Hybrid flavor innovation is increasingly being used to deliver new sensory experiences for progressively adventurous consumers, offering food and beverages that can broaden the dimensions of indulgence.

Picky Bars, the makers of nutritionally balanced energy bars, performance oatmeal, and performance granola, announced that it has joined forces with Laird Superfood, an industry leader of plant-based superfood products to provide plant-based real food products that are as good for the earth as they are for the people eating them. 

Wellness Natural, Inc., a newly created natural plant-based natural foods company headquartered in Toronto, with operations in both US and Canada, announced its new corporate strategy following the acquisition of SimplyProtein® to continue to propel the nutrition-based snack brand in the US and Canada.

Innova Market Insights' Top Ten Trends for 2021 provides an in-depth delve into how the food and beverage industry has progressively evolved. As COVID-19 transforms our shopping and eating habits, staying ahead of the curve and keeping on top of the changing and sophisticated food and beverage landscape is of paramount importance.

CPG private label accounts for 3% of online dollar sales, up from 1.3% two years ago, and some categories—particularly household care and baby products—are caught in the crosshairs.

Survey results published in Walmart US Strategies and Shoppers underscore the growing success these relatively recent omnichannel initiatives have achieved.