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Got No Milk? Nestle Is Creating a Vegan KitKat Bar, But It Isn't Coming to the US Soon
Coming soon to a selected retailer near you: a vegan version of the iconic KitKat candy bar
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Over 760,000 Pounds of Hot Pockets Recalled, May Contain ‘Pieces of Glass and Plastic'
Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling about 762,615 pounds of select batches of Hot Pockets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Friday.
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Nestlé Recalls Toll House Cookie Dough
Nestlé has issued a voluntary recall of its ready-to-bake bars, tubs and tube-shaped “chubs” after it found pieces of food-grade rubber in the cookie dough.
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Nestlé Recalls Toll House Cookie Dough
Nestlé has issued a voluntary recall of its ready-to-bake bars, tubs and tube-shaped “chubs” after it found pieces of food-grade rubber in the cookie dough.
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Who Says You Can't Eat Red Meat? Food Advice Questioned Anew
So is red meat good or bad for you? If the answer were only that simple. A team of international researchers recently rattled the nutrition world by saying there isn’t enough evidence to tell people to cut back on red or processed meat, seemingly contradicting advice from prominent health experts and groups including the American Cancer Society and American Heart...
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Starbucks Is Introducing Its First New Pumpkin Coffee Beverage Since the Pumpkin Spice Latte
Sixteen years after introducing the pumpkin spice latte, Starbucks is finally bringing a new pumpkin drink to its fall menu: the pumpkin cream cold brew. Starbucks started working on the new cold brew drink earlier this year, landing on a drink made with cold brew and a vanilla base and topped with frothy pumpkin cream cold foam and a dusting...
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50 Years Later, the Moon is Still Great for Business
It’s back to the moon for brands from Omega to Budweiser marking 50 years since Apollo 11
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Not to Be Outdone, Tyson Enters Plant-Based Meat Market
The fast-growing market for meat alternatives has a surprising new player: Tyson Foods. Tyson, one of the world’s largest meat producers, will begin selling nuggets made from pea protein at grocery stores this summer. A blended burger made from beef and pea protein will follow this fall. Both will be sold under a new brand, Raised and Rooted, which will...
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KFC Is Considering Plant-Based Fried Chicken But Has No Plans to Test Right Now
KFC is joining the long list of restaurants thinking about adding plant-based meat substitutes to its menu. Kevin Hochman, who heads KFC’s U.S. division, said that the company does not have any plans to test vegan alternatives right now, but he has meetings scheduled with several major suppliers to learn more about plant-based meats. Business Insider first reported that KFC...
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Health Paradox: New US Diabetes Cases Fall as Obesity Rises
The number of new diabetes cases among U.S. adults keeps falling, even as obesity rates climb, and health officials aren’t sure why. New federal data released Tuesday found the number of new diabetes diagnoses fell to about 1.3 million in 2017, down from 1.7 million in 2009. Earlier research had spotted a decline, and the new report shows it’s been...
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Pets Are the Hot New Cannabis Customer as Owners Use CBD to Ease Pain and Thunderstorm Anxiety
Some of the CBD industry’s biggest consumers aren’t even human. Dogs and cats are increasingly taking the non-intoxicating cannabis compound as their owners seek to provide relief to their four-legged friends for everything from anxiety to pain and seizures. While there’s scant data proving CBD works for any of these ailments, some people are swearing by it and more vets...
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Blue Bottle Coffee Experiments With ‘No Cash' Policy
If you love Blue Bottle, prepare for a great drip coffee experience, but don’t bring paper. The Oakland-based ultra-hip coffee chain (which recently became majority owned by Swiss food giant Nestle) is experimenting with a no-cash policy.
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Nestle and Others Have Suspended YouTube Ads Over News of a Pedophile Network on the Site
Disney, Nestle and “Fortnite” maker Epic Games have paused advertising on YouTube after reports of a pedophile network rampant in the comments of monetized videos, according to Bloomberg and spokespeople for the companies.
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‘The Milkman Model': Big Brand Names Try Reusable Containers
A new shopping platform announced Thursday at the World Economic Forum aims to change the way we buy many brand-name products. Loop, as the platform is called, would do away with disposable containers for things like shampoo and laundry detergent from some of the world’s biggest manufacturers. Instead, those goods will be delivered in sleek, reusable containers that will be...
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Nestle Allowed to Keep Taking Water From California Forest Despite Opposition
U.S. officials offered Nestle, the maker of Arrowhead bottled water, a three-year permit on Wednesday to keep taking millions of gallons of water from a national forest in Southern California — but with new restrictions designed to keep a creek flowing for other uses. Opponents have long sought to turn off Nestle’s tap, arguing that the water usage could harm...
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Starbucks Products in Grocery Stores to Be Sold by Nestle After $7.15 Billion Deal
Nestle is paying more than $7 billion to handle global retail sales of Starbucks’s coffee and tea outside of its coffee shops. The deal comes with a huge price tag for Nestle, but it could pay off big for the Swiss company. Its Nescafe and Nespresso don’t carry anywhere near the heft in America that Starbucks brand does, with its...
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World's Top Cocoa Producers Fight to Protect Forests
Park rangers in the world’s top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast, are waging a campaign to protect national forests from the illegal farming of the raw ingredient in chocolate. Last year the governments of Ivory Coast and other top cocoa producer Ghana, along with food giants Nestle, Mars and Hershey, pledged to work together to end deforestation in the West African...
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Nestle Selling US Candy Business for $2.8 Billion
Swiss food and drink giant Nestle is selling its U.S. candy business to Italy’s Ferrero for about $2.8 billion in cash. Ferrero will take over iconic chocolate brands Butterfinger and Crunch bars, as well as the sugary Nerds, SweeTarts and FunDip
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Nestle Warned It Lacks Rights to Some California Water
Nestle took about 32 million gallons of water from wells and water collection tunnels in the forest last year.
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Floridians Say Online Retailers Let Them Down Ahead of Irma
Maya Kogul was in California when Hurricane Irma began twirling toward Florida. She knew stores would run out of key supplies before she got back to her downtown Miami home earlier this week, so she placed an order for three cases of water through a Nestle water delivery company. She waited and waited, but the order didn’t come.