Consumers show interest in new “hybrid” items that are part meat or dairy—combined with plant alternatives
August 19, 2021
“Hello Hybrids” was one of the Top Ten Trends identified by Innova Market Insights last year. “Hello Hybrids” also is an apt description of a new retail product segment.
The new frozen meals are made with konjac root to create a shrimp-like texture
August 13, 2021
CLO-CLO™ Vegan Foods introduced plant-based shrimp entrée bowls and a mac & cheeze bowl as consumer demand for plant-based frozen entrée meals catapults.
The combination of Sanderson Farms and Wayne Farms will create a best-in-class US poultry company with a high-quality asset base
August 9, 2021
Cargill, Continental Grain Company, and Sanderson Farms, Inc. reached a definitive agreement for a joint venture between Cargill and Continental Grain to acquire Sanderson Farms for $203 per share in cash, representing a total equity value for Sanderson Farms of $4.53 billion.
Aussie Select Lamb Pastrami Wins Best Alternative Channel Product at the 2021 Spirit of Innovation Awards
July 27, 2021
World Select Cuts LLC, Marietta, Ga., represents a collection of US and Australian experts in the meat, restaurant and retail sectors. And it was back in 2018 that these food industry veterans laid the groundwork for Aussie Select, which today includes a unique Lamb Pastrami and two flavorful Lamb Hams (Agave Rosemary, Tikka Masala) for both in-store deli and foodservice channels.
Field Roast Signature Stadium Hot Dogs are hung in a smokehouse and double smoked using maple hardwood wood chips and a combination of steam and dry heat
July 27, 2021
They say “teamwork makes the dream work.” Yet here’s a case where multiple teams contributed to a home run for Greenleaf Foods, SPC, Elmhurst, Ill. And coincidentally enough, this story involves baseball—with the Signature Stadium Dog now sold both outside and inside the Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium.
The combined company has been renamed Stryve Foods, Inc.
July 20, 2021
Andina Acquisition Corp. III, a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, announced that it has completed its business combination with Stryve Foods, LLC, an emerging healthy snacking platform disrupting traditional snacking categories and a leader in the air dried meat snack industry in the United States. The business combination was approved by Andina’s shareholders at a special meeting held on July 19, 2021.
AAK used year’s virtual IFT21 to showcase better-for-you bakery, confectionery, and plant-based foods
July 20, 2021
AAK offers a wide range of multi-functional fat solutions that help manufacturers create foods for today’s marketplace, including plant-based versions of everyone’s favorite foods that keep taste and texture intact. All items feature one or more of AAK’s multi-functional fat solutions and are non-hydrogenated and low in saturated fat.