Clif Bar & Co. introduced two new flavors to its LUNA Protein line

Hilmar Cheese Company Inc. announced plans to build a milk powder processing facility in Turlock, Calif.

The response to consumer interest in naturalness and purity appears to be continuing, despite some adverse publicity about the definition of “natural.”

There has been rising interest in energy and sports performance in recent years, as it has moved out of the more specialist domain of sportsmen, athletes and bodybuilders and into the mainstream of generally active lifestyles.

Bone and joint health claims featured on less than 1% of global food and drinks launches in 2012, with bone health by far the more popular, used on 80% of the total, compared with 25% for joint health.

International Dehydrated Foods, Inc. (IDF), a global leader in IDF poultry ingredients, is continuing to bring chicken to the forefront of the industry through innovative health and wellness applications that the company will feature at SupplySide West.

Observers could say one of the world’s largest dairy ingredient groups is “getting fit” -- all to help global food and beverage processors create the next generation of performance and lifestyle nutrition foods.

Women have complex nutritional needs that change over time. Perhaps for similar reasons, women tend to read food labels more than men do.

Today’s sports nutrition formulations provide sophisticated ingredients, alone and in combination, for not only athletes and weekend warriors -- but also those engaged in the grueling competition of simply getting through the stressful marathon that is modern living.