BeyondBrands enters sugar-free chocolate category with launch of GoodSam Foods GoodSam Foods, a new brand of no-sugar-added, direct-trade chocolate launched by BeyondBrands, has entered the sugar-free chocolate confectionery category with products sweetened with emerging sweetener allulose.
Co-developed and founded in 2019 by Sam Stroot, a natural products industry veteran, and Heather Terry, BeyondBrands chief strategy officer and co-founder of NibMor organic chocolate,
GoodSam Foods formed an exclusive relationship with
Thrive Market on the eve of the cancelled 2020 Natural Products Expo West Show. All of us physically got in a room together the day before Expo West was cancelled. Had that not happened we may not be on the path we re on now, said Eric Schnell, CEO of BeyondBrands, who has launched a number of mission-driven brands including Good Catch plant-based seafood into the marketplace.
KIND Snacks updates packaging to reflect America’s diversity, donates to support racial equality Black Lives Matter supporters may not be taking to the streets or grabbing headlines as often as they were last summer, but the social and racial injustices that drove them their persist, which is why KIND Healthy Snacks is deepening its commitment to address long-standing inequalities and systemic racism.
Among the company’s many commitments announced yesterday to help level the playing field for Black, Indigenous and People of Color is a seemingly small change that could have an outsized impact on the youngest generation – a decision to adjust its KIND Kids packaging to be more inclusive and reflect America’s diversity.
PepsiCo’s Greenhouse Accelerator’s fifth cohort focuses on functional & personalized nutrition As consumer taste preferences shift to reflect a deeper understanding of the connection between health and diet during the ongoing pandemic, PepsiCo is expanding the scope of its Greenhouse Accelerator program to embrace emerging science and technology focused on personalized nutrition, wellness and functional foods and supplements.
The program’s fifth cohort, announced yesterday, includes 10 companies from around the world that promise to be
“game-changers for the food industry as they look at personalization, emerging technologies and unique services and ingredients” that empower consumers to take control of their health and wellness, Daniel Grubbs, managing director, PepsiCo Venture Group, told FoodNavigator-USA.
Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Mood boosting beverages, non-alcoholic options rise with ‘sober curious’ movement For many Americans in 2020, pouring a stiff drink at the end of the day – or in the middle of it – was less about socializing with friends and more about coping with the chaos of the pandemic, and while many of the challenges from last year remain – research shows fewer people plan on turning to alcohol in the New Year and instead are embracing non-alcoholic and functional beverages as a healthier alternatives.
At least temporarily.
According to research from the alcohol alternative beverage brand DRY Botanical Bubbly, 33% of the Americans plan partake this year in a traditional or modified ‘dry January,’ a month in which participants hit a hard reset on the indulgences that typically come with the holiday season by giving up or drastically cutting back on alcohol consumption.