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Turkey Teriyaki Jerky feat

Turkey Snacks under Butterball Brand

Monogram Food Solutions LLC will launch a new line of turkey meat snacks featuring turkey jerky, turkey bacon jerky, turkey nuggets and turkey snack sticks licensed under the Butterball brand.
May 14, 2013
Production of the line begins in May.
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Teens

Food Commercials and Young People

Watching TV commercials of people munching on hot, crispy French fries or sugar-laden cereal resonates more with teens than advertisements about cell phone plans or the latest car.
May 9, 2013
A new University of Michigan study found that regardless of body weight, teens had high brain activity during food commercials compared to nonfood commercials.
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Potato Chips

GF Certification for Boulder Canyon

Inventure Foods Inc. has received certification from the Gluten-Free Certification Organization (GFCO) for its Boulder Canyon Natural Foods products.
May 9, 2013
Sales of certified gluten-free products in the chips, pretzel and snack category grew 54% from 2010-2011 and sales of the overall gluten-free food category grew 27% from 2009-2011.
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nuts

B&G Finds TrueNorth

B&G Foods Inc. has acquired the TrueNorth brand from DeMet’s Candy Co.
May 7, 2013
DeMet's had owned the brand since acquiring it in 2010 from Frito-Lay North America.
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shopping

Shopping While Hungry

Researchers at Cornell University have examined shopping while hungry.
May 7, 2013
Not only does filling up a food cart while on an empty stomach lead to out of control snacking in the short term, it may condemn the shopper to an entire week's worth of unhealthy eating.
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Sweetner

Sugar Sources

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control has found that the majority of added sugars in the diets of Americans are coming from food now, not beverages.
May 6, 2013
The findings suggest a shift in sugar intake.
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Caffeine

FDA Examining Caffeine Content

The Food and Drug Administration is closely watching the marketing of food companies who are betting on snacks like potato chips, jelly beans and gum with a caffeinated kick.
May 2, 2013
The agency is already investigating the safety of energy drinks and energy shots, prompted by consumer reports of illness and death.
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Jelly Belly Jewels feat

Jewels from Jelly Belly

In celebration of National Jelly Bean Day (April 22), Jelly Belly Candy Company debuted its shimmering collection of Jelly Belly jelly beans.
April 25, 2013
The new collection includes Jewel Blueberry, Jewel Bubble Gum, Jewel Sour Apple, Jewel Cream Soda, Jewel Berry Blue, Jewel Orange and Jewel Very Cherry.
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Hershey Simple Pleasures

Top CPG Companies

A new study has identified the top-performing companies in the U.S. consumer-packaged-goods industry.
April 22, 2013
Among large companies, the top three performers were Lorillard, the Hershey Company, and Anheuser-Busch InBev.
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Hershey Simple Pleasures

Hershey Fronting

The Hershey Company plans to bring an enhanced food labeling system to its U.S. product portfolio.
April 18, 2013
Hershey will begin to roll out front-of-pack nutrition information in the second half of 2013.
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