Information I picked up at the recent Pet Food Forum suggests that pet food sales remain strong. Nielsen figures for pet consumables sales across all channels in 2018 totaled $32.7 billion, which is an increase of 5%. The interesting part of the data lies in the specific channel sales. The bulk of pet consumables $24 […]
Archives for June 2019
Dried Shelf Life Study Leads to Updated Recommendations
Tree Top processes fruit into numerous dried ingredients for the food industry. Apples are air dried into evaporated or low moisture pieces. Some of these low moisture pieces are further processed into flakes, primarily for the hot cereal industry, or further reduced in size to granules or powder. Fruit is also processed into a low […]
Hemp-derived CBD: Untapped potential or smoke without fire?
I must admit, I’m intrigued by hemp. At first it was just passing interest. I imagine like everyone else; it was the allure of the once forbidden. But then I read an acre of hemp is worth $60,000, compared to wheat at $600 per acre. That’s what really got my attention—the valuation of hemp at […]
California Strawberry June 12, 2019
The processing grade strawberry volume in the state of California is currently the smallest volume to date in the past five years. It is actually the smallest volume to date of the past ten years. The low volume is the opposite of what would have been predicted earlier in the season. The weather patterns that […]
