Nestlé USA, Glendale, Calif., expanded its COFFEE-MATE natural bliss line of creamy plant-based creamers.

Ketchum, New York, launched its inaugural survey of nutrition experts to understand what topics, ingredients and dishes would shape the year ahead in food.

MALK Organics, Houston, Texas, added a nut nog to its line of creamy plant-based beverages.

Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., took a 5% ownership stake in plant-based protein producer Beyond Meat, El Segundo, Calif.

The Plant Based Foods Association, San Francisco, published an economic analysis of the industry’s contribution to the nation’s jobs, sales output and tax base.

Innova Market Insights, The Netherlands, released data that shows a +60% rise in global food and beverage launches using a vegetarian claim between 2011 and 2015.

France-based Danone S.A. announced plans to acquire WhiteWave Foods Co., Broomfield, Colo.

Silk, a plant-based food and beverage brand of WhiteWave Foods, Broomfield, Colo., announced a year-long sponsored research initiative with the Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHGE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, to research differences in how food companies, academics, industry leaders and the general public perceive the challenges facing the food industry and its attempts to feed the world in a healthy and sustainable way.

Califia Farms, Los Angeles, expanded its Bakersfield, Calif., operation with a 52,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art distribution center.