Month December 2023

Tamarind tops McCormick’s flavor trends for 2024

HUNT VALLEY, MD. — McCormick & Co. has named tamarind as its flavor of the year for 2024, according to the company’s recently released Flavor Forecast trends report. The annual report is created by a team of chefs, culinary professionals…

Wheat, soybeans, corn climb ahead of reports

Home » Wheat, soybeans, corn climb ahead of reports Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for December 7 Wheat futures climbed Thursday ahead of the USDA’s Crop Production and monthly supply-demand updates. Markets continued to react to China’s purchase of more…

Recyclable packaging launches for dessert cups, baked foods

HARTSVILLE, SC. — Novolex has introduced food packaging containers that are both recyclable and made with a minimum 10% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content. The products include various sizes of cake containers, bakery clamshells, dessert cups and tamper-evident containers. The CakePak…

Post sheds light on avian influenza setback

ST. LOUIS — Hens at two of Michael Foods’ third-party contracted egg-laying facilities in Iowa and Ohio have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), according to Post Holdings, Inc., parent company of Michael Foods. Post said the two…

Keychain raises $18 million in Seed Funding

NEW YORK — Keychain, a manufacturing platform for the consumer packaged goods industry, has raised $18 million in Seed Funding. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the funding round. Companies like BoxGroup, Afore Capital, SV Angel and other CPG industry professionals backed the…

Food becoming more important to Starbucks

NEW YORK — Growing Starbucks’ food business has long been a goal for many of the company’s past chief executive officers. But as the company’s business has diversified through the surge in drive-thru, mobile and delivery sales, growing the food…

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