New Products from Campbell Soup, Hormel, Green Giant

Stay on the pulse of what’s to come in food products and offerings.

August 07, 2018

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Consumers are pulling away from processed foods and instead want organic, vegetarian and vegan offerings and health-focused products these days. To stay in tune with their markets, major companies are altering and adding their offerings to meet this new demand.

Campbell Soup Co.’s Pacific Foods brand is launching a new line of organic soups made with organic chicken bone broth. Each soup contains 7-10 grams of protein from the broth and plant-based protein sources such as lentils, chickpeas and beans. The five varieties include Caribbean black bean; chicken noodle; curry chickpea; hearty Italian vegetable; and white bean, kale and millet—all of which are U.S Department of Agriculture-certified organic and free of genetically engineered ingredients.

Hormel Foods Corp. is launching a new chili made with 100% Angus beef, and Hormel’s Columbus Craft Meats brand is adding new Columbus Salami & Cheese snacks. The pre-portioned snack packs use hormone-free cheeses and new salami flavors made from pork raised without antibiotics, and no added nitrates or nitrites. Varieties includes Italian dry salami and white cheddar cheese, genoa salami and provolone cheese, and peperoni and fontina cheese.

Nestle S.A.’s Lean Cuisine brand is launching a new line of meatless dishes made with 70% organic ingredients called Origins. The new varieties include Butternut Squash Lasagna, Coconut Chickpea Curry (vegan), Farmer’s Market Pizza, Linguine with Ricotta and Spinach Meatless Meatballs, Mushroom and Vegetable Shepherd’s Pie, Sicilian-Style Pesto with Lentil Pasta (vegan) and Tuscan-Style Vegetable Lasagna.

B&G Foods Inc. saw so much top-line growth from its launch of Green Giant Veggie Spirals that the company plans to expand the brand’s portfolio with “a number of new items in three new frozen categories later this fall, including a new line of organic vegetables,” said Robert C. Cantwell, president and chief executive officer, during an investors call last week.

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