Finding a reliable manufacturer that can meet product specifications and has production capacity that aligns with supply needs is one of the biggest challenges brands face, but a new matching platform launching today could simplify and dramatically shorten the search process... Watch now

As consumers seek increased value and experience from food and beverages, one of the world’s leading flavor experts highlights the biggest consumer trends this year... Read

Family-held candy maker Mars Inc. could acquire snack giant Kellanova, according to media reports over the weekend, which, if accurate, could signal the beginning of a long-awaited return to M&A activity in the food and beverage industry following a post-pandemic slowdown in deal flow... Read

Monster Beverage Corp. continues to dominate the fast-growing energy drink market with incremental sales and unit gains across its portfolio at a time when many newer category entrants lost both, and yet the company’s eponymous energy drink lost dollar share as competitors Celsius, C4, Ghost and others gained dollar share... Read

Manufacturers have just over three years to reformulate packaged snacks, confections and beverages with six common – and controversial – food dyes if they want to continue selling their products in California schools... Read

Protein bar brand David’s founders, including RXBAR Co-founder Peter Rahal, attracted investors with their industry experience and an emphasis on protein as a science-backed, enduring macronutrient over fleeting diet trends, Rahal told FoodNavigator-USA.. Read

Fragrance and ingredient giant IFF could divest segments of its business as part of a larger strategy to rightsize the company after failing to capitalize on a merger with Dupont Nutrition and Biosciences that sent its stock price tumbling, new CEO J. Erik Frywald told investors last week at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York’s annual meeting... Read

As food additive bans roll out across numerous states, many CPG companies that rely on artificial dyes might need costly reformulations, while clean-label and natural ingredient trends might influence product changes well before regulatory mandates... Read

Walmart may be less willing to accept price increases from brand manufacturers going forward as it rolls back prices for 7,200 items, including for food, which it says increased by 35% during its second quarter... Read

FDA's massive reorganization to create a unified Human Foods Program under one leader who reports directly to the agency’s commissioner may take longer than originally anticipated, but is “going quite well,” the program’s first Deputy Commissioner Jim Jones said last week at the Food Policy Impact Summit hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists’ Washington, DC, section... Read