Trends & Business

Today’s sweetener suppliers and manufacturers have developed a number of creative solutions for clean-label sugar reduction. Much of this work involves finding the right combination of high-intensity sweeteners, and bulking agents, to replicate the flavors and textures we get with sucrose.

Cargill has invested an additional $75 million in Puris, the largest North American producer of pea protein, enabling the firm to more than double its production of pea protein using an existing 200,000 square-foot facility in Dawson, MN. 

Wixon is launching a new taste modifier for hemp-derived CBD called Green-Away. 

Van Drunen Farms has taken a majority stake in SouthAm Freeze Dry, a partnership that benefits both parties. 

Goya Foods’ dedication to provide clean label products translated into tangible gains in the marketplace, when it partnered with SaltWorks Inc. to replace refined iodized salt with sea salt. 

Where do hemp and cannabinoid companies fit in the manufacturing standards regimen? This has become the question in the absence of clear FDA guidance and regulations for manufacturing.

CP Kelco announced that it is making a significant investment to expand the production capacity of its Kelcogel Gellan Gum at its Okmulgee, OK biogums production facility. 

Nestlé Health Science is expanding into personalized nutrition with the acquisition of Persona, a personalized vitamin business. 

The Simply Good Foods Company has announced that it will acquire Quest Nutrition LLC for $1 billion in cash, or approximately $870 million net of tax benefits, on a cash-free and debt-free basis.

Prenexus Health has received a “no questions” letter from FDA following its GRAS (generally recognized as safe) notification for the use of its xylooligosaccharide (XOS) prebiotic, at levels up to 2.4 grams per day, in a variety of foods. 

NaturArk, a newly launched supplier of nutritional ingredients, is the exclusive North American distributor of ingredients from the Italian manufacturer Biosfered. 

Four Sabinsa manufacturing sites in Kunigal, Dobaspet, Hyderabad, and Nelamangala, India have received Foundation Food Safety System Certification 22000 (FSSC 22000) certification.

What does research say about CBD’s potential role in sports recovery, and how do sports regulatory bodies view its use?

Alkemist Labs (Garden Grove, CA) will unveil an initiative called Next Generation Transparency at SupplySide West 2019 in Las Vegas, NV that provides a consumer-friendly certificate of analysis for botanical testing. 

ExcelVite has announced that it has obtained certification from the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil Supply Chain Certification Standard (MSPO SCCS) after an extensive audit by the Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia. 

PureCircle, a producer of stevia sweeteners, is launching a branded gourmet PureCircle ice cream in Chicago as a way to demonstrate the quality and efficacy of its Reb M stevia ingredient. 

It may come as no surprise that the meat alternatives space is a burgeoning and profitable market, but the market intelligence firm Numerator has shed some light on who is buying these products and what is motivating them. 

Berg Nutrition is bringing a new native type II collagen option to the U.S. market with branded b-2Cool, manufactured by the Barcelona-based Bioiberica. 

The new ACGcaps H+ capsule is clean label, vegetarian, and contains a no-gelling agent suitable for hygroscopic and moisture-sensitive formulations. 

What, precisely, does it mean to age healthily? And how can we marshal public health and market resources to make it happen?

SPINS will be releasing its first-ever “State of the Natural Industry” report.

And why getting U.S. consumers to see the beauty, so to speak, in collagen still won't happen overnight.

Chemi Nutra warns that synthetic Alpha-Glyceryl Phosphoryl Choline is making its way into the market by posing as the company’s branded ingredient. 

The ElderCraft extracts are made from Austrian Sambucus nigra, L. of the “Haschberg” variety using Iprona Polyphenol Technology developed by Artemis International’s long-time partner Iprona.

The line currently includes three SKUs: Energy Thrive, Immune Shine, and Mind Spring.

Nagase Group, a Japanese-based chemical trading firm, has completed its acquisition of Prinova Group LLC. Prinova has also announced that it has expanded into the Asia-Pacific market with the establishment of a new subsidiary of Prinova Europe Ltd. in Australia, meant to serve customers in Australia and New Zealand. 

The innovation opens new possibilities for cranberry research and product development says researchers, and ingredient supplier

Jetson offers four products: Fit (Summer), Mood (Fall), Immunity (Winter), and Outside (Spring).