Food & Beverage

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

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. 

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.

Zolesse works well when combined with other stevia products. It can help to modify the taste of stevia extracts, for instance, reducing bitterness and linger and resulting in a more sugar-like taste.

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.

Wixon has relaunched Mag-nifique, positioning it as a portfolio of custom flavor modifiers. 

Fruitlift is a real-fruit based sweetening solution designed to replace refined sugar in RTE cereals. 

How to position your plant-based product for mainstream success

The mill's enhancements will directly support The Annex by Ardent Mills, a business unit dedicated to specialty grains and plant-based ingredients. 

Probiotics face a new frontier as sports supplements.

Like the cavemen who inspired the diet, will paleo eventually go extinct?

BLIS M18 is the second oral-health probiotic strain from Blis Technologies and its North American distributor Stratum Nutrition.

What can this rare sugar do that other alternative sweeteners can’t?

Algae’s valuable nutrition stores are prized in today’s human health market.

Trends and product updates for these two complementary categories of better sleep and greater energy.

Bioenergy Life Sciences received novel food authorization from the European Food Safety Authority for use of its D-ribose in fine bakery wares, milk drinks, and sports, isotonic, and energy drinks. 

The new ingredient, Curcugen, is said to be a 100% natural, water-dispersible curcumin ingredient.

Prinova will be conducting demo tours to showcase its ingredients and custom formulations in the form of some of the nutrition industry’s hottest concepts.

Mark Messina, PhD, of Soy Connection/United Soybean Board, writes about misconceptions associated with soy consumption and breast cancer.

If you’re selling a plant-protein product, you might want to make sure that your marketing isn’t so narrow that it leaves out what ultimately is turning out to be the driving force of the plant-based protein market: flexitarians.