Food & Beverage

In its first annual report on food, beverage, and health and wellness trends, U.S. food broker Presence highlights relaxation, mushroom, and digestive health demands, and more.

The first sample is a vegan dark-chocolate-dipped cookie dough protein bar, which is made with Merit’s high-purity Peazazz pea protein and Puratein C canola protein.

Whether for dairy- or meat-alternatives, clean-label colors are making what used to be impossible a reality.

The new process, introduced last year, allows infant-formula manufacturers to create organic infant formulas while sidestepping supply challenges facing organic whey and lactose ingredients.

EverGrain’s barley protein and fiber ingredients are repurposed from “spent,” or saved, barley during the beer-brewing process.

Finding stable, natural alternatives for blue coloring has been one of the biggest challenges for companies in the natural colors industry.

IFF says it’s highly focused on unique formats like chocolate bars, beverages, and gummies that extend delivery possibilities beyond traditional tablets and capsules.

Gold Coast Ingredients will showcase a sample from its new Cookies, Cream & Things flavor lineup at the upcoming Natural Products Expo West trade show in Anaheim in March at Booth #1077.

The company, formerly known as Zhucheng Haotian Pharma Company, Ltd. (ZCHT), says the name change to Howtian better reflects its global footprint and sustainability goals.

The company says it will use this funding to expand its business in the U.S. and UK.

No doubt diet plays a part in the rise and fall of blood sugar, so is there a place for dietary ingredients in helping consumers manage their blood sugar?

The GRAS notice was submitted by GRAS Associates, a fully owned subsidiary of Nutrasource, on behalf of Howtian.

The new line specializes in manufacturing the company’s Peptan P collagen peptides.

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The new product, Collagen Infusion, is part of a two-tiered system for addressing what the company says are the six root causes of hair thinning: stress, nutrition, hormones, metabolism, lifestyle, and aging.

Sensegen, an ingredient business focused on 100%-biotechnology-based ingredients derived from fermentation, is officially introducing itself with its first website, www.sensegen.com.

The company’s Loacker Quadratini and Loacker Classic flavors were the first to receive Non-GMO Project verification.

Prodalim Resources is presenting prototypes of its Capsoil FoodTech platform that turns bioactive oils, including nutritional oils, fat-soluble vitamins, and lipid-based nutrients, into water-soluble powders.

With its unique chickpea protein products, InnovoPro is expanding from dairy alternatives to additional markets like meat analogues and egg replacers.

Brazzein, which Sweegen debuted at SupplySide West 2021, is a small, heat-stable protein that is 500-2000 times sweeter than regular sugar.

As consumers adopt immune health strategies long term, they’ll turn to trusted ingredients and science, says market researcher FMCG Gurus.

Functional foods and beverages, particularly meat and dairy alternatives, are major drivers of innovation for plant proteins, and present a major opportunity for new product development.

MGP Ingredients Inc. announced that its Arise wheat protein isolates have been certified as low FODMAP by Monash University, based in Melbourne, Australia.

Based on their success in cutting GHG emissions, Danone and FrieslandCampina plan to continue this effort for another three years, with a goal of further reducing GHG emissions by more than 7% during production of ingredients for Danone.

Kerry Group has launched a €6 million dairy sustainability program that will support the acceleration of science-backed sustainability actions and best practices across farms in Ireland.