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Natural Products Expo West returns (in-person!) this coming March. The event, which is set to take place in Anaheim, California, from March 8-12, also means that a new lineup of NEXTY Award winners will be announced. The NEXTY Awards were created to recognize the “most progressive, impactful and trustworthy products in the natural products industry.” The goal is to “elevate brands and products that are showing up for people and the planet.” And this year some seafood products – and alternative seafood products...  For full article: https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1219884/2022-Nexty-Awards-Finalists-Include-Neptune-Snacks-Blue-Circle-Foods-and-The-Plant-Based-Seafood-Co

‘Mind Blown’ snags another Top Industry Honor for their Innovative Plant Based Seafood Products at this Year’s Natural Products Expo West 2022 GWYNN'S ISLAND, VA. (PRWEB) FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Plant Based Seafood Co. – leading the industry in revolutionary plant based seafood products – announced today their ‘Mind Blown’ Dusted Scallops have been selected as a finalist for the Natural Products Expo West 2022 NEXTY Awards—a thrilling feat for the female-led, family-owned alternative seafood company. The NEXTY Awards recognize the most progressive, impactful and trustworthy products in the natural products industry. Fresh out of their FoodTech500 2021 finalist announcement, Co-Founder Monica Talbert is both...

Sales of alternative seafood products are miniscule compared with traditional seafood sales, but as the dairy industry learned, what was once small can become very large. Should alternative seafood products -- those made from plant material or grown from cells in a lab -- be allowed to exhibit at the Boston and Barcelona seafood shows? Diversified Communications, organizer of the trade shows, says no. It wants to keep the purity of the shows intact. It makes sense. The company has spent four decades building these events into world-class gatherings for global seafood producers and buyers. It likely wants to tread...

Alec's Ice CreamHoney Blueberry Lavender The NEXTY judges loved this ice cream and its divine flavor. The texture is as good as ice cream gets, and the synergy between the honey and the lavender and the blueberries was magically subtle—without any single flavor dominating. The two brothers behind Alec's Ice Cream (yes, one is named Alec) developed this brand because other "healthy" organic ice creams—including dairy alternatives—were too processed. This ice cream is made with organic 100% A2/A2 milk, from a holistically managed system that is USDA organic and is partnered with Land to Market and Regenerative Organic Certified. The...