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Pleasing Packaged Foods Flavors
Packaged foods and beverages offer numerous challenges when trying to create optimal flavor. For example, PET packing material is popular for beverages, but such products are prone to light deterioration problems. Ogawa Flavor and Fragrances' NAF® (Natural and Functional) Flavor Series is a line of highly stable natural flavors that can be used as flavor bases. The line includes flavors such as lemon, grapefruit, orange, apple, grape, peach and green tea. NAF A assists with off-flavors of artificial sweeteners and nutritional fortifiers. NAF B is for off-flavors of food induced by heat, light and oxygen. NAF C is for off-flavors of citrus products induced by light. NAF D and NAF E are for off-flavors of citrus products induced by heat. Ogawa Flavors & Fragrances, 510-233-0633, www.ogawa.net/englishJonesing for Java
A major supplier of flavors, fragrances and raw materials has introduced new coffee flavors sure to lend the ideal profile to an extensive variety of product applications. Natural, liquid and water-soluble flavors like cappuccino, Coffee & Cream, espresso and vanilla latte from Robertet Flavors Inc. add popular coffee flavor to beverages, dairy products, syrups, ice cream, sorbet and more. Robertet has a century-and-a-half of experience meeting customer needs for flavor compounds, technical expertise and applications solutions. Robertet Flavors Inc., Gretchen Schleck, 732-981-8300Clean and Natural
The natural foods segment continues to grow at a double-digit annual rate with no signs of slowing. However, creating a clean label often is easier said than done. BriesSweet™ Tapioca Syrups, BriesSweet White Sorghum Syrups, and BriesSweet White Rice Syrup 45DE High Maltose are hypoallergenic natural sweeteners, which makes them well-suited for the development of gluten-free foods and beverages. With neutral flavor, BriesSweet™ Syrups act as a binder, enhance fermentability and browning, improve viscosity and help prevent sugar crystallization. BriesSweet Tapioca and White Rice Syrups are available as conventional and USDA Certified Organic. All BriesSweet™ natural sweeteners are kosher-certified and non-GMO. Briess Malt & Ingredients Company, Bernadette Wasdovitch, 920-849-7711, bwasdovitch@briess.com, www.briess.com![](/PF/2006/09/Files/Images/clextral.jpg)
Exciting Extrusions
Nutrition and diet play important roles in today's snack food market, but flavor and texture still define snack concepts. Clextral Inc. offers new products that incorporate healthy ingredients like whole grains and proteins in novel flavor combinations, unique shapes and bi-colored and bi-textured varieties. Clextral's pilot plants are equipped with R&D and production equipment dedicated to customers' product development and testing requirements. Clextral Inc., 813-854-4434, www.clextral.comCertified Organic Color
The Organic Trade Association's 2006 Manufacturer Survey states that U.S. organic food sales totaled nearly $14 billion in 2005, representing 2.5% of all retail sales of food, up from 1.9% in 2003. Sethness Caramel Color has announced the launch of “OC90,” a certified organic caramel color. This Class I, sucrose-based caramel color was developed in response to increasing consumer demands for organic offerings. “OC90” is a label-friendly organic color that can improve the visual appeal of new organic foods and beverages. Sethness Products Company, Brian Sethness, 888-772-1880, bsethness@sethness.com, www.sethness.com![](/PF/2006/09/Files/Images/pfx0906abstracts---Synergy-.jpg)
Keep on the Grass
Premium, certified organic and kosher cereal grass juice powders under the Synergized® brand name are dried using a proprietary CO2-drying method that offers a truly comparable, but economic, alternative to freeze-drying. Because the product is not exposed to oxygen or heat, the resultant powders are enzymatically active, retain their nutritional potency and contain much higher than average levels of chlorophyll and enzymes. The range currently includes wheat, kamut, oat, alfalfa and barley grass juice powders, are soluble in liquid, and can be used for powdered drink mixes or smoothies, tablets, capsules and bar applications. The Synergy Company/Synergy Production Laboratories (SPL), Ellen Schutt, 973-938-1830, eschutt@synergy-co.com, www.synergyproduction laboratories.comFrom Concept to Consumer
The ability to collaborate with customers to create innovative products that address unmet consumer needs makes Cargill the right partner for food and beverage companies looking to win consumers. The acquisition of Degussa Food Ingredients adds to a deep ingredient portfolio that extends across the functional spectrum. With category expertise, technical capabilities and a knack for spotting market trends and consumer needs, Cargill helps customers take food and beverage ideas from concept to consumer. Cargill Inc., Lori Fligge, 952-742-2275, lori_fligge@cargill.com, www.cargill.com![](/PF/2006/09/Files/Images/0906abstracts-DD-Williamson.jpg)
A Clean Onion
A world leader in caramel color now offers the rich brown color, distinct flavor and clean labeling of 100% caramelized onion for use in soups and sauces. Increased customer demand for clean labeling as 100% onion resulted in the caramelized onion prototype now in production by D.D. Williamson, which also produces caramelized rice and caramelized apple. Additional prototypes are now in development. D.D. Williamson, Campbell Barnum, 502-895-2438, campbell.barnum@ddwmson.com, www.ddwilliamson.comPowerful Seasonings
A recognized leader in spices and seasonings has a new name, but the same dedication to service and quality. Fuchs North America, formerly known as Baltimore Spice, is now part of the world's largest privately held spice and season company, the Fuchs Group. Controlling the spice chain directly to the source allows for managing availability, quality and costs for the benefit of food manufacturers. Fuchs North America offers its customers not only ingredients, but cutting-edge technology and innovative flavor concepts. Fuchs North America, 800-365-3229, fuchsnorthamerica.comCheating in School
Kids need nutritional lunches, but want fun and flavorful foods. The School Nutrition Association currently is working to reformulate the most popular school lunch item, pizza, to incorporate whole grains in the crust as a step to improving dietary standards of the school lunch. However, the Wright Group thinks to go further. Wrise® is an economical, multi-functional, microencapsulated, controlled-release leavening system designed for use in fresh, refrigerated or frozen doughs and dry bakery mixes, which is excellent for adding vitamins and nutrients. With enhanced taste and odor masking, foods like pizza (where flavor and texture are supremely important) can take on supplements without taking on negative impact. The kids need never know! The Wright Group, Monique Roberts, 800-201-3096, www.thewrightgroup.net![](/PF/2006/09/Files/Images/pfx0906abstracts_All-Americ.jpg)
Dairy in the Air
Searching for a company that specializes in dried, co-dried or dry-blended products? Pro Mix® dairy and non-dairy ingredients are not like typical dairy powders because All American Foods Inc.'s (AAF) technical service department will help clients minimize development time and processing requirements while delivering only value-added nutrients at substantial savings. With capabilities that include modification of powders through mixing, sifting, grinding or spray coating with liquid colors, flavors, fats and oils, AAF also offers risk-free trials at pilot plant facilities. All American Foods Inc., Tanya Junker, 800-833-2661, aafoods@aafoods.com, www.aafoods.comGreat Grain
When state-of-the-art automation combines with the principles of Old World milling, the food manufacturer wins. Grain Millers manufactures a full range of conventional and organic grains using the industry's most advanced equipment and within the most stringent quality assurance standards. Custom milling of specialty grains and whole-grain derivatives, a maximum level of packaging flexibility to meet customer needs, added value ingredients, and high-tech processing mean Grain Millers can meet or exceed customer demands for clean labeling, specific formulations or functional solutions. Grain Millers, 952-829-8821, www.grainmillers.com![](/PF/2006/09/Files/Images/pfx0906abstracts_ConAgra.jpg)
Three for Your Money
From spices for flavor to fiber for digestive health, companies that can address a wide range of formulation necessities are high in demand. Different divisions of ConAgra Food Ingredients have placed their finger on three trends igniting the industry: sodium reduction, fresh ethnic flavor and high-fiber grains. Spicetec's Amplify™, a clean-tasting, label-friendly, salt flavor enhancement technology, can provide a 50% reduction of sodium in processed foods. Gilroy Foods™ is reaping the benefits of Garden Frost Purees, a trio of ethnic vegetable and herb blends, which utilize Softfrozen™ technology. Lastly, high-fiber, low-starch Sustagrain® barley provides cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber. ConAgra Food Ingredients, 800-851-9618, www.ConAgraFoodingredients.com![](/PF/2006/09/Files/Images/pfx0906abstracts_Calif_Almo.jpg)
Almond Alliances
Three research initiatives, commissioned—in part—by the Almond Board of California, shed light on the health, flavor and shelflife stability benefits of almonds. Purdue University researchers concluded that including 300Kcals of almonds in the daily diet can influence satiety without significant concerns about weight gain. Additionally, Sensory Spectrum evaluated almond samples to expand the sensory lexicon of almonds to include 86 attributes (definitions include flavor aromatics, appearance and textural terms). Finally, the U.S. Natick Soldier Center confirmed the acceptability of almonds for food product use in the military ration system after storage for three years at 80°F. Almond Board of California, Harbinder Maan, 209-549-8262, hmaan@ almondboard.com, www.almondboard.com![](/PF/2006/09/Files/Images/pfx0906abstrats-Kikkoman-Su.jpg)