Dare Foods subsidiary buys Mary’s Gone Crackers
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Editor's Note 
 
Hello F&B processors! As part of our 85th anniversary celebrations, we're profiling F&B manufacturing companies that have been here since we began reporting on the industry. This week, we shine the spotlight on Lassonde Industries & Harvest Meats.
- Nithya Caleb, Editor, Food in Canada
 
TOP HEADLINES 
 
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Newfoundland and Labrador to end controversial tax on sugary drinks

Newfoundland and Labrador's premier says his government will end the province's controversial tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.


Dare Foods subsidiary buys Mary's Gone Crackers

Kameda Seika sells Mary’s Gone Crackers to Rosseau Inc., U.S. subsidiary of Dare Foods in a debt equity swap.


FDA approves three food dyes from natural sources

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves three new food colour additives derived from natural sources.


Insect protein company Aspire Food Group goes into receivership

The Superior Court of Ontario orders Aspire Food Group, the London, Ont.-based cricket farming company, into receivership.


Ardent Mills releases new powder meant to mimic cocoa

Ardent Mills introduces Cocoa Replace, a wheat-based, clean-label solution to cocoa powder.


 
 
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Industry Highlights 
 
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Jack Link's teams up with YouTube star MrBeast

Meat snacks company Jack Link's partners with YouTube star MrBeast. The two will launch a new line of co-branded meat snack products. This partnership marks MrBeast's first-ever collaboration with a CPG company. » Read full article
 
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Lassonde: Enjoying the fruits of their labour

Motivated by a desire to help local farmers with their surplus crops, Aristide and Georgianna Lassonde built a cannery in the rural community of Rougemont, Que., in 1918. With a rich history that spans more than 100 years, Lassonde has helped shape the food industry with many innovations. » Read full article
 
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Harvest Meats: A century of quality

It’s not every day that you get to run the company your great-grandfather started more than a century ago—and Geoff Propp plans to make the most of the opportunity. Propp serves as the president of Yorkton, Sask.-based Harvest Meats, a company that was family owned for three generations prior to being sold to Premium Brand Holdings. » Read full article
 
 
EVENTS 
 
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2025 MPO Industry Day & AGM

Location: Elora, Ont. Dates: May 20, 2025 » Learn more

Thrive Conference

Location: Vancouver Date: May 21, 2025 » Learn more

The Great Canadian Cheese Festival

Location: Kingston, Ont. Dates: May 24-25, 2025 » Learn more