Global customers crave texture, challenging companies to make crispier, gooier, chewier foods
Texture is having a crunchy, gooey moment in the food and beverage industry. For many people, the way a menu item or packaged snack feels in the mouth has become as big a draw as flavor, although consumers don't always recognize the part texture plays in their cravings for crispier takeout, frothier coffees and juicier candies, according to industry experts. The importance of “mouthfeel,” a food science term for oral sensation, has inspired new products like Starbucks’ Aerocano, an iced...
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- Global customers crave texture, challenging companies to make crispier, gooier, chewier foods
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Sun, 13 Sep 2026
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Sat, 12 Sep 2026
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI industry needs to give safety measures time to catch up
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Fri, 11 Sep 2026
- US stocks jump after oil prices ease and an inflation update comes in near expectations
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Thu, 10 Sep 2026
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- Oil prices leap to their highest since May and drag Wall Street lower
- Trump wants to send Americans money. Congress and economists dont seem thrilled with the idea
- US home sales weaken to slowest pace in more than a year as mortgage rates, home prices climb
- Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America pledges $100M to cut US maternal mortality rate in half
- US wholesale prices rise in latest sign of stubborn inflation as oil prices continue to climb
- China says it hopes to agree with the US on tariff reductions at an early date
- European Central Bank raises interest rates a quarter point to quell energy-fueled inflation
- US unemployment claims dip to 206,000 as layoffs continue to remain rare
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Wed, 09 Sep 2026
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- Racketeering conspiracy trial against Chinese tech giant Huawei begins in New York
- Stocks fall on Wall Street as oil prices jump back above $100 a barrel after Iran war escalates
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Tue, 08 Sep 2026
- US hits remaining parts of Irans aviation sector with sanctions in latest move to isolate Tehran
- Oil prices keep rising and weigh on Wall Street
- Meta launches personal AI agent, Muse, emphasizes safety and privacy
- The Blade newspaper in Toledo is for sale, and ownership says it will shut down if no buyer is found
- Trump threatens Canadian jetmaker Bombardier, which has an extensive US footprint
- Singapore man pleads guilty to orchestrating $240 million bitcoin theft from DC resident
- UK government bans goods from Israeli settlements and accuses settlers of ethnic cleansing
- Hungary expels 10 Russian diplomats as it shifts away from previous pro-Moscow stance
- Japan protests as China slaps new measures against its exports of a key chipmaking material
- Australian social media users to be offered choice to opt out of algorithms
- Chinas exports pick up in August, jumping 25% as its trade surplus widens
- Russia and North Korea open the first road link across shared border
- Flights to and from Indonesias capital resume after volcanic eruption forced a 2-day closure
- Cyclospora outbreak followed years of declining FDA foreign inspections
- EU seeks to reassure a Trump-rattled Greenland with promise of a new partnership and investment
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