The explosion of plant-base meat and dairy analogs has created a paradigm shift in the ways food product developers are considering fats and oils. There’s plenty of innovation around plant-based meat alternatives, especially as they expand beyond burgers, sausages, and poultry into mimics of bacon, pork, and even such specific items as turkey burgers.

Mojis Inc., Boulder, Colo., has extended its popular Weller CBD brand into a broader, better-for-you platform of bubbly drinks. Its first new offering are Weller Sparkling Immunity drinks in three varieties: Elderberry + Peach, Elderberry + Lemon-Lime, and Elderberry + Strawberry.

On one side of the food and beverage processing industry, food manufacturers have been tasked with solving issues of food and ingredient safety and security. From the other side, consumers are more closely scrutinizing the ingredients and processes involved in the food products they purchase.

Epicurean thrill seekers appreciate a noisy, hustling and bustling street kitchen, a hawker center, or a food trailer park just as much as the comfortable and sophisticated atmosphere of a fine dining restaurant. In today’s “grab-and-go” world, stay-at-home consumers are seeking that same level of culinary excitement and stimulation of all senses.

Prepared Foods talks street food trends and tastes with Nicholas “Claude” and Angela Colabella, co-founders of Little’s Specialty Foods, Inc., an artisan seasonings, blends and mixes company in New Canaan, Conn.