Trends & Business

According to New Nutrition Business, consumers may prefer vegetable-based plant-based products over plant-based meat alternatives, which have a more complex ingredient deck. 

This U.S. quinoa supply offers sensory attributes comparable to quinoa sourced from South America and provides important sustainability benefits to local growers.

Diana’s new USDA-certified organic color portfolio targets dairy and other food and drinks.

Natural Alternatives International, Inc. (NAI) alleges that Vitalize Labs, LLC is selling products with NAI-trademarked CarnoSyn on the ingredient deck, despite not having purchased the ingredient from them, or being licensed to use the CarnoSyn trademarks. 

At IFT 2019, starch suppliers presented their newest native, clean-label innovations.

At IFT 2019, Ingredion and Clara Foods describe how their partnership will help sidestep the production and environmental costs of animal proteins by using fermentation to make protein ingredients.

From overcoming high-protein challenges to delivering lactose-free options, dairy protein suppliers continue to serve the market’s needs.

The company’s solutions address many inherent challenges presented by plant-based proteins, including off notes and bitterness and perceived dryness.

The Council for Responsible Nutrition has announced a new initiative called the Retailer Relations Forum to educate and enable member companies to protect and grow their business with retailers. 

Synergy Flavors (Wauconda, IL) is partnering with The Hatchery, a Chicago-based nonprofit group created to help small, local food and beverage entrepreneurs develop ideas and products.

The United Natural Products Alliance and Hemp Industries Association have signed a memorandum of understanding agreement in an effort to advance hemp extract product research, safety, identity, and quality standards. 

In the latest controversy over FDA and vinpocetine, the agency has issued a warning to women of childbearing age from taking vinpocetine products.

Atrium Innovations is now using VESIsorb, a patented delivery system for improving ingredient absorption, for hemp cannabidiol (CBD) products in its healthcare-professional brands Pure Encapsulations, Douglas Laboratories, and Genestra Brands.

The company calls the new ingredient, named SteviAroma, a “taste modulator.”

Nature Made is the first third-party brand to participate in Tespo's licensing program.

The company has expanded its clean-label portfolio, which now includes clean-label flakes, powders, inclusions, and culinary preparations.

Sabinsa’s patented color-free Curcumin C3 Reduct has been found to meet the criteria to be considered Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) following a comprehensive review of safety and toxicology data. 

MCTs are increasingly popular among consumers and product makers, in part due to their ease of use as well as their health benefits.

The new deal will see PureCircle supply Merisant with ingredients made from next-generation steviol glycosides such as Rebaudioside M (Reb M).

According to the companies, the deal “will create a unique food ingredient manufacturing and distribution offering that marries Prinova’s renowned expertise with Nagase’s truly global footprint.”

There is an innovation gap in the children’s beverage space that can be filled with functional products, says Kerry.

Ingredion (Westchester, IL), has introduced two new pea-based ingredients for pet food to its portfolio as a result of its new joint venture with Verdient Foods announced last December to make pulse-based concentrates and flours.

At FDA’s highly anticipated public hearing on hemp cannabidiol (CBD) today, May 31, the message from dietary supplement industry representatives was clear: The supplement industry needs a regulatory pathway for CBD-and needs it now.

A gluten-free, clean label, and vegan ingredient, XanFlax can be used as a non-GMO replacement for xanthan gum, without sacrificing flavor and quality, says the firm.

The number of new products worldwide using stevia grew more than 31% in 2018, reports the leading stevia producer PureCircle (Chicago, IL), based on data collected by Mintel Group Ltd.

Food and drink formulators are leveraging the health benefits of probiotics, prebiotics-and, increasingly, both together as synbiotics.

CBD may be the hottest ingredient on the block, but don’t overlook hemp’s other promising cannabinoids, including cannabigerol (CBG), cannabichromene (CBC), and cannabinol (CBN). This article discusses exciting avenues of product development for manufacturers looking to work with a wider range of cannabinoids, as well as the challenges that remain.

Gnosis by Lesaffre is making the case for using folate in sports nutrition supplements.