Listeria Found in Picnic Gourmet Spreads
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) is warning consumers not to eat products made by Picnic Gourmet Spreads because these products might be contaminated with Listeria...
View ArticleKings Food Markets Unveils Gourmet Private Label Line
Kings Food Markets has unveiled its own line of gourmet foods and everyday favorites at an outstanding value. Kings Own brand is unique in its range to include both everyday essentials and specialty...
View ArticleCeliac Disease Diagnoses Spur Innovation
By Richard Thompson Lynsay Barnes of Edison Grainery says that the company’s interest in gluten-free products came out of necessity. Her mother, Amy, was diagnosed with celiac disease three years ago...
View ArticleAll in the Family at Tony’s Market
By Lorrie Baumann Avie Rosacci, Chief Operations Officer of family-owned Tony’s Market, with four stores in Denver, knows exactly how her father started the business: that happened when her little...
View ArticleBridor Brings European Pastries for American Tastes
By Lorrie Baumann Bridor USA has just finished an expansion of its plant in Vineland, New Jersey and is expanding its penetration in the American market. Bridor makes a range of pastries that includes...
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Obi Packs Powerful Probiotics into Low-Calorie Organic Soda
New Obi Probiotic Soda™ is on a mission to make healthy choices affordable and fun. Made from live, probiotic water kefir, organic juices and organic stevia, each 12-oz. bottle of Obi contains billions...
View ArticleAcai Roots Reduces Added Sugar for a Healthier Juice Drink
Acai Roots has debuted one of its best-selling products, Acai Roots Juice, and Acai Roots Pome Blue Juice, with a lesser amount of sugar than previous bottles and most Acai juices in the market....
View ArticleSanta Cruz Organic Encourages Schools to Incorporate Organic Products in Lunches
This year, Santa Cruz Organic® will join like-minded sponsors to encourage conversation about ways to incorporate more organic products into school lunches. As a pioneer organic brand with a rich...
View ArticleLifeway Foods and the James Beard Foundation are Cooking with Lifeway Kefir
Lifeway Foods, Inc. has signed on as a national sponsor of the James Beard Foundation’s third annual Taste America®: “Local Flavor from Coast To Coast” national epicurean tour. As part of the...
View ArticleFDA Gathers Data on Safety of Raw Milk Cheeses
By Lorrie Baumann The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking for comments and data about the safety of cheese made from unpasteurized milk with a view to regulating more carefully how...
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Marin French Cheese: Grounded in Tradition and Moving Forward
By Lorrie Baumann In 1865, Samuel L. Clemens was living in San Francisco, writing articles for newspapers and wondering if he had any shot at a career as a humorist. He was also apparently drinking...
View ArticleNomoo Cookies Don’t Got Milk
By Richard Thompson Nomoo Cookies has a line of non-dairy cookies on the market for customers who want their sweets, but can’t have – or don’t want – the milk. The company’s brand of snacks use...
View ArticleKroger & Murray’s Cheese Associates Named Certified Cheese Professionals
Twenty Kroger associates and eight Murray’s Cheese associates have been named Certified Cheese Professionals[TM] by the American Cheese Society. This breaks both company’s previous records of 13...
View ArticleFears About Raw Milk Risks Complicate Cheesemaking at Bellwether Farms
By Lorrie Baumann Cheese is complicated, which is one of the things that Liam Callahan, the cheesemaker at Bellwether Farms, likes about it. “These are my cheeses. I feel like I have license to change...
View ArticleALDI Announces Product Reformulation of its Exclusive Brand Food Products
ALDI announced that it has removed certified synthetic colors, removed partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) and removed added MSG from all of its exclusive brand food products. This announcement is part...
View ArticleThe Next Big Bite: What You will Cook, Eat and Crave in 2016
The world of food is inevitably connected to everything from agricultural, legislative and environmental issues to health and nutrition, entertaining and the art of dining. As the culinary landscape...
View ArticleFDA Finds Raw Milk Cheeses Riskier Than Pasteurized Milk Cheeses
By Lorrie Baumann If you’re an average American, your risk of getting a serious case of listeriosis from eating one serving of a soft-ripened cheese like a brie or Camembert is about one in 8.6...
View ArticleRaymond W. Kelly Joins Hain Celestial Board of Directors
Raymond W. Kelly has been elected to the board of directors of the Hain Celestial Group, Inc. effective August 13, 2015. Kelly, who served as the Police Commissioner of the City of New York for 14...
View ArticleUSDA Funds Local Food System Efforts
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack helped to kick off the nation’s harvest season by announcing nearly $35 million in new funding through four grant programs to support local and regional food systems,...
View ArticleJOH Acquires H&H Brokerage
JOH has acquired H&H Specialty Food Associates, a full service specialty, ethnic and natural food broker. The addition of H&H will provide complementary resources and broader support to JOH...
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