Provenance, functional ingredients, clean-labels, and tropical flavors are among the trends that iTi Tropicals expects to see throughout 2023.   

Created to make mealtime more enjoyable, nutritious, and easy to prepare, SideDish products are dairy-free, paleo-friendly, preservative-free, and have zero refined sugar. 

Rao’s Homemade expanded its Limited Reserve portfolio, a line of food items focused on using high-quality, premium and exclusive ingredients, with three new items.

Garlic Vinaigrette is a sweet and savory blend of garlic, oil, and cracked black pepper. It pairs with green salads or pasta salads, and it doubles as a marinade for meats and vegetables.

The new flavors join the growing line of Litehouse Family Size Dressings & Dips, which includes Homestyle Ranch, Jalapeno Ranch, Chunky Blue Cheese, Thousand Island and more. 

The new Hot Ones Boneless Chicken Bites come in 18.6oz resealable bags, including heat-and-eat all-natural, white-meat boneless chicken bites, each paired with an official Hot Ones sauce packet.

Sokol Custom Food Ingredients has restructured its commercial team to expand support for the company’s culinary and innovation groups. Antonio Marungo was named Director of Culinary Development and Innovation and Max Pombert has been promoted to Director of Process Development and Commercialization.

Aiming to make culinary trends more accessible, HEINZ looked to the culinary expertise of award-winning chefs, Lee Wolen and Joe Frillman, for inspiration in developing the collection.

Kemin Industries will showcase its complete line of clean label ingredient solutions for foods during the Institute of Food Technologists 2022 Annual Meeting and Exposition (IFT22) in Chicago, IL, July 11-13. Attendees are invited to visit booth #S0421 and discuss opportunities to reduce food waste, improve yield and extend product shelf life, while maintaining a clean label.

Whole Foods Market’s summer condiment trends predictions come at a time when customers are turning to condiments to elevate their meals more than ever before. According to Mintel, sales for the condiment, marinade and dressing category are expected to hit $2.9 billion by 2024, showing growth of more than 5% since 2020.