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Looking for inspiration and solutions for living more sustainably? Check out these daily highlights of innovative brands and products in apparel, home, food, travel, beauty, spirits, mobility and more!
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.
Oshi Co-Founder Introduces Plant-Based Fish Fillets
In this Inside Expo West conversation, Seeing Green speaks with the co-founder and CEO of Oshi about the company’s plant-based fish fillets designed to look, cook and taste like traditional seafood. Using proprietary technology that recreates fish texture flake by flake with ingredients such as algae oils and fungi, Oshi is bringing a new alternative to seafood without concerns like mercury, antibiotics or microplastics.
GoodSAM Small Farms on Coffee, Nuts, Chocolate and Supporting Farmers
In this Inside Expo West conversation, Seeing Green speaks with GoodSAM Small Farms about how the brand partners directly with farmers to source coffee, nuts, chocolate and fruit grown using regenerative practices. Their lineup focuses on organic ingredients, direct trade relationships and products that support small farming communities.
Daring Highlights the Versatility of Its Plant-Based Chicken
In this Inside Expo West conversation, Seeing Green speaks with the team at Daring about how the brand is expanding the possibilities for plant-based chicken. The company showcases several dishes featuring its vegan, non-GMO plant chicken, highlighting its versatility across different recipes.
Alter Eco on Bean-to-Bar Chocolate and New Product Reveals
In this Inside Expo West conversation, Seeing Green speaks with Alter Eco about its bean-to-bar approach to sustainable chocolate. The company highlights new product innovations including a recyclable advent calendar, oat clusters and several new chocolate bars.
Actual Veggies Co-Founder on Real Veggie Burgers (and What’s Coming Next)
In this Inside Expo West conversation, Seeing Green speaks with Jason Rosenbaum, co-founder of Actual Veggies, about the brand’s mission to create veggie burgers made from real vegetables rather than highly processed meat substitutes. Their colorful burgers and new vegetable-based dinosaur nuggets use simple ingredients like beans, vegetables and spices.
Our Faves: Making Mealtime Easier — Plus 5 Favorite Meal Delivery Services
Thoughtful meal delivery can make it easier to eat well without adding friction to your week. Click through for five of our favorite services pairing plant-forward menus, lower-waste design and more responsible sourcing to support both personal health and the planet.
Our Faves: Better Chocolate Brands for a Sweeter Impact
Sustainable chocolate brands are redefining indulgence through ethical sourcing, regenerative farming and more thoughtful packaging. Meet four (and more) Seeing Green favorites proving that great chocolate can be delicious and responsible at the same time.
Quorn Shows How Small Food Swaps Can Make a Big Difference
Quorn is a long-standing meat-free brand making it easy to enjoy familiar foods like burgers, nuggets and grounds without relying on animal protein. By growing protein through fermentation instead of livestock, Quorn helps people reduce their environmental impact while keeping everyday meals satisfying and approachable.