In conjunction with the completion of the transaction, Richard Hooper has been appointed CEO of Innophos, effective immediately. Hooper is an industry veteran with 40 years of specialty materials experience.

As bakery R&D manager, Guilfoyle leads the bakery R&D team through technical advancements in innovation and new product development and develops custom blends and solutions as part of bakery customer support.

The new infusion of funding provides the startup with significant leverage for attaining global expansion of its current portfolio of award-winning plant-based yogurts.

The new facility will allow the edible oils business to conduct multi-scale, continuous piloting, starting with the refining of new vegetable oils and blends and ending with innovative shortening solutions for breads, cakes, cookies, frying and other uses.

Rossanese has more than 15 years of demonstrated sales success in the food ingredient market. He comes to PROVA from Naturex, a Givaudan affiliate, where he was instrumental in the launch of the company’s natural colors business and held a sales and business development role within that new business unit. 

This important milestone for The Annex comes shortly after the acquisition of an organic grain elevator in Klamath Falls, Oregon, the Colorado Quinoa™ exclusivity partnership, as well as the Denver RiNo investment to clean and pack specialty grains.

Fermented Sciences Inc. (FSI) was founded in 2017 by Bill Moses, a well-known expert in the art and science of fermentation, co-founder and former CEO of KeVita, which he sold to PepsiCo. Flying Embers handcrafted hard kombucha is the first product line developed and launched by FSI.

In addition to creating recyclable packaging, GoGo squeeZ® intends to educate consumers about the ways in which they can improve their recycling efforts and get more packaging into the recycling stream.

Hometown Food Company, a portfolio company of Brynwood Partners VIII L.P. and Brynwood Partners VII L.P., announced the appointment of Tom Polke as its new president and CEO.  

Conagra Brands aims to reduce waste derived from packaging through thoughtful design and by using renewable and more readily recyclable or compostable materials.