Category food

Rap Snacks rolling out overseas

MIAMI — Rap Snacks, a consumer packaged goods brand introduced 30 years ago behind a concept of featuring hip-hop artists on snack packaging, is expanding internationally. The 100% Black-owned brand is set to bring its corn chips, popcorn, ramen noodles…

Slideshow: Consumers are craving crunch

KANSAS CITY — Picking a snack today  is more of a choose-your-own-adventure situation as retail aisles are inundated with a plethora of  options. Consumers can go in many directions, including savory, sweet, spicy or soft. But there is one category…

Sucro intends to build cane sugar refinery in Chicago area

CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Sucro Ltd. (Sucro) said it plans to build a new cane sugar refinery in the greater Chicago area, “to address the growing and underserved US sugar market,” marking the company’s third new plant built or announced in…

Wheat futures continue to slide

Home » Wheat futures continue to slide Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for February 16 Wheat futures slid to fresh contract lows Friday on continued pressure from weak export demand due to lower-priced supplies from Russia and Ukraine, and on…

Oatly pays for shift to asset-light manufacturing model

MALMO, SWEDEN — Oatly Group AB paid for its shift to an asset-light manufacturing model during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023. The company took a non-cash asset impairment charge of $172.6 million and other costs of $29 million related…

The solution for sodium reduction — swap your salt

Salt is essential for preservation, flavor enhancement, food structure and other necessary functions. In the food manufacturing world, it is one of the least expensive and most necessary ingredients. However, high sodium intake increases blood pressure, and hypertension is one…

Ag Secretary talks Climate Smart initiative at Forum

WASHINGTON — US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, speaking to a Washington crowd and a livestreamed global audience this month, said there is a larger consideration beyond prices and production of agricultural commodities: the fate of America’s rural areas. The hope…

New Culture’s animal free casein receives GRAS

SAN LEANDRO, CALIF.  — New Culture’s animal-free casein protein has been deemed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS), which was reviewed by an independent panel of scientific and toxicology experts, according to the company. The company’s self-GRAS determination allows its animal…

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