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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The small shop named Candy’s, which specializes in imports and hard-to-find brands, suffered widespread damage when a random fire broke out on the morning of April 15, 2025.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The Growth Asia Summit 2026 returns to Singapore on July 8 to 10 next year.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[From pilot gaps to workforce shortages, the future of food tech depends on CPGs stepping in sooner, experts say.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Most food‑tech startups fail not in the lab, but at scale.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[It’s time for lawmakers to stand up to corporate interests that not only hurt consumers but also brands and the very supply chain that supports them.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[At Future Food‑Tech San Francisco, industry leaders unpack the growing need for GLP‑1‑informed food design.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Hershey President and CEO Kirk Tanner assured investors that the snacks and candy company is “emerging stronger than ever” following unprecedented volatility in the cocoa market.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Food supply chains are under strain and consumer demands are intensifying worldwide]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Our special edition of Expo West 2026 highlights begs the question: What will it take for the industry to one again innovate at the pace consumers expect and stretch beyond the established boundaries of what feels commercially safe?]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[From left: Steve Molino, principal at Synthesis Capital; Beth Conerty, regional innovation officer at iFab Tech Hub; Rami Jokela, CEO of Solar Foods; Florian Viton, vice president of R&D foods science and technology and site leader at Hive at Unilever; and Shannon Hall, co-founder of Pow.bio, speak during the “Engineering the Future of Food: Fermentation and the Path to Scalable Innovation” panel at Future Food-Tech San Francisco in March 2026.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[ Nuritas CEO Nora Khaldi discusses how AI is transforming peptide discovery and bringing clinically backed functional ingredients into everyday foods. ©iStock/ShunyuFan]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[GLP-1s will not change food forever]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Vitagen’s recent campaign “Put the bounce back into your skin” features the Collagen Less Sugar range, which contains marine collagen peptides, vitamin C, live probiotic cultures and prebiotic fibre.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Supply chain disruptions tied to Middle East conflict are driving up fuel and fertilizer costs, signaling higher grocery prices and more shrinkflation ahead. © GettyImages/Aurelio Antonio]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[What's holding GLP-1s back in Europe?]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[ASEAN Focus]]></image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026/03/26/future-food-tech-explores-sustainable-food-system-solutions/</loc>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[From left: Jack Bobo, executive director of the Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies at UCLA; Jessica Synkoski, vice president of sustainability and corporate social responsibility at Sodexo; Prakash Jhanwer, managing director and CEO for spices at OFI; Ted McKinney, CEO of NASDA and former USDA under secretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs; and Roy Steiner, senior vice president for food at the Rockefeller Foundation.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Everest rolls out FSC‑certified cups with BioPak’s integrated birchwood spoon.]]></image:caption>
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