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Alyse Thompson-Richards

Alyse Thompson-Richards

Alyse Thompson-Richards has held many positions with BNP Media, first serving as an intern at Candy Industry in summer 2012. She joined Candy Industry's staff full time as associate editor in August 2016 after a few years at newspapers in West-Central Illinois. Alyse has since served on Cannabis Products Insider and joined FOOD ENGINEERING in 2024. She has bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Spanish from Western Illinois University. Image courtesy of Thompson-Richards
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Carolina Foods

Sweet Success: How Carolina Foods Drives Growth with Automation

Designed to improve upon the limitations at its original bakery, Carolina Foods’ new facility is FOOD ENGINEERING’s 2025 Plant of the Year.
Alyse Thompson-Richards
Alyse Thompson-Richards
April 7, 2025

Designed to improve upon the limitations at its original bakery, Carolina Foods’ new facility is FOOD ENGINEERING’s 2025 Plant of the Year.



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Trump Imposes Reciprocal Tariffs on Imported Goods

Alyse Thompson-Richards
Alyse Thompson-Richards
April 3, 2025

Trump will impose a minimum 10% tariff on all goods from other countries. Citing large trade deficits, the president also announced higher reciprocal tariffs on several countries. 


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Food Plant Openings and Expansions February 2025

Alyse Thompson-Richards
Alyse Thompson-Richards
March 17, 2025

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings and expansions in the food and beverage industry.


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Alternative Protein

Pursuing Price Parity: A Closer Look at the Cost of Alternative Protein

Alternative protein products are often more expensive than traditional counterparts, but advancements in technology and ingredients can help manufacturers in approaching price parity.
Alyse Thompson-Richards
Alyse Thompson-Richards
March 12, 2025

Alternative protein products are often more expensive than traditional counterparts, but advancements in technology and ingredients can help manufacturers in approaching price parity.


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Food Plant Openings and Expansions January 2025

Alyse Thompson-Richards
Alyse Thompson-Richards
March 9, 2025

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings, expansions and closures in the food and beverage industry, including Nelson-Jameson’s distribution center, Oatly’s closure of its Singapore plant, Richardson’s oat processing facility expansion, Vertical Cold Storage’s multimodal distribution center and cellular agriculture accelerator The Cultured Hub.



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Egg Prices Remain Tough to Crack

Alyse Thompson-Richards
Alyse Thompson-Richards
March 7, 2025

If there’s one thing that’s been dominating headlines lately, it’s eggs.


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Outbreak Investigation

Listeria Outbreak in Frozen Supplemental Shakes Results in 12 Deaths

Alyse Thompson-Richards
Alyse Thompson-Richards
February 26, 2025

A Listeria monocytogenes outbreak connected to frozen supplemental shakes distributed to foodservice and long-term care facilities has sickened at least 38 people across 21 states.


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FDA launches challenge to push traceability tool development for food safety

Preparing for FSMA 204: Food Traceability and Data Standardization

Alyse Thompson-Richards
Alyse Thompson-Richards
February 19, 2025

IFT's Sara Bratager talks about the Food Safety Modernization Act, the Food Traceability Rule, the importance of data standardization and how it can help with preventing and managing recalls.  


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Food Plant Openings and Expansions November 2024

Alyse Thompson-Richards
Alyse Thompson-Richards
February 18, 2025

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings, expansions and closures in the food and beverage industry.


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Adapting Drying and Curing Technology for Cannabis

Building on principles for drying and curing meat and cheese, Cannatrol has developed technology to control water activity in cannabis, leading to higher yields, improved terpene retention and reduced labor.
Alyse Thompson-Richards
Alyse Thompson-Richards
February 17, 2025

Building on principles for drying and curing meat and cheese, Cannatrol has developed technology to control water activity in cannabis, leading to higher yields, improved terpene retention and reduced labor.


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