The landscape of American comfort food is expanding quickly to reflect the renewed interest in dishes encompassing the broadly diverse ethnic base of American culture
When most American consumers crave comfort food, they’re accustomed to reaching toward traditional, old-school favorite dishes, such as meatloaf, macaroni and chicken soup. Yet the very concept of comfort food is evolving—and rapidly at that.
The idea of “safe” or “healthy” food colors is not new. Fueled in part by popular mythology about “unsafe” food coloring and hyperactivity in children, consumers remain choosy about color ingredients in food. Attendees at a recent Prepared Foods’ R&D Seminar learned about carotenoid color options
Whether referred to as premixes or preblends, the precise combining of ingredients into a single system allows processors to control consistency, as well as costs
A preblend or premix is a mixture of components that have been blended together, in-house or by an ingredient supplier, and provided to a processor as a preliminary step in the production of a final food or beverage product.
A little understanding behind the formulation and use of various flavoring systems is crucial to great-tasting food—and key to a successful product launch.
Keeping up with consumers' burgeoning demand for authentically flavored foods created entirely from naturally derived ingredients is easier than ever, thanks to advances in all-natural flavoring systems.
Axiom Foods' Oryzatein is the first brown rice protein to be granted GRAS approval
January 8, 2015
Axiom Foods' Oryzatein® is the first brown rice protein to be granted GRAS approval. The news follows a double-blind clinical trial, which showed Axiom Foods' Oryzatein® plant-based brown rice protein parallels animal-based whey in building and repairing muscle.
Heartland Chia offers the first and only chia grown in the U.S. Midwest
January 8, 2015
U.S. food processors have long recognized the nutritional advantages of chia seeds, but have always been dependent upon imported product since chia grows in tropical climates.
Studies suggest multiple benefits of consuming GanedenBC30 in combination with protein
January 5, 2015
Ganeden Biotech, maker of the patented probiotic strain GanedenBC30 (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086) says preliminary studies suggest that there are multiple benefits by consuming GanedenBC30 in combination with protein.
Ingredion publishes white paper on texture solutions in pourable dressing
January 5, 2015
Ingredion Incorporated offers a new white paper, titled, “Addressing Texture Challenges of Pourable Salad Dressing through Novel Formulation Approaches.”