Scope Out the Latest Sustainable Food Releases

Sustainable Sauces

Edible Garden, a controlled-environment agriculture company that produces organic and sustainable products, announced that Target will carry its new line of Pulp sustainable gourmet USDA organic fermented sauces across the Southeast. 

Target initially plans to carry three Pulp gourmet sauces: Hungarian Wax, Habanero Carrot Pepper Sauce and Fresno Chili Hot Sauce. Edible Garden’s distribution network now encompasses more than 5,000 retail locations nationwide, including many big-box retail partners, said Edible Garden CEO Jim Kras.

“The launch will be accompanied by substantial support, including a comprehensive marketing campaign featuring sampling, geo-targeting, influencer partnerships and promotional pricing,” said Kras. “We are confident that once customers experience our sustainable, USDA organic, ‘Bland to Bold’ gourmet sauces, they will be eager for more items from our Pulp product line, allowing us to expand the number of SKUs we supply.”

Unconventional Chocolate

Dr. Bronner’s, the family-owned natural brand of personal care and food products, announced that its salted dark chocolate flavor is now regenerative organic certified. This is one of the first chocolate products in the world to achieve this certification, Dr. Bronner’s reported.

The company’s salted dark chocolate is made with cocoa from Ghana and Ivory Coast, coconut sugar from Indonesia, cocoa butter from Congo and bourbon vanilla from Madagascar.

“The conventional chocolate trade has a well-documented history of social and environmental abuse,” said Mike Bronner, Dr. Bronner’s president. “The industry is built on destructive industrial farming practices and extensive use of pesticides, which result in low cocoa yields and low wages for farmers. Regenerative organic certified seeks to promote and ensure practices that protect soil health, animal welfare and fairness for farmers and workers.”

3D-Printed Protein

Steakholder Foods announced its new SHMeat and SHFish blends, designed for 3D-printied plant-based fish and steak alternatives.

Steakholder’s flagship products, SHMeat Beef Steak blend and SHFish White Fish blend, are crafted to mimic the taste and texture of traditional meat and fish. The development pipeline includes a range of blends, including SHMeat Beef Asado, SHMeat Beef Tenderloin, SHMeat Beef Flank, SHMeat Chicken Fillet and SHFish Salmon.

A recent feasibility report verified that all ingredients used in Steakholder Foods’ SHMeat and SHFish blends are approved for use in the United States, the company reported. Each ingredient has been selected to ensure compliance with food safety regulations, and they have all achieved generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status, according to the company.

Steakholder Foods’ production machines utilize two types of 3D technologies to mimic the texture of meat and fish. Drop location in space (DLS) is used for fish and seafood production, creating delicate textures that resemble those found in seafood. fused paste layering (FPL) is used for meat production, ensuring that the fibrous texture of meat is replicated in the plant-based products.

Steakholder Foods said it is actively seeking partnerships with like-minded companies and producers, with the goal of collaborating with those already established in the plant-based meat and fish alternatives sector, as well as traditional meat and fish producers who are looking to diversify and expand their product portfolios.