McCormick plans to increase its stake in a Mexican joint venture with Grupo Herdez to 75% by acquiring an additional 25% for $750 million. This strategic move is part of McCormick's effort to enhance its market presence in Latin America.

Danone has introduced Oikos Fusion, a yogurt drink aimed at supporting muscle retention and growth during weight loss. The product is not labeled as "GLP-1-friendly," but it targets consumers on weight management medications, offering benefits like prebiotic fiber and essential vitamins.

Pet food manufacturers are increasingly using superfoods, driven by informed pet owners who want to share health benefits with their animals. Key trends include the rapid adoption of gut health ingredients such as prebiotics and postbiotics, and the use of medicinal mushrooms for cognitive function.

The Food and Beverage Labeling course, which enables companies to stay current on meticulous, evolving labeling standards from USDA and FDA, is available for three sessions this year. The course pairs self-paced education with live, instructor-led virtual meet-ups and has been highly rated by teams from Ferrara, Campbell's, Keurig Dr. Pepper and Hormel. Since you are a SmartBrief subscriber, you receive a $200 discount with the code SMRTBRF25. View more and register here.

Consumer Brands' SmartLabel was featured in USA Today's Grocery Special Edition and included a Q&A with Rishi Banerjee, Senior Director, SmartLabel, in which he talked about how consumers are engaging with and using SmartLabel, an industry-backed digital disclosure tool that puts all the information consumers could need about the products they're purchasing at their fingertips -- from ingredients to allergen information to recycling instructions and more. The full Q&A can be found here and you can read more here.