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...advert showed children at a spelling competition trying to spell “methylcellulose”, an additive used in some packaged foods including fake meat burgers....
...The Canadian packaged meats group had expanded into plant-based alternatives, but said last month that it had reduced the size of its plant-based business by 25 per cent and cut spending on advertising and...
...The same is simply not true for a car, a medicine or even a new flavour of packaged meat. They have to work correctly and meet regulatory standards right off the bat....
...Weak results mean Beyond Meat’s valuation on an EV to forward revenue basis is higher than alt-milk group Oatly, as well as established meat producers and packaged food groups such as Tyson Foods and General...
...However, Beyond already faces competition from other upstarts like Impossible Burger and packaged goods companies like Nestlé looking to take a bite out of the industry....
...With growing vegan, vegetarian and ‘flexitarian’ diets — those that only occasionally eat meat and fish — packaged foods companies are launching into the plant-based meat market as well....
...Even though you’re still a small company, losses are limited, and the innate operating leverage of scaling a packaged product means that profitability is within sight....
...However competition in the market is heating up, with Impossible Foods striking a distribution deal with Burger King, while packaged goods company Nestlé has also launched meat-free burgers....
...Beyond Meat burgers are sold at US restaurants including TGI Friday’s and Carl’s Jr. The company also distributes packaged products through retailers Whole Foods and Safeway, among others....
...Packaged goods company Nestlé has also launched meat-free burgers....
...Impossible Foods has struck a distribution deal with Burger King, while packaged goods company Nestlé has also launched meat-free burgers....
...Packaged food producers, burdened with anaemic growth in segments from drinks to sweets, have jumped on the plant-based bandwagon....
...Exposed to high emissions, land-use and water-shortage risks from its meat and dairy products, the US group is in a vulnerable position, yet is a laggard in terms of commitment to energy sustainability,...
...Late on Thursday, the packaged food Frankenstein unveiled a grab-bag of horrors....
...The US meat processing and packaged food group has become the latest to be hit by higher transport and commodity costs, reporting on Monday fiscal second-quarter results that fell short of Wall Street’s...
...In the half-year to June, WH Group recorded a 5 per cent drop in Chinese packaged meat revenues to $1.6bn, about 15 per cent of the group’s total....
...Although sales rose sharply during the quarter, net profit was largely flat at $391m due to costs related to its $3.2bn acquisition of packaged sandwich supplier AdvancePierre Foods earlier this year....
...Mark Schneider, chief executive of Nestlé, warned that the move away from packaged food superbrands is here to stay....
...With vegetarianism on the rise, US meat processor Tyson Foods is hedging its bets about future diets. It has invested in Beyond Meat, a plant-based start-up that makes meatless burgers....
...Meat might take a smaller share of Americans’ future diets. Tyson Foods, the largest US traditional meat processor, is anxious to hedge its bets....
...The company, whose products include Heinz Ketchup, Oscar Mayer hot dogs and packaged meats and Kool-Aid drinks, said the sales drop came despite a 1.6 percentage points increase in pricing....
...He says activities where Cargill can win include animal feed, meat processing, food ingredients such as corn-based sweeteners, and grain and oilseed trading....
...“We use only wholesome meats, herbs — flowers and leaves, fruit and vegetables,” says Ms Morrison....
...stake in Suja Juice, an organic juice-maker, and Hormel, the producer of Spam, paid $775m last year to acquire Applegate Farms, an organic processed meats producer....
...The kits were packaged with small booklets containing tips and advice for young parents....
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