Category: USA
USA: Impossible Burger’s biggest eaters aren’t the people you think
Impossible Foods itself says 95% of people who ate Impossible Burger last year had also eaten meat from an animal in the previous month.
USA: To halal or not to halal?
Interview with Dr. Muhammad Munir Chaudry, IFANCA President and CEO of IFANCA to discuss the current status and the future of the halal economy.
USA: PepsiCo drops Quaker Oat Beverage less than a year after launch
While oatmilk was an obvious category to enter for Quaker, a trusted brand synonymous with oats, Quaker Oat Beverage has been discontinued less than a year after launch.
USA: What Gen Z Wants At Work Will Blow Your Mind
Unlike Millennials, who typically buck tradition in the workplace and appear to be driving the flexible work revolution, Gen Z craves something very different. Stability.
Opinion: Religious doctrine scrambles to catch up to new food technology
Impossible Foods received its halal certification from the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America in December 2018.
U.S. PE firm Frost Capital acquires Affinis Labs in $8 mln deal
The two companies said in a statement that the acquisition will enable Affinis Labs to “extend its offerings to disadvantaged communities and new regional markets around the world”.
Opinion: Veggie burgers were living an idyllic little existence. Then they got caught in the war over meat.
As plant-based meat goes from an afterthought to a financial juggernaut that aims to change how most people eat, the opposition has suddenly awakened.
USA: KFC Is Testing Plant-Based Fried Chicken
The vegan KFC menu option will be sold as chicken nuggets with a customer’s choice of dipping sauces, or boneless wings tossed in either Nashville Hot, Buffalo or Honey BBQ sauce.
USA: Banana Republic is selling hijabs
Some shoppers, though, said they felt conflicted about major retailers getting into the hijab business. Was it inclusion, they wondered, or the appropriation of a religious symbol for the sake of their bottom line?
Indonesia seeks lead in global modest-fashion industry
It stands to reason that Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, would be a leader in this booming multibillion-dollar industry.
Opinion: You will be eating replacement meats within 20 years. Here’s why
Vegetarianism, veganism and flexitarianism are regularly in the news, with more and more people becoming advocates of plant-based eating.
USA: Summer Fancy Food Show 23-25, Javits Center, NY, USA
At Summer Fancy Show – Riz Global Foods is introducing North America’s first and largest assortment of frozen, value added boxed lamb and wagyu beef products.
Canada: Halal Expo Canada 2019 to provide a unique matchmaking platform
APPSAYA Matchmaking Platform will provide a convenient and an easy tool for exhibitors and attendees to connect and conduct business.
USA: Vegan products face a pea shortage as consumers avoid soy-based foods
“Any chance you have to break up these large commodity crop monocultures like corn and wheat and soy, it’s going to be such a benefit, even if it’s with a single other crop,” Center for Biological Diversity.
Entrepreneur markets interfaith organic grass fed meat
His venture promises 100 percent grass-fed, organic cattle raised by American ranchers for environmentally conscious consumers.
Opinion: Corporate West embraces Ramadan but culturally it’s a work in progress
Business knows Muslims are a valuable part of the Western market. In this appreciation, it is well ahead of the rest of society.
SDGs: An ETF To Save The World
Due to the unique way the Impact Shares ETFs are structured, every dollar invested in SDGA translates into money for economic development projects worldwide.
USA: Beyond Meat’s IPO plans give it a $1.2 billion valuation
Today, customers can buy Beyond Meat protein in stores, or eat items made with Beyond Meat proteins at some fast food chains, such as Carl’s Jr.
SDGs: What will it take to fix flailing SDG funding?
The international community is not acting fast enough to mobilize finance for the Sustainable Development Goals, experts gathered at the Financing for Development Forum told Devex.
SDGs: The fight to define Regenerative Agriculture
Changes of this nature to farming practices could help U.S. agriculture draw down 250 million tons of carbon dioxide annually.
