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Café Valley, Hershey Launch Chocolate Cheesecake Brownie Bites

Café Valley is partnering with The Hershey Co. to introduce a snack-size coffee cake bite that is equal parts brownie and cheesecake made with Hershey’s chocolate. Café Valley Chocolate Cheesecake Brownie Bites are set to hit grocery, convenience and club store shelves next month in 11.6-oz., clear plastic packages containing 12 brownie bites per case. The […]

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Rice’s Honey Becomes Local Hive With Branding, Packaging Update

Greeley, Colorado-based Rice’s Honey has changed the name and packaging of its flagship honey brand to “Local Hive.” In addition to raw and unfiltered clover, wildflower and amber honey sourced in the U.S., the company also bottles more than 12 local varietals from around the country. The company says that is what prompted the changes. […]

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FDA Begins Hearing Process Aimed At Lowering Nicotine In Tobacco

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making (ANPRM) to lower nicotine levels in tobacco. While this is just the first step in a long-term regulatory process, the notice suggests the FDA is taking a serious look at developing a tobacco product standard and reducing nicotine levels in […]

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V&V Supremo Mexican Cheese Sweeps World Championship Awards

V&V Supremo Foods took home the gold at The World Championship Cheese Contest last week—a record-setting year for the event, with 3,402 entries from 26 countries. V&V won the gold, silver and bronze medals in the Latin American Melting Cheese class and has now won first place in the Latin American Melting Cheese class at […]

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Blue Bell Ice Cream Reaches Northern New Mexico In Latest Expansion

Blue Bell Ice Cream began rolling out to dozens more cities across New Mexico and parts of the Midwest and Southeast this week. In New Mexico, the ice cream will be available in grocery stores in Albuquerque and the surrounding cities of Belen, Bernalillo, Espanola, Grants, Los Lunas, Milan, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe and Socorro. […]

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Unilever Enters Organic Snack Category With Growing Roots Brand

Unilever is launching Growing Roots, an organic, plant-based snack brand with a social mission. The company will donate half of all Growing Roots’ profits to support Unilever’s urban farming partnerships. The brand builds on Unilever’s multi-year urban farming commitment, which establishes and funds partnerships to unlock access to fresh foods and nutrition education in communities […]

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Impossible Foods Hires Creative Director Ahead Of Retail Launch

Impossible Foods, maker of the plant-based Impossible Burger, has hired creative veteran Sasha Markova as the company’s first executive creative director. Markova will lead Impossible Foods’ in-house creative team, which will manage all visual messaging across the brand’s channels. The move comes after Impossible Foods began producing burgers at its first full-scale production plant in […]

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Blue Moose Of Boulder Hummus Now Certified Organic

Blue Moose of Boulder, a manufacturer of better-for-you snacks, has received USDA Organic certification for its hummus line. “Receiving USDA Organic certification is a very proud moment for our company,” said Tenley Satre, president of Blue Moose. “We’ve always prided ourselves on using high-quality, all-natural ingredients in our hummus, and this certification reaffirms our dedication to that. We are […]