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Banza Frozen Pizzas Made with Chickpea Crusts

The new line is available in three ready-to-eat varieties including Four Cheese, Roasted Veggie and Margherita

October 23, 2020

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Banza, a company that has developed chickpea-based pasta, rice, and mac & cheese, announced its largest category expansion to date with the introduction of frozen pizza made with a chickpea crust.

La Tortilla Factory Mexican Side Dishes

The three new side dishes are packaged in convenient-to-prepare microwavable pouches

October 12, 2020

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La Tortilla Factory recently introduced new Authentic Mexican Side Dishes. Always passionate about innovating in the Mexican food category, La Tortilla Factory has expanded beyond the tortilla aisle, introducing three new microwavable pouches.

TB12 Launches 'Performance Meals' in Collaboration with The Good Kitchen

Inspired by the TB12 lifestyle and nutrition regimen, the farm-to-table prepared meals are packed with protein and healthy ingredients that can help reduce inflammation

October 12, 2020

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TB12, the health and wellness brand co-founded by six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady and business partner Alex Guerrero, announced an exclusive new line of healthy and convenient prepared meals in partnership with subscription and delivery meal service, The Good Kitchen.

Veggies Made Great Frittatas Made with Beyond Meat

The new frittatas are gluten free, vegetarian, and contain at least 5g of protein

October 9, 2020

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The company is partnering with Beyond Meat®, a leader in plant-based meat, to create a new Veggies Made Great Frittata Line made with Beyond Meat, which will be available at select retailers in the coming weeks, and available for sale online at www.veggiesmadegreat.com and Amazon.

Explore Cuisine Pasta Made with Fava Beans

The new pasta contains three times the fiber and two times the protein of traditional wheat-based pasta

October 8, 2020

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Explore Cuisine, a global alternative pasta brand, announced that it will be adding a new pasta to its better-for-you pasta alternative, Fava Bean Fusilli. The product is an organic, gluten-free pasta-alternative made from fava beans. The Fava Bean Pasta is Explore Cuisine's closest pasta yet to traditional pasta in terms of taste, texture, and appearance.

Your Favorite Product from August 2020

Prepared Foods users select Green Giant Frozen Cauliflower Breadsticks as their favorite new product launched in August 2020

October 7, 2020

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Three words, rarely strung together: Frozen cauliflower breadsticks. The phrase drew the attention of Prepared Foods website visitors who engaged with the most recent Favorite Product Poll.

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Cauliflower Breadsticks take B&G Foods’ Green Giant brand into an entirely new category: frozen bread

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October 6, 2020

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Here’s a twist on the dinnertime dilemma between parents and picky eaters. Want your kids to eat more vegetables? Just hand them a breadstick. Actually, that’s part of the magic behind B&G Foods’ new Green Giant Cauliflower Breadsticks, which made their freezercase debut in March 2020.

Farm Rich Breaded Zucchini Sticks & Cauliflower Bites

Farm Rich Breaded Zucchini Sticks and Cauliflower Bites

Frozen food sales at US retail stores increased by 38.2% in May

September 25, 2020

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Farm Rich expanded its “Garden Inspirations™ by Farm Rich” line with two products: Breaded Zucchini Sticks and Cauliflower Bites. The new products are available now in the freezer section at Kroger and online.

Five New Products from Schwan’s Consumer Brands This Fall

The company will introduced new products under the Red Baron®, Freschetta®, Edwards® and Pagoda® brands

September 14, 2020

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Schwan’s Consumer Brands, Inc. — a subsidiary of Schwan’s Company — will launch five new products under the Red Baron®, Freschetta®, Edwards® and Pagoda® brands by October 2020.

American Flatbread Meatless Evolution

New line of plant-based, flash-frozen pizzas offer both vegetarian and vegan options

September 9, 2020

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In the age of pepperoni shortages and a growing consumer trend towards flexitarianism (semi-vegetarianism), American Flatbread launched a line of plant-based, flash-frozen pizzas, Meatless Evolution.

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Meals & Sides Target Health and Convenience

Despite trends that show consumer eating behaviors gravitating toward snacks, meals and sides, especially ones that feature convenience, still appeal to consumers who prepare food at home.

A focus on clean label and simple ingredients has boosted the number of introductions in the category, and new technology in frozen foods has given processors an opportunity to capitalize on “fresh” claims that were previously unattainable.

Here, we’ve collected a smattering of new meals and sides products that run the gamut of organic rices to healthy pastas and meal kits that target specific day-parts.

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During this webinar, we will introduce new patent-pending, acidulant-based technologies that help bakers develop products that deliver on consumer demands while reducing cost-in-use.

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