Lean Cuisine is bringing cauliflower pasta to the freezer aisle with mac and cheese, vodka pasta and more. The company is also introducing oven fried chicken bowls.

Nearly every Old World cuisine holds the keys to building flavor, not only through indigenous ingredients but also through its cooking techniques. While batch production often necessitates shortcuts, it is possible to lose sight of the fundamentals that make culinary creation worthwhile. Fortunately, there is something of a revival happening in which even larger prepared food makers are reintroducing those basics of culinary art.

The rapidly expanding array of sweetener options merits a look at the best uses, applications, and formats whether considering them solely for flavor and performance or with an eye on reduction of nutritive sugars. Among the nutritive sweetener, trending sources include syrups from maple, sorghum, corn, and malted grains.

REAL FOOD FROM THE GROUND UP, Snacks with a Plant-Based Twist, is upping its game just in time for spring, with the launch of a new vegetable base and cracker innovation.

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.

Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Nascent Health Sciences, creator of the SoPure™ and PureQQ® brands, is unveiling a new corporate identity and a new strategic vision for the company.

Mexican foods consistently rank among the most popular cuisines among Americans. Moreover, its evolutionary branching off into “Tex-Mex” and “Southwestern” regional foods has further enhanced popularity. 

Coinciding with this launch, Happy Family Organics is the largest baby food brand to date to announce it is joining Partnership for a Healthier America's (PHA) Veggies Early & Often campaign, making a series of commitments that include doubling its vegetable-forward products over the next three years. 

Givaudan Taste & Wellbeing introduces Aroma Kiosk, a ground-breaking new digital sensory insights tool to connect with consumers in dynamic environments such as grocery and department stores, universities and shopping malls. The goal is to gather valuable consumer insights and recommend products in real time. 

Consumers are turning to food and beverages as an important component of balancing physical and emotional health. With many people working from home and social distancing during the pandemic, the need to focus on physical and mental health is as important as ever.