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    How 3 Food Processors Meet Flavor Trends
    Ed Avis
    Jan. 9, 2025
    Flavor and trend predictions abound this time of year. Here’s how Daily Crunch, Gimme Seaweed and Rebellyous Foods are developing products for the new year.
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    Andy Hanacek
    July 17, 2025
    New production line expected to open in Q2 2026 and produce additional flavors of Pretzel Bites product.
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    Dave Fusaro
    July 17, 2025
    Ken Paxton said the company reneged on a 2016 public pledge to remove them, amounting to deceptive trade practices.
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    Andy Hanacek
    July 17, 2025
    Debra Crew led the company as CEO since June 2023.
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    Dave Fusaro
    July 17, 2025
    Coke wouldn’t confirm it, but Trump on social media said he had an agreement. Sugar companies are happy; HFCS suppliers are not.
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    Andy Hanacek
    July 16, 2025
    Former Israeli company now based in Vancouver, British Columbia, also appoints a chief commercial officer for North America, emphasizing its goals to grow on the continent.
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    Dave Fusaro
    July 15, 2025
    That makes four natural color additives approved by the new administration, which also encouraged processors to hasten the phase-out of Red 3.
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    Andy Hanacek
    July 15, 2025
    Adding Chicago-based Zing Zang opens a third category in cocktail mixers for Mizkan, which already serves the pasta sauce and vinegars categories in the U.S. market.
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    Dave Fusaro
    July 15, 2025
    Companies were not named but International Dairy Foods Assn. says they represent ‘more than 90% of the ice cream’; Consumer Brands also works to end colors in school foods.

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    Andy Hanacek
    June 17, 2025
    Investment firm’s funding is expected to fuel the next phase of growth for the two-year-old sour gummy candy brand.
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    Andy Hanacek
    June 16, 2025
    Parent of La Tiara taco shells and seasonings will continue under General Mills’ watch after the company’s $10 million offer was accepted.
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    Andy Hanacek
    June 13, 2025
    The new line allows the company to produce more Asian-style dumplings and adds 75 new jobs to the central Illinois facility.
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    Andy Hanacek
    June 11, 2025
    Warehouse, distribution, transportation business units will continue to operate, but snack processing at the 55-year-old plant has come to an end.