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French salad dressing will soon enjoy the same freedom as Italian, Russian and other dressings as FDA prepares to liberate it from a more than half century old standard of identity that the agency says, âno longer promotes honesty and fair dealings in the interest of consumers.â

In its first year, low-sugar candy startup Behave has faced demand-driven stockouts, reformulated with less sugars and expanded into stores across the US.

Many consumers are reporting to take part in Dry January by either abstaining completely or significantly cutting down ('Damp January') on their alcohol consumption for the month, presenting year-long opportunities for the non-alcoholic beverage brands, says Morning Consult.

After press reports of its interest in GlaxoSmithlineâs consumer healthcare division, Unilever brought forward a planned update and set out the strategic direction that the company is pursuing.

After upending the gum category with the wildly successful launch of plastic-free, all-natural gum in a sleek, thoughtful package, the makers of Simply Gum are hoping to strike lightening twice â or preferably thrice â with its recent âlow-keyâ entrance into the highly-competitive chocolate and fast-growing gummy categories.

Innovation within the nascent upcycled food and beverage industry is exploding as manufacturers and ingredient suppliers large and small are drawn to the promise of potentially higher profits, a viable path to ambitious sustainability goals and a consumer-friendly story about waste reduction in an era when food insecurity is soaring.

Synergy Flavors has expanded several areas of its Illinois headquarters to support forward-looking flavor innovation and increased customer collaboration, said the company.

Foodtech startup SquarEat is reformatting food into 45-gram squares and making its move on the $6.9 billion meal delivery service market in the US.

Fresh off of closing a $120m Series B funding round, Remilk is scaling the production and availability of its dairy-identical milk protein (minus the cows) while engaging with high-profile CPG brands looking to develop alternatives to conventional dairy products.

As a women-founded baby and childrenâs food company led by a predominately female executive team focused on empowering women and families through its food as pharma approach, Yumi has always prized the presence of women across all segments of its business, but until now its cap table has not reflected this value.

The pandemic has left a âlasting impression on consumer behaviour, particularly in relation to food and beverage choicesâ, reckons Innova Market Insights, which has revealed personal health and the environment as its top trends of 2022.

Bakery ingredient specialist Puratos has entered a tie-up with upcycling start-up ReGrained. Through an exclusive collaboration and supply agreement, the companies will supply upcycled solutions to the commercial baking industry.

The gut health brand, perhaps best known for its two-in-one capsules containing probiotics that float inside plant-based omega oil (Ahiflower), has now entered the functional beverage category with the launch of Inner Immune.

As frozen food sales stabilize from record-high numbers experienced during the height of the pandemic, older millennials have now become the category's largest consumer -- seeking a more diverse culinary selection of products made with fewer and more premium ingredients, says a recent study led by The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI)

Royal DSM is launching a new integrated food and beverage operating structure that it says well deliver a âone-stop-shopâ of solutions for food and drink brands.

Out of stealth mode, Israeli startup Plantish has unveiled a whole-cut, fully-structured, boneless plant-based salmon prototype that it says rivals the taste, nutrition, and complex texture of conventional salmon.

Yesterdayâs decision by Kroger employees in Colorado to strike rather than accept the retailerâs âlast, best and final offerâ recalls high-profile negotiations by others across the food industry in recent months and suggests the new wave of labor activism is far from cresting.

Counter to claims (or hopes) by The White House and others that rising US prices are âtransitory,â inflation continues to rise â cresting 7% for all items in December year-over-year, marking the fastest increase since 1982 and the third straight month that it exceeded 6%.

Record surge for chocolate by American consumers has pushed sales to $29bn, with retail chocolate sales climbing more than 5% a quarter, according to data from Chicago-based researcher IRI.

Olam food ingredients (ofi) is partnering with AI-phytonutrient pioneers Brightseed and its Forager platform to explore and identify novel bioactives in black pepper and garlic.