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Beverage Maker Runa Receives $5.75 Million Investment From MetaBrand Capital
MetaBrand Capital, a “conscious capital” private equity fund and the new investment pillar of MetaBrand, has invested $5.75 million in Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Runa LLC, supporting the growth of the natural, healthy-energy food and beverage category. Taking the “triple-bottom-line” approach to corporate social responsibility one step further, MetaBrand founder and longtime natural products entrepreneur Eric Schnell embraces the “quadruple bottom-line,” a socially and environmentally aware business philosophy dedicated to people, planet, profit – and purpose. MetaBrand helps companies quickly and efficiently develop winning formulations for natural product concepts that are on-trend and efficacious, regulation-compliant, and scalable, the company said in a statement. ... |
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Synthetically Modified Ingredients in Foods on Store Shelves Now
In the world of food technology, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which farmers have been using since 1996, will likely be supplanted by synthetic biology, according to NPR blog, The Salt.Synthetic biology “is about designing and building workhorse organisms that can make things more efficiently than nature (or make things we might need that nature doesn’t make at all).” According to Todd Kuiken, a senior program associate with the Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, “It’s the next stage of genetic engineering.”How are synbios different from GMOs? “Synbio involves taking genes from a plant and giving ... |
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Martha Stewart to Keynote Private Label Manufacturers Association Trade Show
Martha Stewart, founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, will headline the Private Label Manufacturers Association’s (PLMA) trade show education program as keynote speaker. Stewart – one of America’s most recognizable business, food and media personalities – will speak at the PLMA Keynote Breakfast, Nov. 17, during the association’s trade show in Chicago, Nov. 16-18.Product lines bearing the Martha Stewart name have provided major retail chains with exclusive lifestyle offerings in categories that range from cooking and entertaining to gardening, home renovation, crafts, healthy living, pets and much more, according to the PLMA. “Their success has expanded the concept of store ... |
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Target Debuts IMUSA Global Kitchen Line
IMUSA’s new GlobalKitchen line – inspired by celebrity chef ambassadors Aarón Sánchez, Michelle Bernstein and George Duran – debuted this month at Target.com and will be in stores nationwide in March 2015.Featuring cookware and appliances that cater to the growing demand for authentic ethnic products, the collection includes four ethnic product categories – Mexican, Mediterranean, Asian and Caribbean – with specialty cookware ranging from paella pans to calderos, woks, bean pots, tostoneras and more.The chef ambassadors contributed to the design aesthetic and functionality behind the products in the line, drawing inspiration from their own personal cultural and culinary perspectives to ensure ... |
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House Flipper and Designer Jeff Lewis to Speak at Total Home & Gift Market
Bravo TV’s Jeff Lewis – America’s most well-known house flipper and designer – will headline the Total Home & Gift Market at the Dallas Market Center in partnership with CODARUS, Jan. 14-20, 2015.Lewis is famous for transforming homes on Bravo’s programs, “Flipping Out” and “Interior Therapy.” At the event, Lewis will participate in a moderated Q&A session at the World Trade Center Hall of Nations on Jan. 16 at 1 p.m. and will also appear at CODARUS for a meet-and-greet in celebration of the company’s 10th anniversary.“Jeff has pioneered the high visibility of house flipping, and we look forward to ... |
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Awards Recognize Outstanding Products, Retailers at Expo East
Natural products manufacturers and retailers received awards at the 29th annual Natural Products Expo East, the East Coast’s largest natural, organic and healthy products event. Adam Andersen, show director, Natural Products Expos, said, “We are very pleased that our event is the platform for brands – from legacy leaders with the industry to entrepreneurs launching their businesses – to showcase their natural, organic and healthy products on an even playing field. We congratulate all of the winners on their awards, as they were truly the standout products of the event, and wish them success.” The Best of East Awards is ... |
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Swissmar Pens Agreement to Distribute Nuance Wine, Bar Accessories
Swissmar, known for its assortment of kitchen tools, fondues and raclettes, has finalized an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with the Nuance design-inspired line of wine and bar accessories. “Nuance brings an exciting design-focused aspect to barware, combined with quality and superior functionality,” said Daniel Oehy, president of Swissmar. “I believe Nuance is an excellent addition to our portfolio.” The initial assortment will be composed of key barware items, including several corkscrews, a wine cooler, a bar accessory set, a cocktail shaker and a wine finer. All the products will be warehoused in the company’s Niagara Falls, N.Y., facility. Nuance is ... |
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Innovative Food Holdings Buys Organic Food Brokers
Innovative Food Holdings Inc., a leading nationwide provider of specialty foods, gourmet specialty meals, gluten-free foods and direct-from-source artisanal foods, has launched a retail channel offering for new and emerging food brands via the acquisition of Organic Food Brokers LLC, a Boulder, Colo.-based company. Organic Food Brokers works closely with emerging food brands to develop and execute sales, marketing and distribution plans via its nationwide network of retail-related food broker relationships while providing emerging food brands distribution and shelf placement access in all of the major metro markets in the food retail industry. Organic Food Brokers (OFB) has been instrumental ... |
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KitchenAid, O Olive Oil Sponsor Martha Stewart’s Cooking School
The fourth season of the 2014 James Beard Award-winning “Martha Stewart’s Cooking School” returned to PBS stations in 163 markets on 398 channels nationwide on Oct. 4. This season follows three successful seasons of the series, which averaged 700,000 weekly viewers per original episode. Each 30-minute episode, which was both produced by MSLO and inspired by Emmy Award-winning TV host Stewart’s best-selling book of the same title, features Stewart demonstrating more classic cooking techniques and basics using her signature step-by-step, how-to teaching process. This season features all new episode themes, including on the bone, mushrooms, cooking with wine, one-pot meals, ... |
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Chocolate: The Exhibition on Display at Academy of Natural Sciences
The sumptuous world of chocolate is being explored at Chocolate: The Exhibition at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia that opens Oct. 11. The exhibit, presented by Mars Chocolate North America, traces the intriguing story of this “food of the gods” from its origin as a unique tropical rain forest plant to the Maya who made it into a spicy ceremonial drink, to the Aztecs who used cacao seeds as currency, to the Spanish who added sugar and transformed the bitter drink of kings to the sensuous sweet millions of people crave today. On view through ... |
