Subway Goes Plant-Based Pork, India Mandates Vegan Labels
Subway's plant-based pork rollout, Slutty Vegan's franchise expansion, and India's new vegan labelling mandate signal a busy week for plant-based food labelling.
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Category Food Policy
Paris Hilton’s AI Deepfake Warning Has a Food Industry Echo
Paris Hilton's new TikTok docuseries on AI deepfake exploitation spotlights synthetic-media risks that food brands and their spokespeople cannot ignore.
Will AI Kill Restaurant Jobs? Chipotle and Starbucks Show Us
An opinion piece uses Starbucks and Chipotle as case studies to examine whether AI restaurant jobs will shrink, shift, or survive.
Texas AG Targets Celsius for Marketing to Kids
Texas AG Ken Paxton is investigating Celsius energy drink marketing aimed at minors, adding to a growing list of CPG brands under his scrutiny.
A Can of SpaghettiOs. A Florida Family. A Federal Lawsuit.
A Florida family claims their SpaghettiOs contained moving worm-like organisms. Campbell and Walmart are now contesting the SpaghettiOs contamination lawsuit in court.
DyeConverter Gets Nod From HALO Science
Halo Science, the open innovation platform connecting academic researchers and industry, published its 2026 analysis of CPG reformulation infrastructure this week. The piece, titled “Who’s Solving CPG’s Reformulation Backlog in 2026,” profiles six specialized startups working on different bottlenecks inside…
EWG’s Food Scores Makes Clean-Label Shopping Effortless
EWG's Food Scores tool is removing friction from clean-label purchasing decisions, and that shift has direct implications for food manufacturers and retailers.
Frank Yiannas Says AI Can Fix Food Safety. Here’s How.
Former FDA deputy commissioner Frank Yiannas argues AI food safety transformation is no longer theoretical. It's operational, and the industry must move now.
California’s New Allergen Law Has an AI Answer
California's allergen disclosure law kicks in July 1. MenuSano's AI allergen detection system auto-flags ingredients before operators get caught off guard.
AI Is Replacing How Shoppers Find Your Food
Agentic AI and social commerce are merging into one buying ecosystem. Brands not optimized for AI social commerce food retail risk vanishing from digital shelves.