Is this what it looks like when SPI Group goes on a camping trip? No! Actually, this is a photo of what we brought to our most recent SPI Group Traveling Road Show, where we showcase ingredients from a variety of suppliers. We show finished products that demonstrate how the ingredients work. One of favorite…
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Like many, my children have issues at school. The 6 year old has trouble sitting still, he wants to participate so much he yells out the answer when it’s not his turn. The 9 year old is a bit quieter and will lose his energy in the afternoon resulting in a loss of focus and…
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SPI Group continues to add value to our customers through education and training, and pushing the limits of food science. After a weeklong visit to the Solae pilot plant in St. Louis, MO , we learned how to make good foods better! Our first sets of tests were beef patties. All patties maintained same level…
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Here is a post from Russ: Each Saturday for the past couple of weeks Rosemary and I have noticed a catering truck at a gas station on the corner of Ygnacio Valley Rd. and Civic in Walnut Creek, CA. As we drove by, we noticed a long line of customers!! As a recent adventurer into…
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As part of our sales team meeting this summer, SPI Group spent time working at our local food bank. We were happy to help Alameda County Community Food Bank in their mission to alleviate hunger by providing nutritious food and nutrition education to people in need, educating the public, and promoting public policies that address…
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There have been some questions around what the changes are in School Food Service in regards to whole grain and how we as food manufacturers are supposed to be in compliance. Below are a few highlights and some links courtesy of the Whole Grains Council. Changes to nutrition requirements for school operators: • July 1,…
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If you are a regular with the SPI Group Scoop, then you know I posted about food trucks and trends in March. That was based on someone, smart and into the trend thing, else’s digested information put into powerpoint. The Scoop Group at SPI has made our inaugural food truck tour for our own primary…
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According to Food Business News, the crop conditions continue to worsen. What this means is an escalation in the costs to produce livestock and ultimately to make nutritious food products from animal proteins. As an industry we will see our prices to consumers go up and portion sizes go down. For sensitive populations like Child…
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If you have been watching the news lately, you know that the United States mid-West is in the worst drought in 50 years. With corn and soybean crop estimates declining in output, as well as declining quality expectation every day; commodity prices are already trading at record highs. • Traditional prices of defatted soybean meal…
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Weight Management as a product segment remains a large and targeted market ($13 billion) by many food manufacturers in the United States. Performance Nutrition, or the use of protein to increase muscle mass by hard core athletes and bodybuilders, while smaller ($6 billion), remains a very high profile target market in the United States. But…
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