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Consumer Health Trends, Private-Label Acceptance Drive FedUp Foods’ Growth

June 26, 2024

Zane Adams of FedUp Foods discusses his excitement over the growing acceptance of private-label products, as well as consumers' increased interest in health-and-wellness food and beverage products.

Andy Hanacek

Zane Adams is co-founder and executive vice president of strategy and development for FedUp Foods, one of the biggest private-label manufacturers of functional beverages in North America. Adams joins the Food For Thought podcast to discuss what is driving the private-label business today — and how economic conditions should continue to drive it in the future.

He also digs into consumer trends and perceptions around health-and-wellness products, and how the food and beverage industry is stepping up to meet those customers on their level.

About the Author

Andy Hanacek | Senior Editor

Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.