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Is coronavirus accelerating the growth of plant-based meat?
In March, as offices, restaurants and schools closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, sales in the grocery sector shot up 26.9%, compared to the month before, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.Food categories from baking…
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Why Olam Coffee is setting its 1st public sustainability targets
Olam Coffee is setting its first-ever public sustainability targets.By 2025, Olam Coffee is aiming to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 15% and implement deforestation remediation plans by planting 5 390 mg magnesium malatemillion trees, saving…
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Is rapeseed the next big plant-based protein ingredient?
As the plant-based alternative segment booms, it makes sense to find new proteins from which to build products. The three most popular proteins used today — peas, soy and wheat — can be used to…
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Leftovers: Bolthouse Farms gets back to its roots; Takis spices up nuts
A year after being purchased from Campbell Soup by a private equity firm led by its former CEO, Bolthouse Farms is — quite literally — returning to its roots. The company started out as a carrot farm more than 100 years…
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FDA to examine labeling for some alternative sweeteners
The Sugar Association petitioned FDA for sweeping changes to sweetener labeling this summer, arguing consumers don’t always know ingredients including maltitol, rebaudioside A and erythritol are all added sweeteners. Under current labeling conventions, they argued,…
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Cow muscles can be engineered to produce beta-carotene, research shows
The body metabolizes beta-carotene into vitamin A, which means that this preliminary research may present initial findings that cell-cultured meat can be more than just sustainable protein and can instead assume a variety of nutritional…
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Less sugar, more problems: How reducing the popular sweetener causes reformulation challenges
In hindsight, Eran Baniel, the CEO and co-founder of Israel-based sugar reduction company DouxMatok, admits he was naive.In 2014, Baniel and his father founded the company to commercialize an ingredient solution allowing manufacturers to reduce the sugar…
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Functional flavor and international flair top McCormick's latest trends
Although flavor trend predictions are updated annually, some seem like they are here to stay.Ethnic cuisine flavors have peaked on flavor forecasts for four years now. Asian and Middle Eastern flavors continue to appeal to…
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Child labor in cocoa production rises despite industry promises, report says
This report is far from the first to find cocoa companies have failed to deliver on their pledges to eradicate child labor from their sources in West Africa, where the majority of the world’s cocoa is…
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Leftovers: Banza makes chickpea pizza crust; General Mills launches a contest to scare up Halloween intrigue
Chickpea food producer Banza is breaking into a new category with its signature ingredient. Banza is launching a line of frozen pizzas with a chickpea crust, according to a release. The product cooks in the oven…