Laurie McKenna receives $50,000 prize.

Major brands like M&M, Doritos and KitKat rank within Gen Zs most favored brands.

Current chief executive Dylan Lissette will step down on Dec. 15.

Andrew Vogel also will head the company’s new Meals division.

Work will focus on ingredients like vegetable proteins, sugar substitutes, palm oil.

Enzyme technology is constantly improving as new ingredients are being discovered.

Sea & Flour, to address taste, uses a patented process for handling seaweed as it comes out of the water.

The seventh edition of the race draws 341,000 participants.