Hormel Acquiring Muscle Milk Highlights Importance of Protein Trend

Hormel’s acquisition of Muscle Milk manufacturer Cytosport is another in a series of ambitious moves by the company in recent years and highlights the importance of sports nutrition as a category of consumer health. The ready to drink protein segment will grow twice as fast as the overall sports nutrition category and massive opportunities exist outside of the US where this category is untapped. This could be the first of many acquisitions in sports nutrition as protein continues to be hot trend in packaged food and drink.

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