By focusing on what is important to the brand, Top Ramen is improving its nutritional profile while maintaining taste.

Made with wholesome ingredients, like chicken raised without antibiotics, and meeting popular dietary benchmarks like high-in-protein, vegan and gluten-free, the new rice and noodle bowls align well with Blount’s commitment to producing high quality, freshly made products.

There are many ingredient and technical challenges that come into play when creating, manufacturing, and scaling up soups and broths. Whether beginning from a base of dairy, broth, or tomato, soups made for batch production have one thing in common: Consumers demand that they taste homemade.

As consumers look for ways to include more vegetables in their daily diet, Cup Noodles Very Veggie is the first and only instant noodle cup to feature one full serving of vegetables.

The partnership includes a Real Food Innovation Challenge and a mentorship program between Campbell experts and Foodworks members.

Zoup! Chicken Broth is a base for hearty chicken soups and can be used in casseroles, rice or grain dishes, and other recipes that call for chicken broth.

Three varieties include Organic Crème Fraiche Tomato Soup, Organic Crème Fraiche Roasted Red Pepper Soup and Organic Crème Fraiche Butternut Squash Soup

Harbinger Ventures leads the round with additional funding from Echo Capital Group, Navama & Kouffman LLC, CircleUp and Cambridge Companies SPG. The seed funding round combines conventional foods and natural foods industry leaders focused on trends popular with millennials.

Wahl brings more than 20 years of experience to his new role, where he’ll spearhead strategic growth and channel expansion for the brand’s core line of frozen bone broths and new ready-to-drink line of Drinkable Veggies™.

Campbell Soup Company President and Chief Executive Officer Denise Morrison and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Anthony DiSilvestro provided an overview of the company’s strategic direction during the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) Conference in Boca Raton, Fla.