Articles Tagged with ''food innovation''

Rodale Institute has announced the Hirshberg Research Endowment Fund to provide permanent support for its chief scientific officer and research priorities. The fund aims to strengthen long-term innovation, scientific integrity and growth across the organic agriculture sector.

The American Egg Board introduced its first Founders Cohort to help food and beverage startups scale egg-based innovations. The virtual program delivers hands-on guidance across marketing, R&D, supply chain and fundraising.

Cargill earned a 2026 BIG Innovation Award for embedding advanced technologies into real-world operations, delivering ROI, waste reduction and emissions cuts at scale. The honor underscores how data-driven innovation is reshaping food security, sustainability and efficiency across the value chain.

The Specialty Food Association has announced the winners of the 2026 sofi Awards, recognizing standout products across 25 categories and five Grand Honors distinctions. Selected through blind tastings, the winners highlight the innovation, flavor and quality shaping the future of specialty food and beverage.

NextFoods closed a $10 million Series 3 funding round led by ECP Growth to support expansion of its science-backed functional nutrition portfolio. The capital will drive product innovation and national retail growth for GoodBelly and Cheribundi.

Team Hive Homies captured the Most Innovative Use of Honey award with Beevive, a line of functional shots leveraging honey as a natural delivery system for recovery, immunity and energy. The Cornell Food Hackathon showcased more than 150 students developing next-generation honey products—from edible pods to flaked finishing honey.

After two decades across global markets, the author outlines a simple but powerful framework—Consumer, Business, Technology—that keeps innovation grounded in human needs while driving measurable growth. Examples from Pringles, Cheez-It and sustainable packaging show how cross-functional collaboration turns this model into real-world impact.

PepsiCo is positioning its 2026 growth strategy around an expanded innovation agenda and a major SKU rationalization effort aimed at improving competitiveness and speed to market. The company plans to reinvest savings from cost reductions and SKU cuts into innovation, cleaner ingredient profiles and increased marketing support.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how beverage brands ideate, formulate and launch new products. With faster insights and smarter R&D, AI is driving the next wave of innovation in the drink aisle.

Marzetti’s R&D team reinvented gluten-free baking with a dough-based method that proofs and rises like real bread. The result: Texas Toast with the texture and taste consumers “can’t believe is gluten-free.”