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Food and Beverage Software: A Complete Buyer's Guide

How Nutrient Analysis Programs Work and What to Look For

The Pie: Cocoa Came Down. Candy Didn't.
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Geopolitical Snacks: Peru's empty nets, Brazil's new map
Inside: El Niño shuts Peru's anchovy season, Brazil trades around the U.S., JAI's grocery outlook, 5 radar items + dates to watch

The Pie: AI's impact on humans gets a nutrition label
THC drinks switch gears, a 26.6-point grocery gap, Parm you can clip to your bag, Ghana cocoa + a rice ship turned back

Lab-Made Butter and GRAS Reform: What CPG Brands Need to Know
Savor's carbon-based butter put GRAS in the spotlight. Here is what FDA's proposed mandatory GRAS notice rule and the REAL Butter Act could mean for CPG brands.

The Grocery Price Gap: What Goldman Sachs' Walmart vs. Whole Foods Survey Means for Brands
Goldman Sachs priced 38 items at six retailers and found a 26.6-point gap between Walmart and Whole Foods. Here is what it means for CPG brands selling in both.

Be a Long-Term and Profitable Plant-Based Brand
Plant-based meat sales fell in 2025, but the brands still growing share a few habits. Here is what the data says it takes to last.

Journey Foods' 2027 Food Trends: What We Are Watching Next
Ten 2027 food trends from Journey Foods, drawn from The Pie, Geopolitical Snacks, social signals and Whole Foods' list.

Geopolitical Snacks: Food vs AI, Hormuz, food prices + dates to watch
Plus, JAI's food price outlook, Hormuz drops to 7 ships a day + what's coming | 8 min read

Ultra-Processed Foods vs Traditional Diets: A Brand Playbook
Ultra-processed foods are displacing traditional diets. What the evidence and new policy mean for brands, and how to fix the recipe without breaking cost.

The Pie: Where community eats + tariff updates
Where community eats, McDonald's goes GLP-1, whey hits a 50% tariff, and labels split SNAP

Data Centers With a Conscience: How an AI Company Should Be Held Accountable (Starting With Us)
Journey is an AI company, so accountability starts with us: right-sized models, carbon removal, smarter data centers and questions to ask every AI vendor.

UAE Sets Salt, Sugar and Fat Limits for Packaged Food: What CPG Brands Should Do Now
The UAE now caps sodium, sugar and fat in packaged bread, dairy drinks, yoghurt, snacks and cheese, imports included. Here is what changed, the deadlines, and how CPG brands can fix the recipe once without breaking cost, nutrition or claims.

Food Label Generator Tools: What CPG Teams Actually Use
A food label generator creates FDA-compliant nutrition panels from recipe inputs. CPG teams choose among AI-enabled cloud tools, traditional enterprise software, and free printable templates based on compliance depth, allergen automation, and export needs. The right pick depends on label volume, regulatory complexity, and whether cost-in-use analysis is part of your workflow.
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