A pair of recent introductions highlights the trend toward making fruit snacks convenient. One is geared toward children; the other targets a more grown-up audience.
In another indication of the growing recognition of the value of the Hispanic market in the U.S., Unilever Bestfoods (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.) has launched its first Spanish-language television advertising for Ragu sauces.
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.
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.
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.