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December 18, 2018

2 Min Read
5@5: Whole Foods' increase in value to Amazon | The unseen ubiquity of palm oil
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Amazon’s focus on profitable grocery items highlights the value of Whole Foods

There are reasons why Amazon is making a concentrated effort to sell off its bulky, low-cost goods and expand into offline retail—e-commerce has made but a modest dent in the traditional grocery market as of yet. The company’s acquisition of Whole Foods has allowed its participation in that market to be far more direct and economical, and this underscores how truly valuable a strong brick-and-mortar presence is becoming for the company. Read more at The Street …

 

Palm oil is destroying rainforests. But try going a day without it.

 

A journalist familiar with the controversial effects of widespread palm oil consumption tracks her family’s every encounter with the stuff throughout the day. Read to find out the ways in which palm oil hides in our everyday products largely unnoticeably by being hidden behind other ingredients on the label. Read more at National Geographic 

 

Grated American cheese wouldn’t be ‘natural’ under senate bill

A Senate bill passed by voice vote on December 13 aims to define “natural cheese” as “cheese being produced from animal milk or other dairy ingredients in accordance with established cheese making practices.” This would exclude pasteurized, processed, cold pack and grated American cheese foods from legally existing under the “natural cheese” label. The International Dairy Foods Association supports the measure. Read more at Bloomberg Government 

 

The #cleanbeauty revolution is finally affecting fragrances

While the fragrance sector has seen little innovation since its inception, big changes are on the way thanks to the growing focus on clean beauty in skincare and other personal care areas. Here are some perfume lines that are going the natural route, sans synthetic fragrances, and are also offering consumers total transparency regarding each and every ingredient.  Read more at Dazed Digital  ...

 

2019 could be a turning point for plant-based and cultured meats

Major companies have long since realized that meat eaters, in addition to vegans and vegetarians, are incorporating plant-based meat into their diets, and the theme for 2019 is reaching as many markets as possible. Some retailers are even starting to shelf plant-based meat next to conventional meat, which is helping boost product sales. 2019 will also likely “be the year [consumers] finally get to try their first lab grown meat” as well, a “landmark moment for the cultured meat industry.” Read to learn about the other major shifts that will make 2019 the year alternative meat really takes off. Read more at Forbes  

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