Healthy Consumer Food Trends for the New Year
If your brand is ready to launch a new product, make sure it’s in line with these customer food trends.
Sustainable Saturday: Your Guide to Green Technology
No matter your opinion about the environment, most people can get on board with the principles of sustainability. Creating less waste and embracing products and technologies that are gentler on our environment can result in a smaller carbon footprint and, in some cases, serious savings. We will take you through all the ways — from
The Sunny Science Behind Solar Panels
Fossil fuels have been our energy partners for much of the 20th and 21st centuries. But now we are seeing a revolution in alternative energies that are clean, cheap, and sustainable. Solar power is an important part of our sustainability operations, and the sun is a major help in powering our facilities. But how do
Sustainable Saturday: Why Solar? 3 Benefits of Solar Parks
Solar power is rapidly becoming a resource with exponential benefits. As part of Mercer Food’s Sustainable Saturday series, we outline the benefits of solar parks, and what they can do to make our world a more sustainable, healthier place. Solar parks utilize unused space Sustainability and conservation are often associated with doing more with resources
5 Promising Food Industry Trends From IFT 2016
The Institute of Food Technologies expo, features the food industry's largest collection of food ingredients, equipment, processing, and packaging suppliers. Food science and food trends are the center of the expo, and the show provides the opportunity to get a finger on the pulse of the industry. Mercer Foods went and gathered the most significant
Solar Power’s Day in the Sun Has Arrived
Today is Earth Day. All over the world, people and organizations are putting a spotlight on environmental sustainability. But for Mercer Foods, every day is Earth Day — sustainability is one of our core values. We strive to be industry leaders of environmentally conscious manufacturing, which is why we cut our water usage by over
5 Key Takeaways and Trends from Expo West 2016
Last week the Mercer Foods team attended and exhibited at the largest, most dynamic food show in the U.S.: Natural Products Expo West. All of us were struck by the incredible sense of energy and optimism among the attendees, exhibitors, guest speakers, and key stakeholders at Expo West. The show is still fresh on my mind,
How We Cut Water Usage by 72%
Mercer Foods is committed to state-of-the art research and development and making the highest quality freeze-dried products on the market. We are also strongly committed to sustainability and environmental conservation. Our facility in Modesto, California has a 1-megawatt, 5-acre solar park that provides up to 60 percent of our energy needs (depending on available sunlight)