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Discover cleaner, greener brands, products and experiences—and practical ideas for healthier, more sustainable everyday living.
Daring Launches Plant-Based Steak Bites, Ready in Just Five Minutes
Daring is serving up something new with its Plant Steak Bites, bringing juicy, savory plant-based protein to tacos, stir-fries, rice bowls and more. Ready in just five minutes, the new bites pack 13 grams of protein and 4 grams of fiber per serving.
Feel-Good Snacking?
In this edition of From the Founders, Matt, founder of The Good Crisp Company, joins us to share the motivation behind the brand: making snacks he could feel good giving his kids—and that his kids would actually want to eat.
Daring Wants to Make Plant Chicken an Everyday Thing
Daring is putting a plant-based spin on one of the hardest-working proteins in the kitchen, with chicken made to sizzle, shred, crisp and fit into everything from tacos and stir-fries to Buffalo wings. With a growing lineup of pieces, bowls and complete meals, the brand is making it easier to swap more plants into what’s for dinner.
Can Candy Be Made Better?
In this edition of From the Founders, Adeev and Ezra Potash — the Potash Twins — share how their love of candy, travel and music inspired them to create Sweet Stash, a new candy brand reimagining familiar gummy favorites with a different approach to ingredients.
Can Chocolate Be Better for You?
In this edition of From the Founders, Sterling Jones, co-founder of JOJO’s Chocolate, shares the personal story behind the brand and how his mom’s love of chocolate inspired a lineup built around 70% dark chocolate, real nuts, less sugar and added plant-based protein.
Next Level Veggie Grill Brings Plant-Based Comfort Food Into Fall
Next Level Veggie Grill welcomes fall with a limited-time menu featuring plant-based takes on seasonal comfort food, from a hearty harvest bowl and Bavarian-style burger to pumpkin spice treats. The seasonal lineup reflects the restaurant group’s broader mission to make more sustainable food choices familiar, craveable and accessible to everyone.
Free2b Is Bringing Allergy-Friendly Sun Cups to the Halloween Candy Bowl
Free2b is bringing its Bag O’ Treats back for Halloween, offering families an allergy-friendly option for trick-or-treating, classroom parties and candy bowls. With individually wrapped, Top 9 allergen-free Sunflower Butter Sun Cups, the seasonal release is designed to help make Halloween a little easier and more inclusive for kids with food allergies.
Can Ice Cream Be Gut Friendly?
In this edition of From the Founders, Alec Jaffe, founder of Alec’s Ice Cream, shares how the company is combining A2 dairy, prebiotics and clean ingredients to create a different kind of ice cream.
Can Snack Packaging Be Greener? Eagle Shows How
In this LIVE From: Sweets & Snacks Expo conversation, Seeing Green speaks with Eagle Flexible Packaging about the growing demand for more sustainable packaging solutions in the food and snack industry. The conversation explores recyclable, recycled-content and compostable packaging options, the challenges brands face when selecting packaging materials and how Eagle is helping companies explore greener alternatives without compromising product protection, freshness or performance.
More Protein Than Beef Jerky? Snapper Creek’s Plant-Based Approach
In this LIVE From: Sweets & Snacks Expo conversation, Seeing Green speaks with Snapper Creek Jerky about its plant-based jerky and mission to bring bold flavor and high protein to a classic snack category. The conversation explores the founders’ journey building a vegan food company in Nashville, Tennessee, the inspiration behind the brand and why they believe plant-based jerky can win over consumers almost anywhere.
Upcycled Fruit, Bigger Flavor? Inside BranchOut’s Snack Mission
In this LIVE From: Sweets & Snacks Expo conversation, Seeing Green speaks with BranchOut Food about its upcycled fruit snacks and mission to create more flavorful, crunchy dried fruit products. The conversation explores BranchOut’s dehydration technology, its sourcing of fruit from small family farmers in Peru and how the brand is transforming surplus fruit into nutrient-dense snacks with significantly more retained flavor.
Can Fruits & Veggies Be Easy, Craveable Snacks? DJ&A Shows How
In this LIVE From: Sweets & Snacks Expo conversation, Seeing Green speaks with DJ&A about its lineup of vacuum-cooked vegetable snacks and freeze-dried fruit products designed to make fruits and veggies easier and more craveable for everyday snacking. The conversation explores DJ&A’s approach to preserving the natural shape, color and flavor of real produce, the brand’s focus on clean eating and sustainability and its rapid expansion from Australia into more than 55 countries worldwide.
JOJO’s on Less Sugar Chocolate, Real Ingredients & Living Like Jojo
In this LIVE From: Sweets & Snacks Expo conversation, Seeing Green speaks with JOJO’s about its lineup of less sugar chocolate treats and the personal story that inspired the brand’s creation. The conversation explores JOJO’s focus on real ingredients, plant-based protein, gluten-free products and its mission to create chocolate snacks that feel indulgent while still supporting a more thoughtful approach to everyday snacking.
Quinn’s Take on Simpler Ingredients, Trust & Better Snacks
In this LIVE From: Sweets & Snacks Expo conversation, Seeing Green speaks with Quinn Snacks about its lineup of gluten-free pretzels and mission to create snacks made with simpler, more understandable ingredients. The conversation explores Quinn’s focus on ingredient transparency, regenerative agriculture, organic sourcing and building snacks that families can feel happy and confident sharing every day.
Inside Chocolove’s Approach to Delicious, More Thoughtful Chocolate
In this LIVE From: Sweets & Snacks Expo conversation, Seeing Green speaks with Chocolove about the brand’s approach to premium chocolate made with thoughtful ingredients, Rainforest Alliance cocoa and real fruit inclusions. The Boulder-based company focuses on combining indulgence, ingredient integrity and cocoa traceability while continuing to expand its lineup of bars, seasonal offerings and everyday chocolate treats.
Inside SF Climate Week: Chocolate, Craft & What’s Next
Seeing Green visited TCHO Chocolate during San Francisco Climate Week for a behind-the-scenes look at bean-to-bar chocolate making and a glimpse of what’s next. From responsible sourcing to Savor’s carbon-derived EcoButter, this is how chocolate may evolve with a lighter footprint.
Where Bold Flavor Meets Plant-Based: A Visit to Tacotarian
In this episode of Tried It, we take a closer look at Tacotarian, a plant-based Mexican eatery bringing bold flavor and personality to every dish. From craveable tacos to a vibrant, welcoming atmosphere, it’s a quick look at how plant-based dining is showing up in a way that feels easy, satisfying and built for real life.
Actual Veggies' Whole-Food Approach to Plant-Based Eating Done Right
Actual Veggies is rethinking what plant-based eating can look like, building a lineup of chef-crafted veggie burgers, Super Fries and Dinosaur Nuggets from whole, recognizable ingredients that are as colorful as they are delicious. Discover how this better-for-you brand is making it easier to put more vegetables on the table — without the fillers, the processing or anything you can't pronounce.
Plant-Forward Foods Bringing New Choices to the Table
Plant-forward foods continue to evolve as brands experiment with new ways to deliver familiar flavors while reducing the environmental footprint of what we eat. In this roundup, explore several innovative companies reimagining burgers, chicken, seafood and dairy alternatives, including brands we encountered while exploring Expo West.
Ocean’s Halo Brings Organic Seaweed Snacks and Asian-Inspired Pantry Staples
In this Inside Expo West conversation, Seeing Green speaks with the team at Ocean’s Halo about the brand’s lineup of organic seaweed snacks, noodles, broths, sauces and frozen kimbap rolls inspired by Asian flavors. The company focuses on clean ingredients and sustainable choices, including ocean-farmed seaweed and packaging innovations.