Round Up: Ingredients
Here is your weekly round-up of ingredients news. Next week’s round-up will focus on packaging news. To submit an item for inclusion, please contact Carly Wood at carly@bellpublishing.com.
- Grains and cereals have been receiving considerable attention globally as ingredients or flavours in chocolate confectionery, presenting opportunities for manufacturers to ramp up innovation.
- Functional ingredients manufacturer Beneo has released an assortment of sugar-free, hard candy products containing Isomalt: a sugar replacer derived from sugar beet.
- PureCircle is launching new stevia leaf-based flavour enhancers to help companies reduce the amount of cocoa, vanilla and sugar in products.
- The GNT Group has extended its portfolio with the launch of Exberry Savoury Solutions, a natural colour range for savoury products.
- Food scientists at Ingredion’s Idea Labs have unveiled N-Zorbit 2144 DG plating agent, a high capacity carrier that allows manufacturers to economically transform oil and water soluble liquids into powdered ingredients.
- EFSA has established a safe intake level for glutamic acid and glutamates used as food additives after reevaluating their safety.
- Bell Flavours and Fragrances has announced the introduction of Sweetech technology as a flavour enhancer alternative for the food and beverage industry.
- The GNT Group has announced the opening of its new laboratory facilities in Mierlo, the Netherlands.
