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Conagra Brands is introducing an extensive lineup of new food arriving on shelves, spanning breakfast, frozen meals, vegetables, plant-based options, pantry staples and sweet treats.

“Our 2026 innovation line-up reflects how people want to eat today – bold flavors, convenient prep methods, and exceptional value,” said Noelle O’Mara, president of refrigerated and frozen at Conagra Brands. “Our new offerings bring together leading brands that consumers trust combined with fresh ideas inspired by the ways they shop, cook and share meals.”

Breakfast offerings

  • Banquet is introducing Brown ‘N Serve Sausage Sandwich Size Patties, a 30 oz. pack with about 20 patties designed to fit English muffins. Banquet MEGA breakfast bowls offer 30 grams of protein per bowl in four varieties – Sausage, Meat Lovers, Sausage & Gravy, and Bacon – with 25 percent more food than the leading breakfast bowl brand.
  • Odom’s Tennessee Pride is growing its snack-size breakfast sandwich lineup with Chicken Sandwich and Maple Pancake Sausage Sandwich flavors, available in a box of 10.
  • Sandwich Bros. is introducing Sausage, Egg and Cheese and Egg White, Turkey Sausage and Cheese breakfast pitas with 12 grams of protein per sandwich.

Frozen meals

  • Banquet MEGA is adding Chicken Tenders in Original Crispy and Spicy Crispy varieties, made with 100 percent natural white meat chicken, with 16 grams of protein per serving. The brand is also adding Vlasic Dill Pickle chicken filets to its collection, three new XL multi-serve meals (Country Fried Chicken, Buffalo-Style Chicken Mac ‘N Cheese, and Dynamite Penne with Meatballs) with 29-46 grams of protein and two new single-serve meals.
  • Bertolli is introducing a Beef Bolognese Skillet Meal with rigatoni pasta in a beef sauce.
  • Dolly Parton’s is adding Homestyle Meatloaf and Fried Chicken Mac & Cheese to its comfort food lineup.
  • Evol is introducing four new protein bowls with 25-40 grams of protein and a Blackened Chicken Alfredo.
  • Healthy Choice has six new meals across its Café, Café Steamers and Simply Steamers lines, all featuring a GLP-1 “On Track” badge.
  • Hungry-Man Chicken Alfredo offers 26 grams of protein and a king size brownie.
  • Marie Callender’s is adding three family size meals (Meat Lasagna, Baked Ziti, Garlic Chicken Pasta) and three single-serve meals.
  • P.F. Chang’s Home Menu is introducing Japanese Style BBQ Crispy Chicken, Mini Pork Egg Rolls and a Korean BBQ Style Bowl.

Vegetable offerings

  • Birds Eye is introducing Steakhouse Sides (Green Beans with Bacon and Creamed Spinach), two new ULTIMATE Vegetables dishes (Cheesy Broccoli Mac & Cheese and Creamy Parmesan Scalloped Potatoes) and new Steamfresh plain and sauced vegetable varieties.

Plant-based offerings

  • Gardein is introducing ULTIMATE Plant-Based Extra Crispy Chick’n Nuggets with no soy ingredients and 18 grams of protein per serving, and an ULTIMATE Bowls Chick’n Alfredo. Purple Carrot is adding Spring Vegetable Alfredo-Style Bowl and Vegetable Basil Pesto Bowl to its vegan meal lineup.

Pantry offerings

  • Wendy’s Baconator Chili, featuring bacon crumbles and beefy cheeseburger flavor.
  • Stubb’s Baked Beans in Original and Sticky Sweet varieties, both vegetarian, gluten-free and an excellent source of fiber.

Sweet treats

  • Snack Pack is introducing Dr Pepper Juicy Gels and Snack Pack Splash Juicy Gels made with 98 percent fruit juice (Strawberry and Orange). Glutino is adding Dark Chocolate Strawberry Wafer Bites, Frosted Animal Crackers and Garlic Parmesan Pretzel Twists.

Related: Conagra Brands Names J.M. Smucker President, COO Brase As CEO

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