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      <news:title><![CDATA[What makes a snack worth the price?]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Lost confidence in nutrition information offers CPG makers opening to rebuild trust]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Americans are surrounded by nutrition information but increasingly unsure what, or whom, to believe, according to IFIC’s 2026 Food & Health Survey. As self-assessed health and diet quality decline, consumers are still actively seeking food and nutrition solutions – creating an opportunity for CPG companies to build trust with credible, actionable information.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[The GLP-1 effect: How weight-loss drugs are changing food and drink]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Food tech: 5 trends growing and 5 declining]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[15 most influential private label players in the world today]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Mars’ vision for 2036: The trends set to transform food and nutrition]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Post-GLP-1 weight regain could be mitigated by diet ]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Weight regain after stopping GLP-1 use is a persistent problem for users.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[What is the one piece of food tech that excites you most? ]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Nestlé signs biggest-ever global brand deal with NBA]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[High grocery prices push shoppers to spread spending across store formats]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Food prices remain a worry amongst consumers, more than a third of whom (34%) cited them as their top concern going into 2027.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[USDA official warns of legal risks as MAHA leans on ‘government by signal’]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[USDA General Counsel Tyler Clarkson warned food companies that voluntary commitments and other informal government signals can carry legal consequences even when they are not legally binding.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Check out FoodNavigator-Asia's Top 10 stories from the last month]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Agentic AI is expected to automate purchases of household staples, increasing the importance of discovery-driven retail experiences as brands compete to surface products, trends and personalized recommendations, according to a new report from Mars.]]></image:caption>
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