proteins
Gut instinct
This week marks Coeliac Awareness Week, with Coeliac UK raising awareness for the one in 100 people diagnosed with coeliac disease and the suspected 500,000 undiagnosed sufferers across the UK. In support of the campaign, Udi’s Gluten Free carried out research to gauge awareness of intolerances in the UK. The findings reveal that: Three in […]
Sugar reduction
Food & Drink Technology spoke to Mary Mitchell, application scientist at PureCircle, to find out more about the challenges faced by the dairy industry today when reducing sugar in yogurt.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging
No fat soft serve
Nizo food research has produced a no fat, low sugar, soft serve ice cream. Described as a world first, the ice cream contains 25% less sugar than other soft serves and only 99 kcal per 100g of ice cream; regular soft serve has more than 160 kcal per 100g. It uses the natural properties of dairy […]
Compounds for meat-free products
Hydrosol is meeting the rising demand for meat-free alternatives with new all-in compounds for the manufacture of vegetarian and vegan cold cuts, and alternatives to hot boiled sausages. The compounds contain all the components necessary for the formulation, including mild seasoning that can be enhanced as desired. “Our new HydroTOP series all-in compounds consist of […]
Natural sports drink
Top has developed a natural sports drink based on fresh whey as part of the Dutch IPC project Food, Sports and Health. A study by Top on the functioning of proteins shows that minimally processed and unheated proteins potentially have a better contribution to muscle recovery after exercise, which leads to better sports performance. Therefore, […]
Snack attack
Last week I attended Health Ingredients Europe in Amsterdam along with around 8,000 others from the health and natural ingredients industries. We were there to see what solutions the 500 or so health and wellness suppliers had to offer food and beverage applications, and to ‘trend spot’ for 2015. With the subject of last week’s […]
Arla predicts healthy snacking revolution
Snacks that are healthy, tasty and easy to consume are set to shape the future of how people eat and drink, according to Arla Foods Ingredients. Research shows that as many as 90% of adults snack daily, with the average person consuming 2.2 snacks a day. Pleasure and convenience are the key drivers to purchase […]
New year, new food
With the arrival of December, it is now only a matter of weeks before the new year is upon us. With this in mind, I have been receiving lots of food predictions for 2015, so I’m using this week’s blog to round them up and inviting you to share your own food forecasts.
Fun and function
The latest issue of Food & Drink Technology should be with you by now, the front cover of which serves as an indication of not one, but two themes in the issue: beverages and functional ingredients. The October issue got me thinking about sports nutrition; it is true that such products have become more widely […]
Sports beverages go mainstream
How do soya protein isolates can help overcome the formulation issues with high-protein drinks?
Call for collaborative effort on food aid
Arla Foods Ingredients has highlighted the need for a global industry push to ensure dairy ingredients are included as an integral part of emergency food programmes. Ingredients derived from milk tend not to be included in such programmes – including the United Nation’s World Food Programme, which fights hunger in the developing world – because […]
Arla Foods Ingredients reboots smoothies
Arla Foods Ingredients has launched a new ingredient concept that makes it easy to produce healthy, convenient and environmentally friendly Greek-style yoghurt smoothies that are rich in both protein and real fruit. Nutrilac YO-8075 is a natural whey protein derived from cow’s milk. It gives manufacturers the ability to use their existing equipment to formulate […]
Energy bars in compostable packaging
German brand Jäger und Sammler has chosen Innovia Films’ compostable flexible material NatureFlex as the packaging for its range of energy bars. NatureFlex film begins life as a natural product – wood – and breaks down in a compost bin within a matter of weeks, yet also offers advantages for packing and converting such as […]
New whey protein factory
Arla Foods Ingredients is investing €38 million in a new factory in Denmark to meet booming demand for whey protein hydrolysates. The investment will further strengthen the company’s position as a global leader in natural whey ingredients. The manufacturing plant is to be located next to Arla Foods Ingredients’ existing whey protein facility in Videbæk, […]