LIVEKINDLY Collective launches LikeMeat and Fry Family Food Co. at Sprouts Formed last year, LIVEKINDLY Collective had made its US retail debut at Sprouts Farmers Market locations nationwide where it has launched several products from its plant-based foods portfolio, including Like Chick n from LikeMeat and The Fry Family Food Co. s frozen meat alternatives.
LIVEKINDLY Collective acquired LikeMeat and
The Fry Family Food Co. in 2020 as part of its expanding portfolio of plant-based food brands, which also includes Swedish brand Oumph! and UK-based No Meat.
Founded by Blue Horizon Group, LIVEKINDLY is on a global mission to change the food landscape and promote the consumption of plant-based foods with a focus on making plant-based chicken the most affordable protein in the world, LIVEKINDLY chairman and CEO Kees Krufythoff
In Australia, the practice of introducing peanuts into an infant’s diet early on (before 12 months of age) has increased more than 3x in 2019 compared to 2007-2011 data, according to research led by the Murdoch Children s Research Institute (MCRI) in Australia and presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Virtual Annual Meeting.
Australian infant feeding guidelines were updated in 2016 to recommend introducing peanuts before 12 months for all infants. In its recent study MCRI set out to analyze what impact the guideline changes have had on peanut allergies.
The US recently published its early allergen introduction guidelines as part of the
Before the pandemic, few Americans prepared lamb and those who did tended to reserve it for special occasions, but shortages of traditional proteins last spring pushed more people to try it for the first time, and now, nearly a year later sales of lamb continue to climb as shoppers overcome negative perceptions and incorporate it into their diets more regularly.
According to IRI, growth of lamb sales as measured by a percentage change versus 2019 outpaced all other proteins consistently from May through November of 2020. In addition, lamb had the highest percentage gains at 34% versus the same month the prior year.
Post Foods agrees to settle sugary cereal class action with $15m fund A judge has given a tentative green light to a $15m settlement between Post Foods and consumers who accused the CPG giant of misleading shoppers by falsely advertising sugary cereals as healthy. The news follows another high-profile settlement reached with Kellogg over similar claims.
In a Feb 24 order on the case, Judge William H. Orrick gave preliminary approval to an agreement reached by the parties in January, and is set to provide class members (who bought selected Post cereals in the US between 2012 and 2020), with damages and injunctive relief.
Vertical indoor farming company Kalera has acquired Vindara Inc., a company developing non-GMO seeds specifically designed for use in vertical indoor farm environments.