Category: The New CPG
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Add one more to the list of major CPGs looking to capitalize on the public’s insatiable appetite for plant-based meat. This week, Hormel Foods, who owns brands like Skippy and Applegate, announced the launch of its Happy Little Plants product line. This is Hormel’s first project under what the company’s new plant-based foods division called…
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Mega-corporation and food producer Cargill has invested an additional $75 million into Puris, North America’s largest pea protein producer and supplier of Beyond Meat. This is the second investment Cargill has made in Puris, following a $25 million deal made in January 2018. According to the press release, the new investment will allow Puris to…
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August may be vacation time for many. But in the world of food tech accelerators, it’s business as usual, with a fresh offering of programs taking applications throughout the month. Some are courtesy of major corporations, others have sprouted from more local operations. All are in search of startups using technology to change the way…
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This is the web version of our weekly Future Food newsletter. Be sure to subscribe here so you don’t miss a beat! Order in the plant-based court This past week we spoke with Tofurky’s CEO Jaime Athos about why the plant-based meat company is leading a suit against a new Arkansas law that restricts the use of…
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This morning, CPG giant Mars unveiled the six startups participating in the company’s first-ever cohort for its Seeds of Change accelerator program, which helps early-stage companies with health- and sustainability-focused offerings hit their next phase of growth. As a consumer-focused brand, Seeds of Change has been in operation since 1989, initially selling organic seeds to…
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You can count on a few things for any summer in New York: the hum of thousands of air conditioning units, lengthy sessions in the park, the unmistakable smell of garbage on the curb. And nowadays, you can also count on a few lingering applications deadlines still open for the city’s fast-growing tech accelerator scene.…
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Purple Orange Ventures (P.O.V.), a seed fund based in Berlin, Germany, announced the launch of a new fellowship program aimed at alt-protein projects and ideas. Dubbed The Entrepreneurial Scientist & Engineer Fellowship Program, the fellowship will provide grant money and mentorship for scientists and engineers using, well, science and engineering to create products that mimic…
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I love a good conversation about changing the world as much as the next person, but not every podcast has to be a TED talk, ok? In fact, sometimes you just want to talk about cereal, and that’s what Chris Albrecht and I did in this episode as we break down the taste, ingredients and…
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