A recent survey shows that consumer goods manufacturers are embracing different strategies to combat ingredient issues, with some phasing out their products. The survey, which involves over 300 consumer packed goods (CPG) executives by TraceGains, an ingredient information service, showed that supply chain issues are critical. Some ingredients have become too expensive or entirely unavailable, leading some CPG businesses to respond by: Modifying formulations. About 37 percent … [Read more...] about Ingredient Issues Force Product Changes, Survey Finds
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Breeding mung bean for plant-based protein market
Researchers and plant breeders at Iowa State University are collaborating to develop a new crop to sustain a plant-based protein market. They aim to create new mung bean varieties, considered new crops in the United States. In Asia, farmers have been growing mung beans for centuries. Farmers in the Midwestern US look at the crop, a high-yield and high-protein mung bean, as a means to add diversity to their land management as well as improve crop farming income. The mung is a legume … [Read more...] about Breeding mung bean for plant-based protein market
PepsiCo’s New ESG Summary Offers First Look at Progress Toward Industry-Leading PepsiCo Positive Goals
PURCHASE, N.Y., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/– PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) published its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Summary since the launch of PepsiCo Positive (pep+), a strategic end-to-end business transformation with sustainability and human capital at the center of how the company will create growth and value. The 2021 ESG Summary – an evolution from PepsiCo's prior Sustainability Reports – highlights how the company is leveraging its brands, people, and scale to chart a … [Read more...] about PepsiCo’s New ESG Summary Offers First Look at Progress Toward Industry-Leading PepsiCo Positive Goals
