with a $40 million investment from S2G Investments.

Sprouted snack brand Daily Crunch is taking direct aim at potato chips via its latest line launch, which urges consumers to “Ditch the Chip” with a variety of new flavors modeled after classic potato chip seasonings.

The deal makes MadeGood’s parent company Riverside Natural Foods a unicorn, meaning a private company that has achieved a valuation of $1 billion or more, according to Bloomberg.

The grown-up cheese stick line comes in Cheddar Gouda and Truffle Reserve flavors, offering 7 grams of protein and 1 gram of carbs per 1 oz. stick.

Clean-label food brand Eat Happy Kitchen is going deeper into retail, expanding its flagship pasta sauce line in California and bringing its high protein Cheese Bites snacks to brick-and-mortar accounts for the first time with a rollout into HomeGoods stores nationwide.

Protein snack maker Flings is expanding into bite-sized chocolate indulgences, as it sees margins shrink for its toaster pastry line.

The latest release from the snack maker does an impressive job of combining functional nutrition with flavors and textures that feel approachable and genuinely enjoyable.

Newly rebranded COZY Foods is raising pre-seed funding this summer to support a shift into co-manufacturing and a broader retail push.

Crustless sandwich brand Fave’Wich has been acquired by bakery business JSB Industries for an undisclosed amount.

Little Spoon is embracing its mission as an “end-to-end feeding platform” by launching eight new offerings from June through August.