Highlights

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Nuts

Yankee Stadium Nut Processor to Lease 150k-Sq.-Ft. Former Stuffed Puffs Lehigh Valley Facility

Feb. 11, 2025
Bazzini, which has provided peanuts to the MLB’s Yankees since 1923, will lease the 150,000-sq.-ft. building in Lehigh Valley, Pa., to increase operations.
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Regulatory Compliance

Bimbo Bakeries USA Enters Standoff with FDA Over Sesame Labeling Warning Letter

Oct. 10, 2024
Although the company has clarified its tree nuts labeling, Bimbo says its sesame labeling is the best way to protect consumers from accidental consumption of the allergen in its...
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Nuts

Once Again Nut Butter Acquires California Almond Manufacturer

Oct. 1, 2024
Big Tree Organic Farms gives upstate New York nut butter producer a West Coast facility, which should help minimize logistics time and cost in shipping almonds for processing ...
Regulatory Compliance

FDA Scolds Bimbo Bakeries USA for Allergen Labels on Products Not Containing Those Ingredients

June 26, 2024
Agency demonstrates it will not tolerate inclusion of allergens on labels on products that do not contain them as a way to work around shoring up GMPs and cross-contamination ...
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Business Strategies

Hormel Foods Offers Insight into Planters, Q1 Volume Successes

March 13, 2024
Hormel has tapped into innovation and invested in exciting flavors and offerings for Planters and its other brands across all channels of business.
Industry Outlook

Hormel Foods Reports Volume Increases Across All Segments in Q1 Earnings

March 1, 2024
Better-than-expected performance in retail, foodservice and international business units drive strong results for the processor in the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
Marketing

Jif Aims to Save Chicken Wings’ ‘Forgotten’ Side Partner in Super Bowl Promo

Feb. 6, 2024
Peanut butter brand on a mission to “Save the Celery” from being forgotten, neglected and wasted on the side of gameday platters.
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R&D

Mars Opens Global Research and Development Hub in Chicago

Jan. 18, 2024
The 44,000-square-foot, $42 million facility will help the company achieve its goal to double its snacking business in the next decade, the company says.
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Snack Foods

PepsiCo Sets New Sodium Reduction Targets for Convenient Foods Portfolio

Nov. 15, 2023
New nutrition initiatives will also focus on adding diverse ingredients to the portfolio, all in the name of improving consumer health.
Nuts

California Man Arrested After 42,000 Pounds of Pistachios Go Missing

June 24, 2021
Touchstone Pistachio Company recently discovered 42,000 pounds of nuts had gone missing. With the help of the Tulare County, Calif. sheriff's office, they found the culprit: 34...
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Nuts

Nuts and Seeds Are Pumping Up Nutritional Value

June 14, 2021
No longer relegated to trail mix, nuts and seeds are sprouting in dairy and even meat analogues.
Inspection and Sorting

Case History: Hyperspectral Sorting Detects More

June 7, 2021
Caro Nut maximizes product quality and food safety while reducing costs with Key Technology's help.
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Editor's Plate

Editor’s Plate: Consumers Aren’t Stupid

May 11, 2021
The Dairy Pride Act is all pride and no science or logic.