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Bowl of Amy's Kitchen Mushroom Spinach Penne

The Shape of Pasta

Interview with Fred Scarpulla, Chief Culinary Officer for Amy’s Kitchen, Inc.
David Feder
David Feder , RDN
February 26, 2024

Pasta is always consumer favorite, but when it comes to including it in formulations, product developers must really use their noodle.


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Hamburger Made With Cutting Vedge Burger Patties

Vegetables as Meat Replacers— Not Analogs— Find Their Way Back to Center Plate

The Cutting Edge of Veg: Interview with Susan Guerin, CEO of World Finer Foods, Inc. and Cutting Vedge, Inc.
David Feder
David Feder , RDN
February 22, 2024

Prepared Foods speaks with Susan Guerin, CEO of World Finer Foods, Inc. and Cutting Vedge, Inc., makers of burgers, meatballs, crumbles, and sausage replacers from artichokes.


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Three Bowls and Four Boxes of Magic Spoon Cereal

Reducing Sugar in Kids’ Cereals

Interview with Kantha Shelke, PhD, principal of Corvus Blue, LLC
David Feder
David Feder , RDN
February 15, 2024

Kantha Shelke, PhD, CFS principal of Corvus Blue, LLC, shares effective ways to lower sugar content in RTE and heat-&-eat cereal products through both technical means as well as using alternatives to the refined sugars still predominant in these most popular breakfast products.


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Package of Renewal Mill Baking Flour and Array of Cookies

Upcycling on the Up and Up

Interview with Caroline Cotto, co-founder and COO of Renewal Mill, Pbc.
David Feder
David Feder , RDN
January 22, 2024

In this interview with Prepared Foods, Renewal Mill co-founder and COO Caroline Cotto describes how Renewal Mill converts the byproducts of grain, seed, and legume food and ingredient processing into a retail line of clean label, organic specialty flours and baking mixes.


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The Prepared Foods Podcast Logo and Scott Dicker

Natural and Organic Trends with Scott Dicker of SPINS LLC

January 18, 2024

In this podcast, Scott Dicker, market insights director at SPINS LLC, discusses those natural and organic categories that are doing well (think global flavors, at-home meals) and he shares an inside look at SPINS’ top trends for 2024!


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Reser's Fine Foods Chefs Sean Dwigans and Todd Ketterman

Culinary Connections: Research Chefs Speak Out at Reser’s Fine Foods, Part 2

June 6, 2023

Listen to the second installment of Prepared Foods' interview with refrigerated foods giant Reser's Fine Foods, Beaverton, Ore.


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Reser's Fine Foods Chefs Sean Dwigans and Todd Ketterman

Culinary Connections: Research Chefs Speak Out at Reser’s Fine Foods, Part 1

May 30, 2023

Prepared Foods profiles refrigerated foods giant Reser’s Fine Foods, Beaverton, Ore., and interviews Chef Sean Dwigans, Culinary Business Development Manager; and Chef Todd Ketterman, Culinary Manager.


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Ingredient Innovation, Insights from ABF Ingredients

Prepared Foods talks trends, tastes with Fabienne Saadane-Oaks, CEO, for ABF Ingredients
December 16, 2022

Prepared Foods used the recent Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) exhibition in Paris as an opportunity to interview with Fabienne Saadane-Oaks, CEO, for ABF Ingredients (ABFI), one of five divisions belonging to the Associated British Foods Group plc, London. 


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Nestlé New Business Ventures Takes Outshine Frozen Novelties into Shelf-Stable Pouched Snacks

Q&A with Doug Munk, senior director, Nestlé New Business Ventures
March 30, 2022

In the first of a two-part discussion Prepared Foods Chief Editor Bob Garrison talks behind the scenes strategy with Doug Munk, Senior Director for Nestlé New Business Ventures


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Maeve Webster, Menu Matters

Q&A with Maeve Webster, Menu Matters

A culinary expert’s perspective on alcohol-free beverages
November 10, 2021

Prepared Foods talks mocktail beverage trends with Maeve Webster, president of Menu Matters.


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