ingredients
Product labelling – all change
The food and drink industry is facinAllergen Testingg one of the biggest changes to food labelling legislation for a generation.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
FiE Preview: Cocoa powder range
At Food ingredients Europe, ADM Cocoa will highlight new additions to its deZaan cocoa powder range, including deZaan D11SQ and D-00-ZR. The deZaan D11SQ is an intensely flavoured, dark red-brown cocoa powder that confers a unique, rich cocoa flavour in low dosages. It is designed for use in a wide range of applications, including fine […]
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Gluten free brioche loaf and breads introduced
Gluten free supplier Dr Schär is committed to investing in the gluten free bread category after announcing the launch of the first to market Brioche Loaf and newly rebranded Wholesome White and Seeded Loaves under the DS-gluten free brand. These latest additions are in line with a wider business aim to grow the gluten free […]
New Brazilian condiment concepts
With its latest product line, Frutarom Savory Solutions is focussing on Brazil. Inspired by typical Brazilian dishes and condiments, the company has developed sophisticated marinades, seasonings and deco seasonings. To accompany the new range, Frutarom is also providing customers with recipes and product ideas to help them create diverse meat and fish specialties, sausages, as […]
Naturalness rules
As foods and beverages with a clean label are becoming the standard rather than the exception, flavour suppliers are being asked to formulate convincing natural solutions.
WakeUp drink wins innovation award
Israeli start-up Inno-Bev’s WakeUp drink was awarded the ‘best functional drink’ in its category during the beverage innovation awards at last week’s Drinktec exhibition. WakeUp was recognised for its ability to naturally help employees during work hours. Following four years of research – including three rigorous clinical studies and successful local sales to multi-national high-tech […]
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory
Product concepts for breakfast beverages
Beneo, a manufacturer of functional nutrients, featured its new product concepts for breakfast beverages at this year’s drinktec. Visitors had the opportunity to taste the company’s product ideas at the ‘New Beverage Concepts’ innovation platform and found out more about the nutritional and technical benefits of Beneo’s naturally derived ingredients. Recent consumer research underlines the […]
New salt naturally lower in sodium
Salinity, an international salt company, has launched SaltWell, a naturally low sodium ingredient suitable for use across the food industry. Salinity was offered exclusive rights to mine below a dried up lake in the remote Atacame region of the Northern Chilean desert, where lies a huge salt and mineral rich sea. Scientists discovered that the […]
Beverage sweetener to be showcased at drinktec
Nutrinova, the food ingredients business of Celanese, is to showcase Qorus – its sweetener system designed to bring authentic taste profiles to reduced calorie beverages – at next week’s drinktec exhibition. Qoros enables beverage makers to balance sweetness and flavour while masking off-notes. Diana Peninger, vice president and general manager of Celanese food ingredients business, […]
Cleaned-up labels: fad or future?
In the upcoming issue of Food & Drink Technology, we include a focus on natural ingredients, and explore the notion that consumers are unwilling to accept sensory disadvantages in order to benefit from lower calorie content – and that consumers want healthier, more wholesome snacks with cleaned-up labels and all-natural ingredients. This line of thinking […]
High-intensity beta-carotene colourants
LycoRed Israel has developed new beta-carotene colourant formulations that deliver high-intensity colouring. Named Lyc-O-Beta Intense and BetaCote Intense, they deliver increased colour intensity allowing for lower colourant usage. “The LycoRed R&D team of scientists worked around the clock to develop the most recent innovative colourants for food and beverage applications”, says Roee Nir, global commercial […]
Carrageenan replacer for dairy products
The Ingredion group of companies, providers of global ingredients, is launching a clean label ingredient that can replace carrageenan in the formulation of dairy-based puddings, custards and vlas. The co-texturiser – named Novation Indulge 2740 – is being launched in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and is reportedly the only carrageenan substitute to be […]
Label-friendly ingredient portfolio expanded
Natural food preservation specialist Corbion Purac has launched Verdad Powder F80, a new label-friendly ingredient that preserves the freshness, integrity and flavour of a wide variety of foods. Based on the natural fermentation processes of sugar cane, Verdad Powder F80 can be labelled as ‘fermented sugar’ to meet consumer demand for natural, fresh and authentic-tasting […]