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16th June, 2025
Gregory Zenin
June 16, 2025
Welcome back Food Junglers. The world’s largest meatpacker makes its IPO debit in NYC, Suriname wants to limit pesticide use, and canned food prices might be skyrocketing. Let’s dig in.
THE BREAKDOWN…
Cultivated Fish: San Francisco-based company, Wildtype, will be the first company to launch cultivated seafood in the US after securing an FDA ‘no questions’ letter regarding the safety of its cell-cultured salmon.
Antelope Invasion: Farmers in Russia's Saratov region have appealed to President Vladimir Putin for help in dealing with an invasion of saiga antelopes that have migrated from Kazakhstan and devastated their fields.
Canned Inflation: A new report from the Consumer Brands Association has projected the price of canned foods to experience major shifts in price due to the Trump administration’s new 50% duty on imported steel.
Pesticide Control: The tiny nation of Suriname, on South America’s Atlantic coast, is seeking to ban a common pesticide - paraquat - that is also frequently used for suicide.
Krispy Restructuring: Krispy Kreme has finalised the sale of its remaining ownership stake in Insomnia Cookies, a move that underscores the company's commitment to financial restructuring and strategic growth.
Immigrant Crackdown: Immigration authorities raided an Omaha meat production plant and took dozens of workers away in buses, leaving company officials bewildered because they said they had followed the law.
Peruvian Blueberries: In the wake of Trump’s Liberation Day, Peru has been looking to substitute it’s blueberry supply to the US with China, a new customer with a growing taste for blueberries.
Impossible Rebrand: Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness will be driving a rebrand of his alternative protein company to target “flexitarians” to boost sales in a shrinking plant-based meat market.
Meat IPO: The world’s biggest meat company made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange, riding strong earnings and American consumers’ fixation on protein.
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