Burcon NutraScience Corporation is expanding its protein development and innovation business by offering pilot plant processing and scale-up validation as a service for partners and customers.

The acquisition transforms Batory’s service offerings in the Northeast, Midwest and Southeast with the addition of Tri-State’s 100,000-square-foot, multi-temperature zone distribution center. 

Honorable mention also went to an Almond-Granola Butter Spread and Almond Protein Smoothie in Creamsicle, Chai and Coffee flavors. Student competition participants assessed the current market for opportunities, conducted consumer research, surveyed their target audience and sampled prototypes to strengthen their concepts and refine product pitches

Alternative proteins, which include cultivated, plant-based, and fermentation-derived proteins, represent an opportunity to reduce risks and improve the efficiency of meat production, while offering consumers the meat-eating experience they crave. Rethinking how meat is made can decrease emissions, protect human health, ensure food security for all, and maintain and improve biodiversity. Good Food Institute is calling on governments around the world to invest $10 billion each year in R&D and commercialization to deliver the full benefits of protein diversification.

FFP’s new clean label antimicrobial ingredient, VegStable® Secure, helps brands naturally protect a variety of foods from pathogens and spoilage—with no compromise to functionality or taste.

Since its inception, Purely Elizabeth has been committed to the healing power of food. The brand believes there is a direct connection between the health of our farms and the health of our food.

BENEO has expanded its ingredients portfolio with new Beneo-scL85, a short-chain fructooligosaccharide (scFOS). The new variant offers customers greater versatility for sugar replacement and enrichment of foods with dietary fiber.

Willow's FutureGrown™ technology platform is a fully integrated, proven solution for rapid enzyme and strain engineering, process development and scaled-up manufacturing that incorporates the latest technologies available for precision fermentation.

Fuchs North America introduces the Standout Seasonings Collection, a limited-edition line of seasoning blends that appeal to consumer desires for highly sought-after flavor profiles and ingredients. Our new collection offers a selection of seasonings that combine to create a fusion of craveable flavors that can be applied to food products including fried chicken sandwiches and much more.

The number of chili peppers and pepper sauces continues to multiply and proliferate, with some becoming mainstream. The past decade has seen sriracha become nearly as ubiquitous as ketchup, and superhot peppers, specifically ghost peppers, Carolina Reapers, and scorpion peppers have become mainstream.