Lu Ann Williams, Innova Market Insights’ Co-Founder and Global Insights Director, discusses consumer interest in natural and organic attributes and their impacts on new foods and beverages.

EverGrain’s collaboration with The Game Changers filmmaker represents a significant milestone in the young business’s journey to create a more sustainable, circular food chain by commercializing and scaling thousands of tons of upcycled BSG into nutrient rich ingredients.

Accenture and Microsoft, together with their joint venture, Avanade, worked closely with Unilever to deliver the transformation in just 18 months with minimal disruption to business operations. 

To meet consumer demand for more craveable convenience foods that happen to be plant-based, Wicked Kitchen continues to innovate with new chef-crafted items as it expands nationwide retail distribution points

Milk Buds Plus serves up rich dairy taste, delivering a fatty mouthfeel and flavor masking, ideal for a variety of confectionery products, beverages and bakery fillings.

JPG Resources identified 731 booths (23%) as having “vegan” food, and 401 booths (13%) that described their offerings as functional. Meanwhile, references to “regenerative agriculture” and “fermentation” mentions made up approximately 1% each out of 3,178 total exhibitors.

AAK, an ingredient supplier specializing in value-adding specialty fats and oils, created a state-of-the-art Innovation Center of Excellence to develop plant-based foods close to its Zaandijk production facilities in the Netherlands.

As more people reach for plant-based snacks, The Hershey Company is offering two options for a milk chocolate alternative. The chocolatier announced the nationwide launch of Hershey's Plant Based and the new addition of Reese's Plant Based.

Lu Ann Williams, Innova Market Insights’ Co-Founder and Global Insights Director, discusses strong consumer interest in sugar reduction and its impact on new foods and beverages.

Solomatin joins the company after more than 10 years at Impossible Foods, where he helped to develop, scale and commercialize their cutting-edge food technology.