This brings the total invested to date to approximately $30 million, including early funding from U2's Bono and The Edge, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Singapore-based VisVires New Protein and angel investor Ali Partovi.

Earnest Eats Protein + Probiotic Oatmeal is crafted with a superfood blend of ancient grains, including organic, whole rolled oats, puffed quinoa and amaranth plus a mega amount of grass-fed whey protein and probiotic cultures.

Already positioned as an innovation leader with protein ingredients, Essentia Protein Solutions has expanded and added Reduced Sodium Chicken Broth to its line of multi-species Broths, Stocks, Fats and Extracts.  Now available in both conventional and organic forms, these new reduced sodium chicken items will further strengthen Essentia’s line of clean label ingredients.

The beverage is all natural and made of just six ingredients. The drink's caffeine content comes from guarana extract, a natural, plant-based source. Similar to other BiPro Protein Water flavors, the new product is just 90 calories per bottle with zero grams of sugar, fat or carbohydrates.

The shake aims to provide nutrients for health and wellness goals combined with the holiday flavor of candy cane. The Thrive Premium Lifestyle Shake, or Thrive Mix as it's often called, is  an ultra-premium shake mix.

Eviva brings nourishing collagen – known for its positive contributions to supporting healthy skin, hair, joints and bones – to consumers in a single-serve ready-to-drink refreshing beverage for optimal convenience and portability, all under a clean non-GMO and gluten-free label.

A new functional Greek yogurt product from Mopro Nutrition LLC, Birmingham, Mich., brings protein to a new level.

More consumers than ever before are gravitating toward plant-based protein sources to meet their daily protein requirements.

Adaptogens also support a healthy and boosted metabolism, and can help restore balance to the immune, nervous and endocrine systems.

GELITA will use this year’s Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) to showcase various benefits of its novel “Fast Forward Process” and “Particle Engineering” processes, which utilize gelatine and collagen peptides. These new advances are part of the company’s SMART TECHNOLOGY portfolio.