Kraft Heinz Commits To Remove Artificial Food Dyes By 2027
Kraft Heinz is kicking red dye and others to the curb as it aligns itself with key objectives of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement.
Adrianne DeLuca
Assistant Managing Editor, Newsletters, BevNET & NOSH
Adrianne DeLuca is the Assistant Managing Editor - Newsletters for BevNET and NOSH.
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Trump-Era SBA Eliminates DEI, Tightens Underwriting And Citizenship Requirements
The Small Business Administration (SBA) under the second Trump term does not seem to be signaling support for its core constituents: Small businesses.
Part-Time Power: Unleashing Growth In CPG With Fractional Talent
In an industry where cash is hard to come by, but insights and experts are plenty, one expert makes a case for part-time hiring as a strategy to scale up.
How NIQ’s New Nutrition Scoring Could Guide Pricing
NielsenIQ has joined forces with FoodHealth Co. to integrate their respective datasets, enabling brands to spot and craft pitches around the incrementality their products could bring to a retailer’s set on the basis of price, health and how those factors affect consumer purchasing habits.
Reddy Family Expands Manufacturing With Trillium Foods, Backed by Bain Capital
There’s a new-ish manufacturer in town. After Flavor Reddy Foods grew its food manufacturing footprint via M&A in the past two years, the company is bringing the combined businesses together under one new entity, Trillium Foods.
A2 Dairy Is Gaining Momentum, But Can Suppliers Keep Up?
The A2 dairy milk market didn’t exist in the U.S. two decades ago, but consumer interest is on the way up even as the overall dairy space faces declines.
Fancy Food: Tastelli’s New Audience; A2 Builds Awareness
The final Winter Fancy Food Show kicked off at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Sunday and while the show saw more food than beverage, a handful of exhibitors showed off new liquid innovations and brand extensions. Here are our notes:
Top of ‘Mind’: Notes From D.C.’s Mindful Drinking Fest
The Mindful Drinking Fest returned to Washington, D.C. this past weekend, bringing together over 1,200 attendees and nearly 220 adult non-alcoholic products in a Dry January celebration that has grown 10 times since its first iteration.
Preme Relaunches With New Gut Hydration Platform
Knowing when to pivot is paramount to an early-stage brand’s survival, but putting aside your first products to start again from scratch can be an equally risky proposition. Gut health brand Preme is taking the leap.
No Deal (Yet): Kroger-Albertsons Merger Denied
The proposed $24.6 billion Kroger/Albertsons mega-merger was temporarily blocked today by a federal judge, who ruled in favor of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) suing to block the deal.
KeHE Onboards New Fee Consolidation Program
KeHE has introduced a new opt-in fee structuring program that allows emerging brands to trade associated, first-year onboarding fees for a consistent 2% flat rate, a move intended to make the distribution powerhouse “easier and more cost effective” to work with.
BevNET Live Day One: Emotional Innovation and TikTok Shop 101
BevNET Live Day One brought discussions on the true meaning of category disrupting innovations, a temperature check on the investment and M&A market, a lesson for emerging brands on how to utilize TikTok Shop and more.
SunOpta Posts Strong Q3 Earnings Across All Categories
SunOpta reported strong, volume-driven revenue growth across all business segments in Q3, according to its latest earnings released on Tuesday.
How Illicit Elixirs’ Approached Prime Day Promos
With the rise of online shopping, and omnipresence of platforms such as Amazon, Walmart and Target, the pressure to outperform past promotional events is building. Forget Black Friday, according to Illicit Elixirs’ co-founder Jason Gaboriau, Amazon Prime Day events have “become a pop culture moment.”