Plant-based based ingredient supplier PURIS Holdings and LIVEKINDLY Collective have entered two joint ventures to create a path towards affordable and accessible plant-based food products.
Unilever unveils ambitious 5-prong plan to drive 3-5% sales growth in coming years Investors appear skeptical of Unilever’s ambitious five-prong plan to drive sales growth of 3-5% in the coming years after it saw only a 1.9% increase in sales in 2020 and a 5.8% decline in underlying profits in a year when many CPG companies saw significantly higher sales and profits spurred by consumer fear of COVID-19.
After the company announced last Thursday during a call with analysts about its fourth quarter and full year earnings for 2020 that it was confidently restoring its sales growth target of 3-5%, which it pulled in April due to pandemic-related uncertainty, investors fell back – causing the company’ shares to fall 4% overnight.
Recently there has been considerable interest in peas (Pisum sativum) as a plant source of protein. But new research indicates resistant starch – found in some peas – may help control blood sugar levels and reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes, the incidence of which has more than doubled in the past 20 years.
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Cerebelly receives The Clean Label Project Purity Award confirming its products are free from heavy metals
Founded in 2019 based on research from Canadian neurosurgeon Dr. Teresa Purzner,
Cerebelly is seeking to disrupt the $55bn baby food industry with veggie-first baby products that contain up to 19 critical nutrients that support optimal brain development, according to the company. Healthy brain development isn t just about what is inside the food we eat - it s also what s NOT inside. There is extremely clear science demonstrating the negative impacts that heavy metals (lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium) can have on a developing brain, said Dr. Purzner, MD, PhD, Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer of Cerebelly.