Elizabeth Crawford

FDA leaders reiterated the agency's commitment to food safety and conducting post-market assessments of chemicals in food at a hearing hosted this week by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

In this episode of FoodNavigator-USA's Soup-To-Nuts podcast , legislators, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, share why front-of-pack labeling is important, and Michelle Briffett, a principle with the global consultancy Roland Berger, breaks down how different front-of-pack labeling schemes could influence consumers as well as next steps for manufacturers, including potentially reformulating or repositioning products.

FDA could strengthen labeling requirements for plant- and cell-based products to ensure consumers understand how their nutrition and production compare to that of their animal-based counterparts, agency officials told legislators last week.

The advertising war continues between Welch's Fruit Snacks' maker Promotion In Motion (PIM Brands) and Mott's Fruit Flavored Snacks' maker General Mills with the BBB National Programs' National Advertising Division weighing in on the second dispute between the brands in as many months.

Albertsons is terminating its controversial merger agreement with Kroger and suing its former bedfellow for breach of contract and failing to take “any and all actions” to secure regulatory approval of the duo's previously planned union.

In this episode of FoodNavigator-USA’s Soup-To-Nuts Podcast, Nolan Lowry, who directs consumer research at the retail data science and insights company 84.51°, explains how persistent price increases impacted grocery shoppers in 2024 and how they will continue to influence what consumers buy and where they shop in 2025. He also shares how shoppers are stretching their budgets with a “value mindset” to support their health goals and buy innovative products with nutritional benefits.

In this month's trendspotting special edition, FoodNavigator-USA examines how shifts in consumers attitudes about food and its impact on their health and that of the planet will continue to reshape the CPG industry in 2025.

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To better understand how the food and beverage sustainability landscape will change in 2025, sustainable food rating company HowGood’s General Counsel Ramya Ravishankar joins this episode of FoodNavigator-USA’s Soup-To-Nuts podcast. She shares how emerging policies and competing priorities will reshape environmental goal-setting and why she remains optimistic about ESG advancement.

The specialty food and beverage ingredient industry is on the precipice of a “frenzy of M&A activity” after a multi-year lull with private equity and smaller companies leading the charge and larger, strategic players taking a backseat, predicts strategic consultancy Roland Berger.