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Elon Musk’s Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to gut the federal workforce – including cutting nearly 20,000 Health and Human Services (HHS) Department staffers over the past month. 

Well, the most recent, high-profile departure didn’t get DOGE’d, but he is pointing a finger at one controversial individual in the administration. Kevin Hall, the NIH’s lead researcher studying the impact of ultraprocessed food (UPFs) on human consumption behaviors and health, announced an early retirement from the institute last week citing censorship by the administration.

Insiders can access the full story to understand Hall’s decision and the controversy created by the paper his team published. 

Forget the soda wars; look out for the clash of the JELL-Os. Well, not quite, but there is a new entrant to the jelly-based sweet snack category with plant-based brand Oddball. 

Insiders can access the full interview for a look inside the brand creation and go-to-market strategy.

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Plant-based seafood supplier Beleaf Corp. announced it would freeze all pricing at current rates for the next year as businesses navigate market uncertainty.

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Troy Bonde and Winston Alfieri aren’t selling your father’s ragu. Instead, the 25-year-old co-founders of Sauz, a bold, culture-forward pasta sauce brand, are reimagining what it means to build a modern CPG company from the ground up. And, it’s working.

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