Yoi, a brand-new plant-based food and beverage company, has launched in Bay Area independent grocers this month with its one-of-a-kind Probiotic Nut and Seedmilks. Yoi crafts its deliciously tart and subtly flavored beverages in small batches from simple organic ingredients including almonds, coconut, and pumpkin seeds.
Colorado-based Planterra Foods is expanding its portfolio of plant-based products in the fresh and frozen category by launching a variety of new items for families to have more options of convenient, delicious plant-based meals at home. Available now, consumers can add the OZO Frozen Nuggets (10.6 oz.), plant-based Chicken Patties (4, 2.5 oz. patties), and Italian Style Meatballs (12-1 oz. meatballs) as well as fresh Smokehouse Burgers (2-4 oz. patties) and plant-based Ground Turkey (12 oz.) to their plant-based rotation of delicious OZO meals.
Yaya’s Garden, maker of frozen plant-based and Mediterranean entrées, is launching into Whole Foods markets nationally and in Central Market stores. Each entrée is inspired by the recipes of the brand’s Greek matriarch and grandmother, Yaya, offering shoppers fresh, bold and unique flavor profiles paired with a convenient frozen format.
Cooloo introduces a new variety pack containing four limited-time flavors to help sweeten the summer party season. In addition to its original drinks, the newest Cooloo pops represent a refreshing and convenient introduction to the world of adult iced beverages, using real spirits, natural flavors, and pure cane sugar. Cooloo freezes quickly into small particles, giving a smooth Italian ice feel, and each 100 ml, 5% alcohol Cooloo pop is packaged in an iridescent, easy-to-grab-and-go canister. The new variety pack is available in N.Y. and N.J.
Raymundo’s Food Group, a leading ethnic food producer, announced that Desi Natural, the leading Dahi (Indian Style Yogurt) brand in the U.S., is expanding its product line to include Lassi, Yogurt Drinks and Whole Milk Flavored Dahi. Using only natural ingredients – Grade A milk, real fruit, spices and high-quality yogurt - the new products are vegetarian and gelatin, gluten and artificial preservative-free.
GoodPop Frozen Pops debuts its latest flavor, Mango Chile, in packs of four, and join GoodPop's collection of plant-based pop flavors, such as Dreamy Orange Push Pops, Cold Brew Latte and Strawberry Shortcake. The pops are USDA certified organic, dairy and gluten free and made without HFCs, GMOs, refined sugars, or sugar alcohol sweeteners.
Dairy-Free ice cream is one of the fastest growing subcategories within the industry, and with more than half of U.S. households now buying plant-based foods it will benefit restaurateurs to add inclusive options to their menus (Source: Plant Based Foods Association and The Good Food Institute). Cascade Glacier is making it easier for foodservice retailers to offer plant-based and allergen-friendly options that will satisfy a variety of ice cream consumers.
Rolling out to grocery stores nationwide this summer are Johnsonville Sausage Strips - a new product line of fully cooked smoked sausage that looks and cooks like bacon, but is sausage. Johnsonville, the number-one sausage company in America, delivers the flavor, texture and versatility of sausage in a new, bacon-like form.
Raised Gluten Free, a women-owned business bringing small-batch, plant-based pies to market, is celebrating the sweet flavors of spring and summer with two seasonally inspired offerings: Southern Peach and Blueberry Bliss. 100% vegan and allergy-friendly, the decadent desserts are crafted at a dedicated, certified gluten-free bakery in Northern California and are also free of dairy, eggs, soy, nuts, peanuts, Kosher Pareve, and Non-GMO Project Verified.
At this time last year, those working along the cold chain were collectively trying to figure out how to navigate daily—sometimes hourly—changes and disruptions to business in the middle of a pandemic. Today, as the pandemic wanes in the U.S., a new set of challenges exist, but the industry is better prepared and positioned to overcome many of those obstacles.