FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education), a food allergy advocacy organization and a private funder of food allergy research, launched a new resource geared at raising awareness of the benefits of introducing a variety of new foods to babies and educating people on how they might be able to help reduce the risk of developing food allergies.

Red River Commodities (RRC) says a wide range of food processors are expressing interest in SunButter, an industrial sunflower butter. Because of substantial growth in peanut allergies, more manufacturers are creating peanut-free products using SunButter, which provides a similar taste, texture and performance to peanut butter, says RRC.