ABF Ingredients (ABFI) has acquired Fytexia Group, a life science company developing scientifically supported active nutrients for dietary supplements. This strategic acquisition will expand ABFI’s portfolio of products and capabilities to better serve the pharmaceutical, nutritional and food market sectors.

The Hash Corporation, a business focusing on the production of hashish and other premium cannabis products using the adaption of old-world traditions, announced that its new co-branded product with Fritz's Cannabis Company, a family owned and operated legacy market edibles producer, has received a listing from the Ontario Cannabis Store (OSC).

Following its 2020 launch into the alt-meat market, the company's transformative new name aligns beautifully with its mission to support a well-fed future through the creation of mycelium-based foods.

Natural Alternatives International, Inc., an international leader in custom contract nutritional supplement manufacturing for over four decades, announced Sherri Balzer has joined as business development manager, health & wellness.

This is the first year that SKU will run two concurrent tracks, tapping into mentor talent in two regions and enabling a larger number of brands to participate in the accelerator’s acclaimed program. Both cohorts will be hybrid programs with both online and in person programming - a model SKU first adopted during the onset of the pandemic.

Starting this year, FoodBytes!, Rabobank's discovery platform that champions cross-industry collaboration between the most promising startups, corporates and investors, will move beyond its annual pitch competition and expand to a continuous scouting model, with 15 startups selected to participate in programming every quarter.

The Grain Foods Foundation (GFF) announced that Erin E. Ball, longtime director of public relations and science for the foundation, has been named acting executive director by GFF's board of directors.

Evanesce, a sustainable packaging technology company, announced it has added Angela Rodenburgh as the new global vice president of marketing and promoted David Chaplin to director of operations for manufacturing, overseeing the company’s South Carolina and Nevada facilities. 

AAK, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of value-adding specialty vegetable fats and oils, announced Megan Brazil and John Lee have joined the innovation team at AAK’s Innovation Center in Richmond, Calif. Brazil has joined as a customer innovation scientist and Lee as an innovation technologist.