Articles by Prepared Foods Editorial Staff

The Culinology Expo will showcase the latest advancements in food product development, featuring top suppliers, emerging technologies, and ingredient innovations shaping the future of the industry.

Quirk Hard Tea will be available year-round in The Tea Mix Pack, featuring three cans each of four flavors: Lemonade Tea, Raspberry Tea, Peach Tea and Pomegranate Tea. 

In its 2024 Year in Review special report, 84.51°, the retail data science, insights, and media company helping Kroger and its partners create customer-centric shopper journeys, reveals two critical gaps in today’s grocery shopping experience, especially between generations, and highlights potential solutions that could reshape how consumers shop in the future.

With this year's report, McCormick unveils its 2025 Flavor of the Year: Aji Amarillo, a pepper native to South America featuring fruity, tropical notes with moderate heat. McCormick is offering a taste of this standout flavor with their new Aji Amarillo Seasoning, available for a limited time online beginning early February.

A twist on a beloved classic, Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate is made with real chocolate and real cocoa, featuring crispy sweet-cocoa dusted flakes and rich chocolate granola with real chocolate chips baked into every crunchy cluster. 

Molson Coors assumes exclusive commercialization rights to Fever-Tree’s award-winning lineup of tonics, ginger beers, cocktail mixers and more in the US and will be responsible for co-manufactured production, marketing, sales and distribution of the brand in the US. 

Celsius Hydration is formulated with a blend of magnesium, potassium and sodium, making it a great addition to fitness and daily routines.

The new AN Performance line features hydration, pre-workout, non-stimulant and whey protein powders co-branded with Chiquita combiine cutting-edge nutritional benefits with Chiquita’s beloved flavors. 

Chef Grant brings more than 25 years of culinary and food service experience to Bluegrass Ingredients, most recently serving as the senior culinary specialist at The Mushroom Company.