Elizabeth Crawford

In this episode of FoodNavigator-USA’s Soup-To-Nuts podcast, Deloitte Principal and Go-to-Market Lead Ed Johnson shares how retailers and brands are pivoting from employing price hikes to drive profitability to embrace other strategies that could help them grow and win-back consumers. Johnson shares insights from Deloitte’s 2025 Consumer Products Industry Outlook, including three major levers for positive change.

FDA's proposal to mandate front-of-pack nutrition labeling that quantifies and qualifies the percent daily value of saturated fat, sodium and added sugar to help consumers more easily make informed dietary choices triggered frustrated outcry from industry trade groups and accolades from public health advocates.

The end-consumer is the center of the universe for most entrepreneurs innovating new foods and beverages, but as the founder of frozen dessert startup TruJoy Yogurt notes, emerging brands seeking shelf space in stores also need to know how stocking their product benefits retailers.

If USDA Secretary Nominee Brooke Rollins is confirmed, Americans who receive federal supplemental food assistance may face stricter work requirements and reduced benefits, farmers and ranchers may struggle to find sufficient employees to harvest crops and school lunches may have fewer ultra-processed foods.

In this month's special edition – Alternative proteins 3.0: Balancing consumer demand for health and taste – FoodNavigator-USA examines the ever-expanding range of proteins and the opportunities and challenges they face.

Soy – and especially tofu – is “enjoying a new era of popularity” in the US thanks in part to its affordability, innovative new formats, nutritional benefits, increased interest in flexitarian and vegetarian diets and improved farming techniques that are enhancing its sustainability, according to industry experts.

The ongoing backlash against plant-based meat that mimics its animal counterparts is opening the door for a new generation of plant-based protein products – like instant chia pudding mix recently launched by Nourish – which prize clean ingredients and high-quality nutrition while also celebrating plants as plants.

Join a suite of experts from across the industry Jan. 29 for a free online event examining the opportunities and challenges posed by a return of weight-loss culture

Four startups went head-to-head at the Specialty Food Association's Fancy Face Off pitch competition in Las Vegas last week for a chance to win a suite of prizes – including cash and professional services – that could turbo-charge their growth and help their products standout from the competition

Public health recommendations published today that children 5 years to 18 years old should “mostly drink water and plain pasteurized milk” may feel overly restrictive to beverage manufacturers, but according to one expert there is room for innovation, renovation, new packaging and enhanced communication, which could give companies a competitive edge.