Food & Beverage

Depending on pH, the new food color delivers a “vibrant red to purple hue” in applications including juice drinks, yogurt, salad dressing, and cereals.

A new voluntary initiative from the Beer Institute encourages beer companies to list calories, carbohydrates, protein, and fat content on beer labels.

The new FruitWorx Concord grape juice powder is appropriate for confectionery, baked goods, snacks, dry beverages, pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, and more, says Welch’s.

SPINS and IRI launch a new tool designed to bring the depth of consumer insight pioneered in conventional-channel analysis to natural-channel data.

If the bill were to pass, companies could disclose GMO ingredients through on-package text, symbols, or digital codes that direct consumers to more information online.

Fruit d’Or’s new gummy includes 250 mg of Cran Naturelle cranberry prebiotic powder and one billion CFUs of Sabinsa’s LactoSpore probiotic.

The new agreement makes ADM the exclusive global marketer and distributor of an “extensive array of low-calorie sweeteners” produced by GLG.

Turmeric is the darling of the natural products market. What have we learned lately about turmeric and its active constituent, curcumin?

The plant-based food and drink industry is going through one heck of a growth spurt.

Which artificial preservatives do consumers want removed, and what are the alternatives?

Clean-label, better-for-you options are taking over the soft drinks space.

D.D. Williamson adds two new colors to its EmulsiTech line of clear liquid color emulsions.

Some of the new bars have as few as three ingredients, with metalized-film packaging designed to make up for the absence of binders and preservatives.

The digestive-health market is thriving. Experts explain why probiotics and low-FODMAP diets are growing their slice of the pie.

The non-GMO baker’s yeast strain from Renaissance BioScience may reduce the amount of acrylamide in certain finished products by up to 90% when substituted for conventional baker’s yeast.

Madhava says its new organic cassava is the first single-ingredient cassava syrup sweetener to be sold commercially in the United States.

FDA’s new draft guidance seeks to reduce daily sodium intake to 2300 mg per person over the course of 10 years.

FDA says KIND can continue to use the term “healthy” on its packaging because it is an expression of “corporate philosophy” and not a health claim. Will other companies follow suit?

Under the agreement, Prinova will be exclusive distributor for flavor and fragrance ingredients from Apiscent Labs in the United States.

The acquisition boosts Lallemand’s profile on the cultures market for cheese and dry meat.

The new Novation Prima 340 and 350 starches provide instant viscosity, process tolerance, and high stability in refrigerated, frozen, and instant foods, according to Ingredion.

Manufacturers have up to two years to comply with the new label for food and beverage packaging.

The company says the addition of probiotics allows the products to support digestive and immune health and to enhance protein absorption.

There was a 202% increase worldwide in the number of new food and drink launches containing the terms “superfood,” “superfruit,” or “supergrain” between 2011 and 2015.

Cranberry powder acts as a powerful prebiotic source to feed LactoSpore’s beneficial bacteria.