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 [email protected].

• Effective January 2018 and produced in Europe with full traceability from raw material to finished product, the additional capacity is expected to serve the company’s global customer base for its natural and clean label universal requirements in food.
• Green banana flour is among the four key ingredients that are expected to excel across Europe in 2018, new research suggests, as consumer appetite for new ingredients is strong.
• The European dairy sector has closely followed the recent discussions on the proposal for a new labelling scheme developed by six international food and drink companies, ‘Evolved Nutrition Label Initiative’ (ENL).
• Chr. Hansen has announced that Cees de Jong will be leaving the company after almost five years as CEO.
• Producer of natural sweeteners, flavours, and botanicals Layn has announced the opening of its European office in Savona, Italy.