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While 2025 may be coming to a close, there’s one thing some packaged food and beverage companies won’t be able to leave behind – their ongoing lawsuits.

As we look back on the year, we will be keeping an eye on several of the most notable legal battles unfurling across the packaged food and beverage landscape.

Several food industry trade groups sued the Lone Star State this month, taking aim at a new state law requiring that brands include warning labels for several dozen artificial additives.

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What started as a 30-year journey scaling throughout farmers markets in the Northeast has turned into an emerging competitor in the pasta sauce category. Hoboken Farms was founded by “starving artist” and Ramapo College student Brad Finkel, who had a business idea to bring hometown food favorites to ex-Hobokenites in North Jersey.

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Here’s a look at leading headlines from around the food industry. Insiders get access to the full story.

1. A Year In Food Industry Upheaval: Trump, Tariffs and Titanium Dioxide
2. Laird Activates M&A-Driven Platform Strategy With Nexus Backing
3. Konscious Foods Shuts Down, Citing ‘Unforeseen’ Trade Changes and Plant-based Headwinds
4. The Year In Candy: Freeze-Dried Growth, Texture Play, Fruit-Forward Formulations and Dubai Chocolate
5. GroundForce’s Investment Allows Righteous Felon To Grow With ‘Conviction’

As 2026 approaches, the Taste Radio hosts explore why uncertainty may actually favor emerging food and beverage brands in the new year. From changing definitions of value and retailer innovation to AI-driven discovery and standout new products, the episode highlights where real opportunity is taking shape in CPG.

Tune into the episode here. Also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.