by danikka | May 26, 2021
At the Mattson Innovation Center, where food and beverage strategy comes to life on lab benchtops, in pilot plants, and people are tasting protocepts everywhere, food safety and building sanitation go hand in hand. The COVID pandemic made safety even more critical....
by danikka | Apr 22, 2021
Ten years ago, Naveen Sikka, founder & CEO of Terviva, set out with a bold vision to expand the pongamia tree industry from its Ayurvedic, reforestation history into mainstream agriculture. The beans from the pongamia tree contain plant protein and vegetable oil...
by danikka | Mar 23, 2021
Pete Mattson, founder of the Silicon Valley-based food and beverage innovation firm, Mattson, died peacefully Wednesday, March 17, 2021. He was eighty-two. Pete was a towering figure in the world of food and beverage, both figuratively and literally, at six feet,...
by danikka | Mar 10, 2021
What does it take to run a food and beverage innovation firm? A team of brilliant, collaborative, committed, and passionate people. This perfectly describes our employee-owners. Most people think of Mattson as a team of food scientists. We are that! But we’re so much...
by danikka | Feb 25, 2021
From their January 22, 2021 report Year-End 2020 Trends, 2021 Emerging Growth Pockets, IRI is telling the food and beverage industry that now is the time to focus on innovation. Specifically, the report recommends that CPG brands:
