Food News Now: Amid the labor shortage, robots step in to make the french fries and more

In a White Castle just southeast of Chicago, the 100-year-old purveyor of fast food has played...

Subscribe Tuesday, August 10, 2021 Brain Food Blog Food Processing 101 Research to maintain or enhance the nutritional value of food, as well as how the food is grown and distributed, will drive new processing technologies through the remainder of the 21st century. The Wall Street Journal Amid the labor shortage, robots step in to make the french fries In a White Castle just southeast of Chicago, the 100-year-old purveyor of fast food has played host for the past year to an unusual, and unusually hardworking, employee: a robotic fry cook. The Wall Street Journal Tyson Foods says labor, grain costs boosting meat prices Tyson Foods Inc. projected higher meat costs ahead, as the meat company seeks to pass along elevated prices for animal feed, increased wages and ongoing pandemic expenses to restaurants and... Fast Company Freshly joins the plant-based meal craze The Nestlé-owned company is out with a new line of plant-based options, aimed to take on meal kits from services such as Purple Carrot and Hungry Root. Sponsored Content Simpleat™ Plant-based Meat Solutions Providing manufacturers cleaner label, fully cooked plant-based meat solutions for new product development. Watch the limitless possibilities of Simpleat. PR Newswire Kellogg's new Chef in Residency Fellowship to provide opportunity for Black chefs Christopher Williams joined Kellogg as the first Chef in Residency earlier this year. In a recent blog post, he shares what this experience means to him and the future of food. FDA Able Groupe recalls infant formulas due to insufficient iron levels per FDA requirements Able Groupe is recalling certain products used as infant formulas. The required pre-market notifications for these new infant formulas have not been submitted to the FDA. In addition, they contain less... Reuters U.S. to expand cattle sales data after complaints from ranchers, Congress The USDA said on Thursday it will begin releasing two new reports on cattle sales next week, after ranchers and members of Congress raised concerns about possible anti-competitive behavior in the... Businesswire JAB Holding unites Panera Bread, Caribou Coffee, Einstein Bros. Bagels to form Panera Brands Anchored in Panera Bread's distinctive competencies, Panera Brands will be in a unique position to turbocharge the growth in Caribou Coffee and Einstein Bros. Bagels alongside Panera Bread. U.S. Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship U.S. Senate blocks effort to provide $48b in funding to Restaurant Revitalization Fund A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators sought unanimous consent on the floor of the U.S. Senate to approve bipartisan legislation to provide $48 billion in additional funding to the Restaurant... Institute of Food Technologists | 525 W. Van Buren St. | Suite 1000 | Chicago, IL 60607 | USA This newsletter made Smart by Subscribe | Report | Learn More | Unsubscribe | Contact