The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

Fan Foods and Poppowls merge high-equity Disney and Marvel licenses with clean-label, seed-oil-free ingredients, disrupting the snack aisle via strategic exclusives at Walmart and Target.

Mars reveals its 2026 Halloween candy portfolio, focusing on innovative textures like freeze-dried SKITTLES and new seasonal shapes to meet evolving consumer snacking preferences.

Bel Group North America has acquired Brainiac® to expand the high-growth functional pediatric and GLP-1 nutrition markets. By merging Brainiac’s triple-digit growth with the GoGo squeeZ® platform

My/Mochi’s Cotton Candy launch leverages nostalgic "kidult" trends and clean-label standards to capture high-velocity snacking demand via a 70-calorie, multi-textured format.

GrowHappy has announced the launch of Allergen ImmunoBars, a science-backed snack line designed to solve the "maintenance gap" in pediatric allergy prevention by facilitating consistent, long-term exposure to key allergens through a whole-food, clean-label format.

Barcel USA, the manufacturer of Takis, has launched Mi Tierra, a premium tortilla strip brand crafted in Mexico using clean-label ingredients. The new line is rolling out to more than 1,500 Walmart locations, targeting the "togetherness" snacking trend and the growing demand for authentic, minimally processed corn snacks.

Little Latke, the producer of the world’s first shelf-stable potato latke crisp, has expanded its portfolio with the launch of Garlic Parm and Spicy Honey Dijon, utilising premium avocado oil and clean-label ingredients to scale the brand across new retail occasions.

Keebler is expanding its Chips Deluxe portfolio with two new variants and a reformulated flagship recipe featuring 33 per cent more chocolate, headlined by the industry's first crunchy-base filled cookie designed to disrupt the traditional soft-batch filled segment.