Crucial alternatives to meet growing clean-label demand
Carrageenans-polysaccharides extracted from edible red seaweed-are not without controversy, as some studies associate their degraded form with inflammation. But authorities ranging from FDA and USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and a Joint FAO/WHO expert committee on food additives all bless their use in foods, where they’re “a natural partners with proteins,” Peck Moeller says. “As an example, they help suspend the cocoa in chocolate milk.”
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The Nutritional Outlook Podcast Episode 33: Keeping up with contract manufacturing
July 26th 2024Nutritional Outlook talks to Lauren Samot, commercial innovation leader, and Blayney McEneaney, sales executive at Vitaquest International, about trends within the contract manufacturing space, and the ways in which contract manufacturers like Vitaquest keep up with the market and differentiate themselves from the competition.