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Breakfast: Wake-up Foods

When creating new breakfast items, look for ideas from different cultures, groups and demographics.

November 21, 2013

There are seemingly an infinite number of prepared breakfast items available in today’s marketplace, yet breakfast appears to be the one meal many processors, outside those who focus exclusively on breakfast formulations, agree is the weakest category in their line-up.

Breakfast Foods: A Culinary R&D Director’s Perspective

Prepared Foods talks breakfast with Amanda Zimlich, CEC, director of Culinary, Research & Development at Hillshire Brands, Chicago.

November 20, 2013

The grab-and-go culture -- fueled by the lightning speed at which we all move -- has transformed almost all breakfasts into portable products.

Learning Latin

With consumers expecting new flavors that broaden their culinary horizons, many manufacturers need only look south, though admittedly fairly far south -- to the spicy and sweet cuisines of Latin America and the Caribbean.

William A. Roberts, Jr.

November 20, 2013

Clearly, Latin and Caribbean cuisine is not solely tailored for U.S. Hispanics.

New Name for Teasdale Quality

Teasdale Quality Foods has renamed itself.

November 20, 2013

Teasdale Foods will be headquartered in Atwater, Calif.

Solid Route to Food Allergy Prevention?

Giving babies solid food while still breast-feeding might protect the infants from food allergies.

November 19, 2013

The overlap between starting solid foods while still breast-feeding teaches the immune system that food is safe and prevents food allergies, the researchers theorized.

Healthy, Grab-and-Go Sandwiches

Lifestyle Foods has announced a new line of healthy, high-end sandwiches.

November 8, 2013

The sandwich line launches with four varieties -- grilled chicken breast, smoked turkey breast, smoke cured ham, and a vegetarian grilled veggies and hummus.

New Retail President at AdvancePierre

AdvancePierre Foods announced that Tom Lavan is the new president of its retail division.

November 8, 2013

Lavan is a consumer packaged goods executive with more than 25 years of experience.

Kraft Revamping Some Mac and Cheese

The move comes in the wake of growing concerns over certain yellow food dyes.

November 4, 2013

The company will remove Yellow No. 5 and Yellow No. 6 from boxes containing pasta shaped like SpongeBob SquarePants and those with Halloween and winter shapes.