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Gut health is fast becoming a new lifestyle approach that will affect food and beverages, as evidenced in this report produced by Schieber Research, New York.

Grocery categories such as dessert toppings and refrigerated ethnic foods were some of the leading products that lure customers to separate stores, according to a report released by a team of business school researchers led by Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), Washington, D.C., revealed its Top 10 Equipment Acquisition Trends for 2018.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Washington, D.C., and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Washington, D.C., formed an agreement aimed at making the oversight of food more efficient and effective by bolstering coordination between the two agencies.

Researchers at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., found that milk – particularly skim or fat-free milk – becomes more susceptible to off-flavors from LED light than from standard fluorescent.

Cargill Protein, Wichita, Kan., is investing $4.2 million at its Columbia, S.C., plant to expand grinding capabilities for beef customers across the eastern United States.

Evergreen Packaging, Memphis, Tenn., released a report based on data from the annual EcoFocus Trend Study, produced by EcoFocus Worldwide, St. Petersburg, Fla., which forecasts key trends that will shape the U.S. food and beverage industries in the year ahead.

Pinnacle Foods, Parsippany, N.J., took ownership of a vegetable processing plant in Beaver Dam, Wis.