flavours
DSM unveils a range to savour
DSM has unveiled its latest offering – Maxavor YE All Natural, a range of 100 per cent natural savoury flavour ingredients. Globally certified as natural, the portfolio of products has a ‘yeast extract’ label declaration, says the firm, and is the first of its kind to adapt to changing global flavour regulations relating to the […]
Colour solution comes out of the blue
Colour and flavours firm Wild has broadened its natural colour portfolio with a product developed from aquatic organism spirulina. The ingredient can be used on its own or together with other colouring foodstuffs, says the firm. On its own, it provides a blue shade similar to that of blueberries, and in combination with safflower the […]
New Tetra Pak PDC open for business
Food processing and packaging solutions firm Tetra Pak has announced the opening of a Product Development Centre (PDC) in Shanghai, China. The centre provides local dairy and beverage companies with the processing, packaging and powder handling equipment that will enable them to quickly and efficiently develop high quality products, says the company. “Part of Tetra […]
‘Indulgent fillings’ from ADM collaboration
An ADM Cocoa and ADM Oils and Fats collaboration has led to the launch of a range of ‘indulgent fillings’ for the confectionery and bakery industries. The new products are suitable for a wide range of applications and combine great taste with the long shelf life that has previously been difficult to achieve in premium […]
Kerry confirms acquisition of Cargill’s global flavours business
Kerry Group, the global ingredients, flavours and consumer foods group, has confirmed that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cargill’s global flavours business in a £149 million ($170m) deal. Cargill Flavor Systems has international flavour technology development expertise serving a global customer base through provision of flavour ingredients and flavour systems for beverage, […]
Synergy cracks coconut
In a move to combat rising coconut milk costs, savoury ingredients firm Synergy is launching its Coconut Booster for savoury applications, which it says offers manufacturers a clean label and cost-effective way to tap into demand for Pan Asian and Thai-based flavours. According to the firm, Coconut Booster uses proprietary milk protein and natural flavouring […]
National Starch pushes new pulp
National Starch Food Innovation says its new starch-based solution Precisa Pulp 02 can be used in a variety of fruit-juice bases, including peach, apricot guava, pear, and mango. Highly functional as well as versatile, it offers manufacturers the opportunity to create cost-optimised beverages that appeal to consumer demand for exotic juice drinks, says the global […]
Health and wellness still dominate flavour trends
A series of recent reports on flavour trends in several key markets across the globe has seen many of the same market drivers influencing the development of new flavours, according to Euromonitor. “Health and wellness, and flavour innovation are now going hand in hand as companies strive to develop great-tasting, healthy products, explains the analyst’s […]
FSA reveals results of nanotech research
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published a report of consumers’ views on the use of nanotechnology in food and food packaging. The focus group research, which asked participants about their views on nanotechnology in late 2010 and early 2011, was carried out as part of the FSA’s programme of work on nanotechnology. The main […]
Carbery reports strong results
Global food ingredients manufacturer Carbery Group reports a 22% rise in turnover in 2010, with revenues of £197 million (€224.3m). The group says it benefited from stronger consumer demand for nutritional-based food and beverages in key overseas markets, continued recovery of global dairy prices in 2010 and successful positioning in new regions. “Carbery Group’s performance […]
Frutarom snaps up UK ingredients firm
Frutarom has revealed that it’s bought UK-based ingredients firm British East Anglian Food Ingredients (EAFI) for £3 million (€3.5m). Founded in 1979, EAFI develops, manufactures and markets flavours, seasoning compounds and functional ingredients for the food industry, specialising in convenience food, snacks, and processed meat and fish. Among the assets being acquired by the Israeli […]
Coca-Cola rapped by advertising watchdog
Advertising watchdogs have banned Coca-Cola from claiming that its Vitamin Water product is a ‘nutritious’ drink. The drink – which contains 23g of sugar per 500ml bottle – comes in eight with names like Spark, Defence and Power-C, in flavours such as ‘apple-kiwi’ and ‘tropical citrus’, but does not contain fruit. The Advertising Standards Authority […]
New trend in adult soft drink sector
Flavour company Wild has used cider as the inspiration for a range of new products in the ‘adult soft drinks’ sector. With flavours such as blackcurrant and bitter orange, the firm says its non-alcoholic, cider-mix beverages ‘with a tart, tangy, fruity note’ offer ‘a perfect match for the palates of adult consumers, and a refreshing […]
New core product
Food and beverage ingredients firm Döhler has unveiled what it is calling ‘a new generation of highly concentrated apple waterphase flavours’. “Flavour expertise and innovative technologies for the gentle concentration of waterphases make it possible to develop individual flavour profiles that can be reproduced again and again – which allows them to be produced in […]