Startups Innovators Hot Sauces Bring the Heat

There’s nothing hotter than hot sauces in the U.S. food business. The main demographic pushing this trend also is the one coming into its own economically: Gen Z members and younger millennials, who tend to relish new sensations and tastes, global twists, and inexpensive ways to supplement traditional foods.

Making Ancient Grains More Formulation Friendly

Bread wheat dominates the bakery industry because of its versatility and functional properties that mean doughs rise, crumb forms, and crusts brown the way consumers like. Modern grains, including wheats, have been bred for high yields, but that’s left them vulnerable to pests and diseases and has also lowered their nutritional content.

Leafy Green Traceability Pilots Reveal the Value of Sharing Extended Product Information During a Traceback Investigation

A group of six industry organizations today released a report outlining four months of leafy green traceability pilots with supply chain partners, including growers, distributors and both independent and chain retailers, offering a detailed response to the request by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) for improved traceability in the food system.