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Chobani has revealed the eight participants of its Fall 2018 incubator programme, including the two inaugural participants in the company’s new Food Tech Residency Class.

Chobani announced earlier this year that it would launch the Food Tech Residency Class to support start-ups who have developed solutions which reduce waste and bring greater sustainability to the food value chain.

The two participants in the Class are Skyven Technologies and CinderBio, both of which have developed innovative solutions for the food processing industry.

Skyven has created a thermal energy solution which reduces fuel use, energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions for food processors, while CinderBio has developed an enzyme for dairy processors which works at much higher temperatures, in more acidic conditions, and faster than industrial enzymes available at the moment.

Meanwhile, the six participants in Chobani’s conventional incubator program are:

• • MatchaBar – a matcha tea company that distributes a shelf-stable bottled product across the US.
  • TeaSquares – a naturally caffeinated snack producer based in Chicago.
  • Ithaca Cold-Crafted – a producer of a premium hummus made using an innovative cold manufacturing process.
  • Haven’s Kitchen – a manufacturer of sauces made from a range of natural ingredients
  • Partake Foods – a line of allergy-friendly children’s’ food products.
  • Supernatural – a producer of allergy-friendly baking ingredients.

A statement from Chobani said: “Since 2016, the Chobani Incubator program has helped entrepreneurs with big hearts and ideas break into food and beverage industries through equity-free investment and a strong focus on mentorship.

“There is proof the model works: the Incubator’s first two classes have seen a 250% in total average growth in distribution, as well as an average 147% increase in quarterly revenue.

“Alumni have also launched over 30 new SKUs and several have achieved successful rebrands.”

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Tyson Foods Inc. said Chief Executive Tom Hayes is leaving at the end of this month for personal reasons, a surprise leadership shift as the top U.S. meat company revamps its strategy to prioritize branded meat products.

Tyson said Monday that Noel White, a longtime Tyson executive who has overseen chicken, beef and pork processing, will become its new chief executive.

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“I have always loved Chicago for its great food and performing arts,” said owner and creator Barton G. Weiss, “and what we have in store is nothing short of bold and culinarily insane.”

Chef Erwin Mallet (formerly of Chicago Firehouse and Webster’s Wine Bar) will head the Chicago kitchen, producing such eye-catching dishes as Thai Sexual Surf N Turf (spicy wings and baked grouper with coconut-pistachio chutney), presented alongside a flower-draped (fake) elephant head; and Marie Antoinette’s Head — Let Them Eat cake, which features a 2-foot-tall cotton-candy pompadour atop a mannequin head surrounded by cake and candy.

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Today we’d like to introduce you to Katlin Smith. Thanks for sharing your story with us Katlin. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there. Simple Mills grew out of a dietary change that I made six years ago. I felt so much better and more energetic when I began eating real, whole foods that I decided I wanted to provide better and cleaner food choices for other people.

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Diverse networks can foster new ways of thinking by connecting you to people whose viewpoints, insights, resources, and lived experiences differ from your own. 

Consider a 1985 study by Carnegie Mellon researcher Robert Kelley and Janet Caplan, who analyzed the characteristics of exceptional engineers at Bell Labs. According to their research, IQ didn’t explain the difference between top performers and average ones; star performers approached their jobs differently. The most-productive employees proactively developed relationships with other experts — and these networks were significantly more diverse than their average-performing colleagues’

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Welcome to Kellogg Company’s 10th Global Corporate Responsibility Report. Annually, we’ve highlighted the work we’re doing around the world to fulfill our company’s purpose of nourishing families so they can flourish and thrive. We’re proud of our accomplishments during the past decade, and we’re even more proud of our company’s 112-year legacy of making a difference. 

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• Missouri was sued in federal court the day before a state law went into effect which would ban plant-based and cell-cultured meat producers from using the words "meat," "beef," "chicken" and "sausages" on their labels, even if the terms "plant-based" or "vegan" are also used, Food Navigator reported.

• The plaintiffs are the Good Food Institute, Animal Legal Defense Fund, American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri and the plant-based brand Tofurky. Their complaint argues the new state law is unconstitutional and would criminalize the word "meat." They asked the court for a preliminary injunction to stop enforcement until the lawsuit is settled.

Our member, Simple Mills is on the MSN lifestyle list of "30 cult favorite products from Target that hit the bullseye every time." We are extremely proud of Simple Mills, and completely agree with how amazing and tasty their products are! To read more, and to view the full list on MSN Lifestyle, click HERE.

American spirits company Constellation Brands has immensely increased its investment in a Canadian cannabis company, betting that recreational cannabis will be a huge market when it becomes fully legal in Canada in two months.

Constellation, the $8 billion company behind Corona and Modelo beers and Svedka vodka, will spend US$3.88 billion to increase its ownership of Canopy Growth Corp. to 38 percent and will nominate four directors to Canopy's seven-member board, it was announced today.

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