Clean label means different things to different people. Clean label can mean non-GMO, natural, short ingredient statements, familiar ingredients, no chemical names, ethical sourcing, and many other things. I look for ingredients I can find in my kitchen and the ingredient deck shouldn’t look like a paragraph. I think if you follow those two guidelines, […]
Archives for May 2017
Snacking or modern meals?
According to The Hartman Group, about half of all eating occasions are now categorized as ‘snacking.’ Our 24/7 lives no longer seem to be able to accommodate three square meals. Snacking, which used to be occasional, is replacing meals. Along the way in this transition, the expectation for snacks morphed from fun foods to nutritional […]
California Processed Strawberry to May 20
California strawberries delivered for processing so far this season are running a little ahead of last year, but the volume coming in the weeks ahead will determine what the overall processed pounds will be this year. Some previous years have had a larger start to the season and ended with much lower overall volume. The […]
California Cling Peach – May 22, 2017
The California cling peach crop estimate for 2017 is up from tonnage delivered in 2016 and very close to the crop processed in 2015. The larger issue in the industry currently is the absence of a crop price heading into the season. The freezer peach crop price was set a few weeks ago by one […]
California Strawberries in Cold Storage as of April 30
Cold storage inventory of strawberries in the US at the end of April was larger than in 2016, but lower than in 2013 (which was the largest inventory historically) according to the USDA Cold Storage Report issued today. IQF inventory was similar to where it was last year, but each of the other categories were […]