The product is gluten-free, allergy-free, dairy-free, soy-free, and meat-free
November 18, 2020
Hooray Foods debuted an innovative meat-free bacon with a 300-store rollout in Whole Foods. The brand is breaking through barriers to entry with a product that looks like bacon, sizzles like bacon, smells like bacon and tastes like bacon, but instead puts health, environment and animal welfare first.
Limited-Edition PERDUE® ThanksNuggets offers flavors of a holiday feast into white meat and dark meat nugget shapes
November 16, 2020
The drumstick-shaped dark meat nugget is inspired by traditional sides like cranberry sauce and stuffing, while the turkey-shaped white meat nugget is inspired by everyone's favorite Thanksgiving vegetable: sweet potato.
Expresco Foods, a producer of protein meal and snack solutions, launched a frozen skewer line. The new protein line intends to marry consumer demand for quality protein with whole breast muscle chicken in a simple, ready to heat and serve format.
New varieties include Hormel® Black Label® Ranch Thick Cut Bacon and Hormel® Black Label® Classic Country Style Thick Cut Bacon
October 28, 2020
The makers of Hormel® Black Label® bacon are reinventing bacon with the launch of Hormel® Black Label® Ranch Thick Cut Bacon and Hormel® Black Label® Classic Country Style Thick Cut Bacon.
One part of the story involves King & Prince Seafood Corp., Brunswick, Ga., and one of its most popular products, Lobster Sensations®. It’s a frozen, premixed blend of lobster and seafood for foodservice operations to easily and quick thaw, portion and serve. Yet back in 2018, King & Prince customers—including convenience stores, sandwich shops and in-store delis—said their employee teams still needed a little more help in the kitchen.
Van Cleve-Talbert grew up around seafood as a family member-employee in The Van Cleve Seafood Co. in Spotsylvania, Va. The company dates back to 2001 when her mom, Shelly, opened a small seafood “shack” to source and sell better quality seafood in the area. From the start, Monica and her sister, Allie, were involved in every step of the business.
New report examines emerging data-based trends, opportunities for innovation and the consequences of maintaining the status quo
October 15, 2020
For the last half century, US animal agriculture has focused primarily on improving productivity, efficiency and throughput, resulting in increasing supplies of commodities that have helped assure a safe, abundant US food supply and growing export markets. However, a new report from The Center for Food Integrity (CFI) shows a pivotal shift in cultural and market expectations for animal protein, and four emerging trends where the industry can innovate.
Lawsuit argues there is no evidence that current labels mislead consumers
October 14, 2020
The Good Food Institute and Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of Tofurky challenging a Louisiana law that would impose fines of up to $500 per day for every plant-based meat product marketed or sold with terms like “burger” and “sausage” on their labels. The terms would be illegal even with clear modifiers such as “vegan,” “veggie,” or “plant-based” on their labels. The challenged law became effective on October 1, 2020.
Innovative new plant-based tuna melt launches nationwide
October 9, 2020
Through the end of the year, Veggie Grill will add a limited-edition exclusive Tuna Melt to the menu featuring Good Catch's Plant Based Tuna, giving conscious consumers the opportunity to enjoy a classic and indulgent tuna melt without contributing to known issues like overfishing or exposure to harmful heavy metals.
Last February saw foodservice distributing giant Sysco Corp. approve and start selling Tyson Crispy Thigh Wings. These are boneless, skinless, whole muscle chicken thigh portions uniquely cut to look and eat just bone-in wings. It’s all to give consumers the tender, juicy taste of wings they crave—but without the bones.