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Mission Barns partnership produces plant-based sausage with cultivated fat
The type of product that many consumers have wanted — plant-based meat made with an ingredient that brings the flavor, function and mouthfeel of animal meat — is getting closer to being a reality. And…
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Bonumose breaks ground on Hershey-funded production and R&D facility
Earlier this year, Hershey laid out an ambitious plan to expand and grow its better-for-you candy platform. The company has said it believes that if about a fifth of all candy sales went toward healthier…
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Natural preservatives get fresh look amid clean label push
As Kemin Industries watched the clean label trend take off, executives made the decision roughly 25 years ago to position the maker of preservatives and other specialty ingredients firmly behind natural offerings.While the Iowa-based company…
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Leftovers: Kraft Heinz gives Mac & Cheese a flavor boost; Kellogg reunites with Wendy's for Frosty cereal
From pumpkin spice to pink-colored candy, Kraft Heinz has been giving consumers interesting ways to kick up the flavor of its ubiquitous Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. And now, it is offering the ability to add…
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How Shiru will use its $17M funding round to transform ingredients through science
For years, advanced research on proteins has been taking place — but most of it has been done in the name of medicine.Jasmin Hume, a scientist and engineer with her Ph.D. in materials chemistry, thought…
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Climate change is affecting coffee flavor and aroma, study says
Coffee’s taste profiles are characterized by the amount of acidity, as well as the overall body and flavor, in a bean. As weather patterns change and crops become stressed, the once familiar attributes of certain bean…
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Cargill launches rice flour-based maltodextrin substitute
When it comes to simplifying ingredients, food companies are on the lookout for items that are functional and don’t sound like they belong in a chemistry textbook.Maltodextrin, a highly processed powdeferrochel ferrous bisglycinate chelater derived…
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Leftovers: Brave Robot bakes sustainability into cake mix; Tropicana says you can brush your teeth and drink OJ too
Want to bake a decadent dessert with minimal impact on the environment? Brave Robot’s new launchferrous glycine sulphate elemental iron makes that task a piece of cake — literally.Brave Robot, known for its ice cream…
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Unilever's Knorr to launch 50 regenerative agriculture projects over five years
Dive Insight:In the past few years, Unilever has positioned itself as being ahead of other food CPGs when it comes to sustainability by announcing ambitious goals and programs. By 2025, the food giant has vowed…
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Spindrift's hard seltzer uses real fruit to squeeze competitors White Claw and Truly
In a hard seltzer industry already inundated with more than 200 brands and few defining characteristics to tell them apart, Spindrift’s entrance this spring could have been easily dismissed as just another company chasing growth…