There were an impressive 600 new, first-time exhibitors this year. As someone who has been going to Expo West for more than a decade, it was an amazing collection of better-for-you foods and top-notch entrepreneurs. 

Master chocolatiers source cocoa beans from Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms and pair it with a creamy vanilla base made with a blend of coconut oil and pea protein, a plant-based alternative to dairy.

To make resolutions that much more attainable, Halo Top is bringing back Peanut Butter & Jelly, Blueberry Crumble and Peaches & Cream to its dairy lineup and adding three brand-new non-dairy flavors, including Peanut Butter & Jelly, Mint Fudge Cookie and Chocolate Hazelnut.

It’s a non-dairy choice, made the Chobani Way: with only natural ingredients and real fruit for a creamy texture and refreshing taste.

The Two Good recipe came to life when yogurt makers at Danone North America discovered a novel slow-straining process, which is now patent-pending. Slow-straining allows the company's yogurt makers to remove most of the sugar from the milk before the yogurt is made.

The new product line is environmentally friendly and vegan, and leaves a low carbon footprint since there is no use of cow milk and, unlike almond or cashew, does not require a great amount of water. Most importantly, the production process is carefully designed to ensure zero waste. All raw materials utilized in production remain in the final product.

Health and wellness is a constantly evolving global megatrend. For the food and beverage industry, it has meant removing ingredients perceived as harmful to your body while incorporating better-for-you ingredients with functional properties like protein and probiotics.

All Elmhurst plant milks, including these two new unsweetened nut milks, are certified vegan, gluten-free, Non-GMO Project Verified, dairy-free, OU kosher and made without artificial flavors, carrageenan, gums or other emulsifiers

According to the survey, approximately three-quarters of Americans understand that plant-based “milk” products do not actually contain cow’s milk (75% for soymilk and almond milk, 74% for coconut milk, 73% for rice milk and 72% for cashew milk).

Crafted from real fruits and roasted sunflower seeds, the new Mooala Strawberry Bananamilk (SRP $5.99) is USDA-certified Organic and offers a new flavor to the marketplace that consumers may enjoy guilt-free.