Items Tagged with 'innovation'

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Vibrant Ingredients Unveils Innovation Center to Advance Product Development

New Jersey facility supports collaborative food and beverage product development
Prepared Foods Editorial Staff
May 14, 2026

Vibrant Ingredients has opened an 11,000sq-ft Innovation Center in Cranbury, N.J., designed to accelerate product development through hands-on collaboration and rapid prototyping. The facility expands the company’s technical capabilities for beverage and food applications while giving customers direct access to formulation, flavor and commercialization expertise.


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Inside the Next Wave of Plant-Based Formulation
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Inside the Next Wave of Plant-Based Formulation

Seven innovation drivers reshaping how R&D teams approach texture, flavor, nutition and sustainability.
December 23, 2025

From precision-fermented dairy proteins to next-gen fats and smarter plant fibers, today’s plant-based toolkit is evolving fast. Let's break down the trends helping developers solve for taste, nutrition and clean-label performance.


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Scott Dicker, SPINS

Going Up! Natural, Organic Product Sales and Innovation

SPINS finds natural products industry rebounding with more sales, on-trend innovation.
Bob Garrison, Chief Editor
Robert Garrison
March 6, 2025

Natural products industry sales were expected to hit nearly $320B in 2024 with growth across virtually every department. In advance of Natural Products Expo West, Prepared Foods covers everything from innovation to ingredients with Scott Dicker, market insights director at SPINS LLC, Chicago.


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Batory Foods: Innovation Station

Batory Foods’ new Innovation Center offers custom blending, packaging and applications development services
Prepared Foods Editorial Staff
September 24, 2024

The 16,000sq-ft space includes a dedicated upstairs lab area and a blending facility. It significantly enhances the company’s capabilities in applications development, custom blending and packaging services. 


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INNOVATION + BEER, WINE & SPIRITS

A survey of recent product launches in the beer, wine and spirit category
May 1, 2018
First, let’s start with a new product that defies category: Henry's Hard Sparkling Water. That’s right, an alcoholic sparkling water.
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ADM Culinary Center

Archer Daniels Midland Company opened its global headquarters and customer center in downtown Chicago
August 29, 2014
Archer Daniels Midland Company has opened its global headquarters and customer center in downtown Chicago.
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King & Prince Seafood Hires Chef

King & Prince Seafood adds Chef Brett Smith to R&D, innovation team.
August 15, 2014
King & Prince Seafood, Brunswick, Ga., hired Brett Smith as a corporate chef and member of the company’s research and development team
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Innovator Joins Wendy’s

Wendy’s hires Brandon Solano after innovation posts at Hershey, Domino’s.
July 25, 2014
The Wendy's Company, Dublin, Ohio, said it hired Brandon Solano, 43, as senior vice president of marketing.
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Cheese Innovation Center

Thiel Cheese & Ingredients opens $12 million customer innovation center.
July 24, 2014
Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine Simon Coveney officially opened a new $12 million facility at Thiel Cheese & Ingredients, Hilbert, Wis. (Thiel).
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EVENTS

Webinar

7/31/25 to 7/31/26
Contact: Meg K.

Green Means Go: Your Sustainable Product Development Toolbox

ON DEMAND: How do strategic innovation leaders, scientists and ingredient buyers incorporate sustainability into food and beverage new product development?

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Webinar

11/12/25 to 11/12/26
Contact: Meg K.

Prepared Foods' 23rd Annual Spirit of Innovation Awards

ON DEMAND: Explore cutting-edge food and beverage product innovation with the 2024-2025 Spirit of Innovation award winners.

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