Articles Tagged with ''food innovation''

Sargento’s Natural American cheese slices

INNOVATION MONTH

Sargento Ages Innovation with Natural American Cheese

A decade of R&D delivers a clean-label breakthrough in natural cheesemaking

November 21, 2025

After more than 10 years of experimentation and technical refinement, Sargento has unveiled a natural version of American cheese that melts and tastes like the classic. The launch highlights how patient R&D and process innovation can reshape a traditional category.

Food & Beverage Innovation with Illuminate Growth Partners

March 11, 2024

Prepared Foods Chief Editor Bob Garrison talks food and beverage innovation strategy, topics and trends with Mario DiFalco and Kim Lopez-Walters, co-founders of Illuminate Growth Partners in the San Francisco Bay area.

Startup Innovation Challenge: Honoring Innovators

UBM names Startup Innovation Challenge finalists; winners to be named during Hi Europe & Ni

November 15, 2018

The companies will pitch live on Tuesday, Nov. 27 2018, the first day of the show, at the Industry Insights Theatre. The winners of the three categories will receive their awards following the live pitches.

AAK: Insights, Innovation

AAK hosts AAK Academy events to give customers hands-on learning, consumer insights in bakery and confectionery segments

November 14, 2018

AAK, known around the world for its co-development process, regularly hosts AAK Academy™ learning events, providing opportunities for knowledge sharing to inspire forward-thinking innovation in new product development.

Comax Flavors Opens Center for Innovation

The new Center for Innovation comprises 3,600 square feet and features state-of-the-art application and flavor labs

November 9, 2018

“Our new center is an area for creative inspiration designed to assist our customers with the proactive development of innovative ideas, flavors and products and help grow their success in an ever-changing and competitive market,” said Michael E. Crain, Senior Flavor Chemist, Comax Flavors.

Favorite Products: September 2018

Prepared Foods readers select Barilla One-Ingredient Legume Pastas as their favorite new product launch from September 2018

November 5, 2018

Barilla One-Ingredient Legume Pastas are made with chickpeas or red lentils. Barilla leveraged its more than 140 years of experience to create a pasta with a unique taste and "al dente" texture.

Diana Food Opens New Chicken Processing Facility

Georgia facility will manufacture products for the business units Food Ingredients, Symrise Flavor and Pet Food.

November 1, 2018

Symrise aims to continue its growth in the US market for natural food ingredients and wants to successively expand the site in Georgia until 2020.

Road to Rich Products Corporation

Prepared Foods talks innovation, inspiration with Rich Products leaders Bill Gisel, CEO, and Richard Ferranti, president and chief operating officer

October 18, 2018

Rich’s has annual sales exceeding $3.8 billion and operates in more 100 locations globally. Its refrigerated and frozen products range from cakes and icings to pizza, appetizers and specialty toppings and it distributes to operator customers in foodservice, retail, and in-store bakery, deli and prepared foods.

Favorite Products: August 2018

Prepared Foods readers select Lay's Deep Dish Pizza Flavor as their favorite new product launch from August 2018

October 2, 2018

Lay's Deep Dish Pizza Flavor is a taste of Chicago’s iconic stuffed deep-dish pizza inspired by Giordano's pizza recipe. Giordano’s is a Chicago pizza chain that started doing business in 1974.

PLMA’s 2018 Salute to Excellence Awards

Retailers rely on innovative store brands to beat competition

September 28, 2018

This trend is most evident in PLMA’s 2018 Salute to Excellence Awards program, where more than 500 new store brands food and nonfood products were evaluated by panels of industry professionals and consumers. Judges selected 53 products, 38 food and 15 nonfood items, for Salute to Excellence Awards.

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ON DEMAND: Once targeted at athletes, active nutrition products with benefits like energy, focus, hydration, and protein are now winning over everyday consumers seeking support for their busy lifestyles.