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Vibrant Foods snaps up Cofresh Snack Foods to bolster mainstream push
Exponent-backed Vibrant Foods closed the deal for the Leicester-based bagged snacks group this week for an undisclosed sum
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Exponent launches Vibrant Foods to consolidate Asian and healthy brands
Private equity player Exponent has created a new venture to consolidate brands in the Asian and free-from markets.
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Kirsty’s to expand ready meal offering with allergen-free factory
The brand is ploughing an initial £2m into the facility in Harrogate
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Morrisons launches food boxes filled with gluten-free essentials
The box contains gluten-free pasta, biscuits and cereal, as well as fresh and food cupboard items
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Gluten-free Brits struggling to source bread, pasta and flour
Charity Coeliac UK’s CEO Hilary Croft told The Grocer this week it had seen a 500% increase in the amount of calls
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Nurture Brands secures deal to buy The Primal Pantry
Fast-growing plant-based snacking group Nurture Brands has agreed a deal to buy healthy snack bar brand The Primal Pantry
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Ella’s Kitchen claims UK first with dairy-free babyfood pouches
It has created a trio of flavours, which are organic and made with coconut milk instead of cows milk
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Allplants closes ‘record’ £3.4m crowdfunding campaign
The plant-based DTC meal delivery company closed the UK’s largest-ever vegan crowdfunding round
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Analysis & Features
Free-from: Top Products 2019
These are the top brands in the Free-from category this year
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City snapshot: Flora owner Upfield in €500m talks to buy Violife Foods
The owner of Unilever’s former spreads business Upfield is reportedly in talks to purchase vegan cheesemaker Violife Foods.
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B.fresh claims UK first with plant-based bircher bowl
Two chilled variants, Apple and Berry (rsp: £3/200g), are rolling out now into WH Smith Travel
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Pudology to vanish from chillers as brand prepares for liquidation
It follows months of struggling to recoup volume losses after Sainsbury’s delisted the free-from brand
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The Coconut Collaborative makes hot puddings debut
Chocolate Melt in the Middle comprises gluten-free sponge, dark chocolate and coconut cream
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Cru8 Foods launches grain-free Keto Vegan Bread range
The products are made with ground almonds, coconut flour and golden flaxseed
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Quinoa specialist Quinola Mothergrain looks to raise £1.5m
Ready-to-eat quinoa products specialist Quinola Mothergrain is hoping to raise £1.5m to expand listings and boost its international growth.
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Comment & Opinion
Plant-based is far more than a fad – Nescafé’s dairy-free lattes prove it
That a multinational giant is willing to invest in ‘specially crafted’ coffees is a vote of confidence in the longevity of plant-based
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Comment & Opinion
It’s time the FSA heeded calls for tighter ‘free from’ labelling
The latest labelling outcry is over Halo Top’s vegan variants reportedly containing traces of dairy. It’s time the FSA clamped down on free-from claims
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Category Report
Full of, not free from: free-from category report 2019
Today’s free-from products are shouting as much about what they do contain as what they don’t
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News
Cauli Rice maker Fullgreen in funding push for US expansion
Alternative rice producer Fullgreen has launched yet another fundraising round to underpin its push into the US and compete in the booming free-from sector.
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Comment & Opinion
Oatly would be smart to open an oat milk factory in the UK
The UK is lapping up oat milk, leaving Oatly struggling to keep up with demand