Conagra benefits from sustained and elevated at-home demand in Q3 2021 Still benefiting from a sustained consumer shift to at-home eating over a year past the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Conagra has registered a nearly 10% increase in organic net sales for Q3 2021 compared to the same period last year.
The company experienced a 9.7% increase in organic net sales across its core retail segments refrigerated/frozen (12.1%), snacks (+13.1%), and staples (+15%) – driven by a 6.1% increase in volume and a favorable price/mix impact of 3.6%. Organic net sales were partly offset by a continued downturn to Conagra’s foodservice business, the company noted.
End the cage age: Unilever and Nestlé petition to phase out caged hens in Europe Nestlé, Unilever and Mondelēz International are among the food majors calling for an EU-wide ‘phase out’ of caged hens in farming.
An estimated 413 million laying hens are raised across the bloc, producing 6.9m tonnes of eggs or egg product per year. Average egg consumption is calculated at 12kg per capita per year.
While progress has been made to improve welfare standards for laying hens in recent years, notably via the European Commission’s banning of battery-caged eggs under Directive 1999/74/EC in 2012, many in the food sector believe more can be done.
Ardent Mills answers call for keto flour that doesn’t compromise flavor, function or complicate production A new line of grain-based flour blends launching today from Ardent Mills promises to deliver the low-carb health benefits consumers want without compromising taste or texture or requiring manufacturers to install new equipment.
Unlike many competing low-carb or keto flour blends that skip the wheat, Ardent Mill’s new line of white all-purpose and specialized Keto Certified Low Net Carb Flour is nut-free, grain-based and contains gluten, which allows customers to use it on their current equipment without any change to produce baked goods that are safe for consumers with nut allergies, Ken Ruud, director of innovation at Ardent Mills told FoodNavigator-USA.
With the rise of the snacking lifestyle, manufacturers rose to the task of offering options for on-the-go eating. Then came 2020, and consumer mobility hit the pause button.
ReGrained proves mainstream market appeal for upcycled foods With a new puffs line in several points of distribution, a line of baking mixes in the works, and plans to convert oat milk byproduct into finished product applications later this year, ReGrained is building a case for the mainstream viability for upcycled foods.
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ReGrained is one of the founding member companies), upcycled foods use ingredients that otherwise would not have gone to human consumption which are produced in a way that has a positive impact on the environment (part of the association s
certification passed in January 2021 requires the upcycled foods companies must disclose the source of their carbon emissions).