Discussing Asian flavor and food trends with a corporate executive chef
March 31, 2021
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.
It's clear that consumers still have appetites for comforting, flavorful foods, better-for-you functional beverages, convenient at-home meal solutions, and more. Prepared Foods finds many examples of innovation—category by category—in the grocery bag.
The hub provides users with access to Tate & Lyle’s experts, as well as resources to find solutions to formulation challenges
March 23, 2021
Tate & Lyle, a global provider of food and beverage solutions and ingredients, introduced the “Collaborate at Home Kitchen”, a digital engagement hub where food and beverage manufacturers can explore trends, science and solutions that power modern consumer choices. The hub also provides users with access to Tate & Lyle’s experts, as well as additional resources to help them find solutions to their formulation challenges.
Peer-review study shows Omyaforte 100 is an optimally absorbable source of calcium
March 16, 2021
A recent study compared the bioavailability of a newly developed source of calcium, Omyaforte™ 100 from mineral producer Omya, with other frequently used calcium salts. The results prove that Omyaforte™ not only contains a high percentage of elemental calcium, but is also extremely bioavailable, making it an excellent and reliable source of calcium.
Daiki Murayama and Michael Cropp join the business unit as associate scientist and technical services associate, respectively
March 16, 2021
Kemin Industries, a global ingredient manufacturer that strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with its products and services, recently announced the addition of two new members to the technical team for Kemin Food Technologies - Americas. Daiki Murayama has joined the business unit as associate Scientist, and Michael Cropp has joined as technical services associate.
Firmenich unveils new West Coast Innovation Center for rapid, end-to-end product development
March 11, 2021
Firmenich, the largest privately owned company in the fragrance and taste industry, is unveiling its newly designed West Coast Innovation Center in Anaheim, Calif., the long standing home of its 7.5 acre Durarome® production site and West Coast commercial business.
Sauces, dressings, and condiments, such as mayonnaise, benefit in obvious ways from the emulsifying properties of the egg yolk. While it is easy to observe the importance of a stable emulsion in mayonnaise or a dressing where one can witness the battle between immiscible liquids (typically water and fat) as they strive to separate from each other, emulsifiers play an important although less obvious role in other formulations.
Although there may be a pandemic-related slowdown, there’s no stopping new product development. To better help readers with corporate innovation strategy, Prepared Foods turned to leaders at the Eureka! Ranch and the Innovation Engineering Institute, Cincinnati. Founded in 1986, Eureka! Ranch has become a global think tank and innovation training company.
Givaudan launches groundbreaking consumer segmentation tool focused on flavor
March 8, 2021
Givaudan Taste & Wellbeing, Cincinnati, has partnered with leading market intelligence firm Bellomy to launch FlavorFinders™, a unique research-backed, patent pending segmentation tool that will evolve the way flavor strategy is built, for the North America Market.
A food writer's perspective on Mexican food ingredients, tastes, trends
February 26, 2021
Prepared Foods talks Mexican food and flavor trends with Gustavo Arellano, a Los Angeles Times columnist who covers "Southern California everything and a bunch of the West and beyond."