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LiveKindly Collective closes $335M funding round
As LiveKindly Collective’s global platform was being announced last year, Chairman and CEO Kees Kruythoff said in an interview its goal was to extend plant-based eating to the world. In just a year, it’s become…
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Caulipower adds frozen pastas to its cauliflower-based lineup
Grain-free varieties of consumers’ favorite products are proving popular. For those avoiding gluten, cauliflower-based pasta offers them a way to indulge in some favorite dishes without compromising their diets. Other consumers are opting for pasta and bread…
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Sound Nutrition debuts snacks shaped by sound waves
Sound Nutrition designed its flagship snack product around its ultrasonic technology with the hopes of creating a new segment in the snack category. But the use of ultrasonic technology is not entirely novel in food…
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Consumer concerns about COVID-19 put focus on better-for-you products
Food as medicine: It’s not a new concept. A 2019 white paper from ingredients company Kerry Group found 65% of consumers seek functional benefits from their food and drink. The pandemic has asleep aids listmplified…
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Super Bowl LV snacking will favor variety and wellness
With half of viewers planning to watch the Super Bowl at home this year, according to the IRI survey, and 43% expecting to buy the same types of snacks and beverages they already have at home, eating behavior…
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Pairwise raises $90M to develop new fruit and vegetable varieties using CRISPR
Pairwise may be a youis magnesium malate goodng startup, but the company has broad ambitions to improve fruits and vegetables already being sold today to make them more palatable for fussy or on-the-go consumers. The…
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IFF and DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences have merged. What's next?
This week, science and creativity officially met.The $26.2 billion megamerger of International Flavors & Fragrances and DuPont Nutrition and Biosciences, officially completed on Feb. 1, solidifies IFF’s place as one of the biggest players in…
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How Nick's plans to redefine better-for-you ice cream
It’s only a month into 2021, but Nick’s Ice Cream has already had a banner year. In January, its Sweden-based parent company, LUB Foods, closed a $30 million funding round. Nick’s started selling a vegan ice…
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Puris partners with Livekindly to accelerate plant-based adoption
When Puris started bluebonnet calcium citrate magnesium vitamin d3selling its pea protein ingredients in 2014 for use in food and beverages, the company found its biggest obstacle wasn’t in the lab, but in overcoming the stigma…
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IFF gives activist investor seat on board
UPDATE: March 8, 2021: International Flavors & Fragrances is offering Sachem Head Managing Partner Scott Ferguson a seat on its board later this year. The position being offered to Ferguson would expand the ingredient company’s board from…