Welcome to the long holiday weekend! Now’s the time to kick back and catch up on all this week’s food news. Here are top-level highlights of some of the food stories we’ve been reading this week.
- A new variety of non-GMO apple, the Rave, will soon be headed to a supermarket near you. [Extra Crispy]
- Juicero, the much-buzzed-about startup that faced controversy after a pair of hands proved to work as well in juicing as its flagship $400 machine, is no longer. [Grub Street]
- The Houston food and restaurant community are among the many who have stepped in to help with relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. [Bon Appétit]
- General Mills’ Cheerios applied to trademark the use of yellow on its boxes, only to have the bid be rejected.
- Huy Fong Foods, the maker of sriracha, is suing its chile pepper provider for breach of production agreement, breach of contract, and civil theft. [NBC Los Angeles]
- How does Beyonce’s lemonade recipe actually taste? [POPSUGAR]
- Starbucks announced the 2017 release of its Pumpkin Spice Latte with a livestream of a “pumpkin hatch.” [USA Today]