As purchasing behaviors continue to shift and grilling season approaches, there are a few key consumer-driven trends shaping product innovation, from convenience-driven formats to production and sourcing claims.
Andy Vance joins the International Poultry Welfare Alliance and US Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry and Eggs with more than two decades of leadership experience in agriculture, nonprofit management, communications and member-driven organizations.
Andy Vance moves to the International Poultry Welfare Alliance and US Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry and Eggs after serving as executive director for the Poultry Science Association.
The 12,750-square-foot meat science facility includes a fabrication room, further-processing room, two pass-through smokehouses, a product packaging area, storefront, integrated test kitchen and more.
Plant-meat blends that can meet the flavor and texture benchmarks and are target-marketed offer a consumer-attractive health and sustainability halo, as well as opportunities to lower costs and increase margins.