A new national survey by Context Marketing (Sausalito, Calif.) finds Americans place the blame for the country's obesity epidemic squarely upon consumers, not the food and beverage industry.

Shelf-stable, sautéed vegetable pastes and concentrates and continuous vacuum-dried (CVD) natural flavor bases now are available from Nikken Foods Company.

Ready-to-eat dairy-based desserts can be developed for use in any occasion using Grindsted[r] Carrageenan CL 300 FLX from Danisco.

A new, acacia-based stabilizer for emulsion applications has just been launched onto the global market by Colloides Naturels Inc. (CNI--Bridgewater, N.J.).

The Almond Board of California (Modesto, Calif.) has released an Educational Workbook for Developing a Qualified Heart Health Claim for California Almonds.

An all-natural rice protein concentrate that contains a minimum of 80% rice protein is now available from A&B Ingredients, a leading provider of rice-based ingredients.

A new, highly concentrated, spray-dried powder flavor is water dispersible and is specifically designed with baking applications in mind.

An expanded manufacturing facility with additional personnel is allowing Seltzer Nutritional Technologies (Carlsbad, Calif.) to reduce turnaround time on many blends to as little as two weeks.

To offer food manufacturers ingredients that are accepted in global markets, Spectrum Foods Inc. recently has announced the development of a “solvent-free” line of natural, certified non-GMO, and organic soy ingredients that it will be marketing and selling under the Nexsoy[r] brand name.

Consumers gave "two spoons up" for the flavor and functionality of a new probiotic yogurt formulated with acid whey powder (AWP).