Food Industry News, Insights, and Education for the CPG Community

The nation’s largest egg producer, Cal-Maine Foods, announced today it will acquire certain assets of the Van’s Foods business from Sara Lee Frozen Bakery, LLC, a portfolio company of private equity firm Kohlberg. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Noosa parent company Novus Foods is pushing deeper into the fridge, extending and evolving its mainstream gelatin brand Winky into a functional food platform with the debut of a new protein-forward dessert line.

Armed with $2.5 million in pre-seed funding and a product that combines “max flavor” with “clinically relevant” probiotics, protein snack newcomer Rogue is gearing up for its retail debut in 2,800 Walmart stores nationwide.

Launching in two flavors, Snackables combines cheese, crackers and poppable snacks in a double-pack format intended for “splitting, swapping and sharing.”

Three months after offloading its snacks business, Hain Celestial reported its free cash flow increased to $35 million and debt fell below $145 million year-to-date during its third-quarter earnings, released today.

Fresh salsa Jalapa Jar has become one of the top-selling refrigerated brands in the natural channel after getting its start as a taco stand.

This week, we’re cracking open colostrum in a can, bracing ourselves for the Yaza tatziki tsunami, and drowning our sorrows in an empty tub of therapy ice cream. Hey, what more could you ask for?

After hitting the public market earlier this year, celebrity-backed baby and kids nutrition brand Once Upon a Farm saw accelerated growth in the first quarter.

An IP lawsuit over plant-based egg white protein could determine the future of a pair of food tech companies right as they are on the verge of scaling.

Following a sluggish 2025, M&A activity in the packaged food industry is beginning to rebound, though buyers are no longer chasing scale alone.

In this week’s new product roundup, mochi ice cream maker My/Mochi taps into rising consumer demand for nostalgic flavors, Barebells bulks up its Original Protein Bar lineup, and Little Latke introduces two new shelf-stable latke crisp flavors.

In its Q1 earnings, Beyond updated investors on its restructuring plan as it transitions into a plant protein food and beverage business.

Olyra is embracing figs in its newest product line. Ancestral protein bar PRIMA has established itself as one of Sprouts’ top-selling bars.

Clean-ingredient meat snack maker New Primal has landed its 12-count Rotisserie Seasoned Chicken Meat Sticks at Costco warehouses across Texas, marking the brand’s first zero-sugar offering to hit the club chain.