After honing their skills during stay-at-home mandates, many consumers have ambitions of continuing to cook, but collectively are tired. And people still want restaurant-quality food but without the price tag.

LOLA Snack's current success is an endorsement as an emerging leader in the bar space, with products available nationwide in more than 3,000 doors across the natural and conventional grocery channels.

GNT, the global supplier of plant-based EXBERRY® colors, explored how today’s consumers see color in the world of food and drink and beyond. The research revealed a powerful new trend shaped by Generation Z’s desire to embrace joy and creativity while staying true to core values. 

Founded in 2015, Vive Organic is apioneer in cold-pressed and plant-powered 2oz ready-to-drink wellness shots made from organic and sustainably sourced super-herbs. Vive Organic's beverages are organic, non-GMO, gluten free and vegan and offered in thousands of blue-chip retailers across the United States.

Geno has entered the functional foods and beverages market with Avela™ natural (R)-1,3-Butanediol. The novel, sugar-free ingredient, debuting at SupplySide West 2022 in Las Vegas, offers a fast, easy and accessible way to raise beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) ketone levels, the primary energy source made in the body during ketosis.

The Wright Group, a global supplier of custom nutritional ingredients, has launched TWG Health & Nutrition (TWG). The new brand will be dedicated to the health and nutrition market, providing custom nutrient premixes, direct compression granulations, and microencapsulated ingredients and beverage solutions.

Remedy Organics' Wellness Shots are centered around providing immune support and include additional functional ingredients that have been shown to boost energy, aid in digestion, metabolism, and support the body's natural defense. 

Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80% of the world with its products and services, recently named Marguerite Gerritsen the global key account associate director for the company’s human nutrition and health business. 

Scientific progress in understanding the human gut microbiome thrills experts in nutrition and gastrointestinal health. Researchers know that diet affects the gut microbiome in ways that benefit health and disease prevention, but they are still discovering the mechanisms of how this happens. New almond research may add another piece to the puzzle. A clinical study investigated how gut microbes break down almonds to produce butyrate, a specific microbiota product associated with several health benefits.

Over the last year, cost and value for money have become more important to more than half of food and beverage consumers worldwide. Today’s shoppers are increasingly exploring money-saving strategies, such as choosing lower cost items and cooking from scratch.