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      <news:title><![CDATA[Lindt CEO exit: Strategic reset or overreaction?]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[EU’s ‘meaty names’ ban could include meat-flavoured crisps]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[3 food ingredients with surprising hidden benefits that consumers want]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Trump tariffs challenged: Cheese importer case follows similar Burlap & Barrel bid]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[New Jersey family-owned cheese importer Gellert Global Group is suing the Trump administration over its use of a Depression-era trade law to impose tariffs on Canadian goods, signaling the latest legal challenge to the president's tariff authority.]]></image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026/10/26/kraft-heinz-gerber-once-upon-a-farm-are-pouring-into-kids-hydration/</loc>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Kraft Heinz, Gerber, Once Upon a Farm are pouring into kids’ hydration ]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[While some health experts emphasize that kids and teens can hydrate with plain water, brands are building relevance within the kids' hydration category with low-to-no-sugar alternatives to sports drinks in fruity flavors, electrolytes and natural ingredients.]]></image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026/10/26/are-cpg-founders-of-color-being-undervalued/</loc>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Are CPG founders of color being undervalued?]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[In this episode of FoodNavigator-USA’s Soup-To-Nuts podcast, :INCLUDED Founding Members Jomaree Pinkard and Victoria Ho discuss how founders of color are building revenue-generating CPG businesses with limited funding, why capital efficiency should not be mistaken for a lack of capital needs, and how investors, retailers and industry stakeholders can help turn business performance into greater opportunity.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[AI startups raise $198.7M for marketing, commerce and CPG operations]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Investments in AI come as technology companies build tools to shift more of the work of product discovery and purchasing to personal assistants.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Beyond cocoa: The race to futureproof chocolate]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[What diets are consumers following?]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Middle East Focus: Gluten-free, local soft drinks and halal rules]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Chocolake targets APAC markets as Dubai chocolate trend endures]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Chocolake’s bite-sized chocolates feature a milk chocolate shell with textured fillings, a characteristic of Dubai-style chocolate.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Rethinking snacks: APAC foods for weight management]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Snacking itself is not necessarily the problem, nutritional composition can influence how filling a snack is.]]></image:caption>
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