Denver, CO—Ardent Mills is purchasing Andean Naturals’ quinoa sourcing, cleaning, and packaging operation in Yuba City, CA, according to a press release. The purchase is expected to be finalized in mid-February 2020. The purchase is intended as a further investment in specialty grain capabilities and in The Annex by Ardent...
Auburn, WA—In the last two months of 2019, The Gluten-Free Certification Organization (GFCO) certified 103 products from 21 brands, according to a press release. Products carrying the GF logo have met strict gluten-free standards; GFCO performs desk audits of ingredients and suppliers, as well as regular on-site inspections and monitoring...
Lake Success, NY—The Hain Celestial Group has reported financial results for the second quarter ended December 31, 2019, in a press release. Highlights include: Net sales of $506.8 million decreased 5% compared to the prior year period. When adjusted for foreign exchange, divestitures, and SKU rationalization, net sales decreased 1%.
Evanston, IL, and Pennsylvania—Eating red meat and processed meat drives risk of heart disease up, according to new research from Northwestern University and Cornell—and eating a plant-based diet drops that risk, according to separate research from Penn State. The study from Northwestern and Cornell, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, pooled...
Niwot, CO—Lucky’s Market, which confirmed in January that it would be closing most stores, issued a press release on February 4 announcing that it has entered into new Asset Purchase Agreements (APAs) for a total of seven locations. The APAs are with Southeastern Grocers, Seabra Foods and Hitchcock’s Markets: The...
Asheville, NC—Earth Fare, a specialty natural and organic grocery store and full-service supermarket that was founded in 1975 and has locations across 10 states in the Southeast, mid-Atlantic, and Midwest, announced that it will begin inventory liquidation sales at all of its stores. The company said in a press release...
Loma Linda, CA, and Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain—Walnut consumption may help slow cognitive decline in at-risk groups of the elderly population, according to a study conducted by researchers in California and Spain. The researchers, led by Joan Sabaté, MD, DrPH, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at Loma Linda University School of...
Lexington, KY—A diet high in fiber could possibly reverse the adverse effects that environmental toxins have on cardiovascular health, according to research from the University of Kentucky’s Superfund Research Center (SRC). The findings are part of SRC’s Project #1, which examines how nutrients affect toxicity caused by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)...
San Francisco, CA—Thistle announced in a press release that it has completed a $5.65 million Series A round of financing led by PowerPlant Ventures (PPV). PPV Managing Partner Dan Gluck will join Thistle’s Board of Directors. The investment will help Thistle build out a new facility to expand capacity and...
Gilbert, AZ—SweetLeaf Stevia Sweetener has partnered with celebrity fitness expert and nutrition author Jorge Cruise to teach consumers about weight loss, according to a press release. The partnership will include Cruise in SweetLeaf advertisements as well as SweetLeaf endorsements on Cruise’s blog, streaming series “Ask Jorge,” and on his social...
RSS
