“One of the most significant industry challenges today is concern about rising food costs,” said Courtney Schwartz, Marketing Director, Kemin Food Technologies – North America. 

Williams Sausage Company employs approximately 500 team members and produces fresh and fully cooked sausage, bacon, and sandwiches for retail and food service customers.

The butcher-style turkey sausage link is bun-length and offers the same taste and texture of its pork counterparts.

Fuchs North America introduces the Standout Seasonings Collection, a limited-edition line of seasoning blends that appeal to consumer desires for highly sought-after flavor profiles and ingredients. Our new collection offers a selection of seasonings that combine to create a fusion of craveable flavors that can be applied to food products including fried chicken sandwiches and much more.

UPSIDE announced that it has developed a breakthrough chicken cell line for use in suspension cell culture that could substantially reduce the cost of production for these ground meat products.

Florida Food Products, LLC (“FFP”) announced that the United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) has ruled in favor of the meat industry and FFP by invalidating an industry player’s attempt to patent how meat companies apply natural curing agents. 

IRI, 210 Analytics and Marriner Marketing joined forces to study meat department sales and trends. In an end-of-year review, 210 Analytics President Anne-Marie Roerink noted that department sales have increased more than $9 billion between 2018 and 2022. Moreover, sales reached a record high of $87.1 billion, up 5.8% from 2021 levels.

This new innovation has been crafted to help consumers take their culinary game to the next level with flavors that are globally inspired and provide a slice of adventure to pizzas, paninis, tapas and more.

Inspired by craveable guest favorites, the new retail entrées include Cheddar Bay Biscuit® Shrimp, which combines the Cheddar Bay Biscuit with shrimp, and Coconut Shrimp Bites, both making it easy to enjoy seafood.

Ovation Foods® introduced Chicken Strips to its line of nutrient-dense meat snacks containing one whole egg – a unique whole food breakthrough that aims to reinvent the healthy snack food category.