Food Industry Executive

Cheaper diesel and corn, plus a fifth straight weekly drop in boxed beef, impacted this week’s FIE Input Cost Index. A November 20 port deadline is the next test.

GLP-1 medications are changing portion size, protein, and satiety expectations for users and non-users alike. An Informa Markets brand director outlines how healthy, indulgent, and mid-market food brands can respond now.

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This week: Kraft Heinz calls 2027 price hikes likely, middle-income food insecurity reached 31%, and diesel up 71% in a year.

A University of Chicago model prices a federal UPF label at $14.2 billion a year, and two-thirds of that is reformulation. Use the study’s break-even test to decide which SKUs to reformulate, relabel, or retire ahead of an approved definition.

Maintaining texture, flavor, and structural integrity in acidic applications requires dairy inclusions to be developed around the conditions they will encounter throughout processing, handling, and shelf life.

Diesel is up 71% in a year, and the FIE Input Cost Index now includes it. See how input costs changed this week’s score and what to watch next.