Category food

Beauty and the baking mixes

NEW YORK — A former beauty industry executive has created a collection of plant-based baking mixes that are free from the top nine allergens and formulated with sustainably produced ingredients.   Following a nearly two-decade career in marketing and product development…

Entertainment agency launches snack company

ERIE, COLO. — Entertainment agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is partnering with global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and incubator Connect Ventures to create a new food company called Myna Snacks. The company was also founded by most-followed…

Fresh Factory increases snack bar production capacity

CAROL STREAM, ILL. — The Fresh Factory, a manufacturer of plant-based and clean label foods and beverages, is expanding the capacity of its snack bar production facility in Carol Stream. As part of the company’s strategic investment in meeting the…

Wicked Kitchen adds plant-based meals

MINNEAPOLIS — Wicked Kitchen, a plant-based food brand, has expanded its line of frozen entrees with two new offerings. Joining the company’s portfolio of frozen pizzas, macaroni and cheese, ice cream and seafood alternatives, the additions include Hearty Rigatoni Veg…

Ingredion is divesting business in South Korea

WESTCHESTER, ILL. — Ingredion is divesting its business in South Korea to an affiliate of the Sajo Group. The Sajo Group is a food company with headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. Terms of the divestment were not disclosed; however, the transaction…

New association aims to sustainably produce alternative seafood

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA — A new association has been formed to support the alternative seafood industry called Future Ocean Foods. The group aims to promote food security, human health, environmental stability and ocean conservation. Group members will use plants and cells…

PepsiCo names Juntos Crecemos Greenhouse Accelerator program winner

PURCHASE, NY.  — Mexican-inspired snack company Chuza has been selected as the winner of PepsiCo’s eighth class of the Greenhouse Accelerator program. This year marked the first Juntos Crecemos (Together We Grow) edition of the accelerator program, which focuses on supporting…

Corn futures sink to multi-year lows

Home » Corn futures sink to multi-year lows Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for November 10 Corn futures declined to near three-year lows Friday and posted a third straight weekly loss a day after the USDA raised its estimate for…

Deflation affecting Tate & Lyle pricing strategy

LONDON — Tate & Lyle, PLC in the second half of the fiscal year expects progress in line with its five-year goal with revenue reflecting both momentum and the impact of the expected pass-through of input cost deflation. “Following this…

Corn, soybeans, wheat drop on USDA data

Home » Corn, soybeans, wheat drop on USDA data Source: Sosland Publishing Co. Recap for November 9 Corn futures declined Thursday after the US Department of Agriculture raised its forecast for the US 2023 corn crop to a record-high 15,234…

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