The ready-to-eat breakfast cereal category's hopes of innovating a way out of its sales slump largely were dashed in 2017. New product launches were plentiful, but none are likely to register as blockbusters.

The sauce is the brainchild of CEO Francisco Pavan, who was born in Venezuela and immigrated to the United States when he was 18. He worked in finance, but craved the creation of something tangible, something that reminded him of home.

Along with network operations in Bernardino, Calif., and Atlanta, the 103,000-square-foot Bedford Park facility provides Home Chef with the capacity to grow well beyond its current cadence of delivering three million meals per month.

NEXTY winners are determined in a two-round judging process that is completed in the Boulder-based New Hope Network office in the weeks prior to Expo West & Engredea. All nominated products are considered and judges give a special nod to those that display the qualities of Innovation, Inspiration and Integrity.

The 2018 beverage trends report takes a look at influential macro-trends and how they're impacting beverage categories.

Packed with premium ingredients, including real fruits and vegetables, Naked Fruit, Nut & Veggie Bars offer the convenient nutrition and taste Naked is known for in three flavors: Blue Machine, Green Machine and Red Machine. Naked Fruit, Nut & Veggie Bars contain no preservatives, are Non-GMO Project verified, and are excellent sources of vitamins A, C, E and Iron.

Perhaps it's just how the cookie crumbles. But when it comes to food trends, there are few food categories like bakery foods that illustrate the large gap between what consumers say—and what consumers actually do.

Load'd Sundaes are filled with signature Blue Bunny treats—chunky cookies, crunchy nuts, rich chocolate pieces and Blue Bunny's signature candy B’s- swirled together with gooey syrups in a single-serve container.

Coke’s R&D team worked with nearly 9,500 consumers and explored more than 30 flavor options, mostly rooted in fruit, for what would be the brand’s first flavor innovations since Vanilla Coke in 2002.

Today's top chefs and developers have been demonstrating a renewed interest in using whole grains, especially "ancient" or "heritage" grains.