Nearly every Old World cuisine holds the keys to building flavor, not only through indigenous ingredients but also through its cooking techniques. While batch production often necessitates shortcuts, it is possible to lose sight of the fundamentals that make culinary creation worthwhile. Fortunately, there is something of a revival happening in which even larger prepared food makers are reintroducing those basics of culinary art.

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc., announced the opening of its new North American corporate headquarters at 250 East Devon Avenue in Itasca, Ill. The new space is designed to accelerate Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition's commitment to delivering high-quality ingredient solutions that drive value for customers.

Taste is a top driver of purchase in food and beverage and is a powerful way to create more engaging product experiences. Discover how flavor is being used to create new dimensions of indulgence, recreate restaurant quality experiences in-home, reimagine traditional favorites and provide immune boosting associations.

To continue the high level of service to customers, Bell has bolstered its internal operations with promotions in its accounting, environmental health and safety, finance, information technology, maintenance, purchasing and R&D departments.

Prepared Foods talks Asian flavor and food trends with Andrew Hunter, corporate executive chef for Kikkoman Sales USA, Inc. Chef Hunter also is head of culinary R&D for Wolfgang Puck Worldwide and executive chef for Niman Ranch.

American consumers are coming to recognize that the term “Latin cuisine” encompasses far more than the foods of Mexico and Central America or even the few dishes from South America that have hit the mainstream here.

Eat the Change, the company on a mission to create chef-crafted and nutrient-dense snacks that help mitigate climate change, announced the national launch of its first packaged product, Eat the Change Organic Mushroom Jerky