The Holy Grail of Veggie Meat Substitute making has been to come up with a way to create Plant-Based meat products that look, cut and chew like the Real Deal. Now, a start-up appears to have beaten the established Plant-Protein guys to the punch with the first manufactured Filet Mignon…Read More →
I found, in a food processing industry periodical this week, an article on Up-Cycling unpreventable waste. It got me thinking about some issues on which we should probably all be musing. Producers, processors and economists have started talking about it. But what about consumers?Read More →
It’s largely – but not ‘all’ about new spring and summer desserts and beverages here at FFW this week. Sonic sets a record with 4 announcements covering the spring and summer through the end of September. In what must be a simple coincidence, Taco Bell, Chipotle and Wendy’s test new Spicy items…Read More →
When we first introduced you to JUST Eggs, we were talking about a Liquid Egg substitute that came in a bottle, right beside the regular Eggs and ‘standard’ liquid Eggs in the refrigerator case. Now they’ve evolved into a new, more-convenient form which may well make them more acceptable to the masses…Read More →
I’ve come across a new book about how consumers are manipulated by Processed Food manufacturers, who exploit our ‘natural addictions’ to increase our consumption and capture larger shares of the food market. It makes me wonder who else in our world is exploiting us in the same ways…Read More →
In our Little Piece of Heaven (i.e.- my town) we’re not sending the kids back to school just yet. It’s looking more and more likely that there will be another surge in COVID-19 cases in the U.S. But some jurisdictions prepare to re-open for business – certain ones, like the state of Texas, going 100 percent!Read More →
You often hear about studies or analyses of the combined results of previous surveys addressing specific dietary and nutrition issues. They call it ‘data mining’. Now, a mammoth new data mining project has produced massive validation for an old dietary maxim: the 5-A-Day rule…Read More →
Fast Food Week this week features a gala array of new Ice Cream specialties, Starbucks adds Oat Milk to its non-Dairy additives menu, Taco Bell adds new Cheese Curd ‘dippers’, Quizno’s beloved Lobster and Seafood sammys are back for spring, and Buffalo Wild Wings adds Truffle Hot Sauce…Read More →