An increasing number of Americans are demanding more simplicity from their supermarket-bought foods, and demanding Yemmies (young, educated, millennial mothers) are leading the way.
Sterling-Rice Group has identified the top 10 food trends that will be served on restaurant menus and line the supermarket shelves across the U.S. in 2013.
Neogen says it has developed the quickest and easiest test to definitively detect Listeria. New ANSR for Listeria is the second test available for Neogen’s revolutionary ANSR pathogen detection system and will provide results after only 20 minutes of reaction time.
Already known for seafood protein salads, Blount Fine Foods now offers Asian Wheatberry & Edamame Salad and a Tzatiki Taboule. Asian Wheatberry is a gluten-free mixture of wheatberry, barley and edamame tossed with lime juice, garlic and basil, sprinkled with a touch of jalapeño. Blount says this vegetarian product has only 50 calories and 0g trans fat per serving.
Red River Commodities (RRC) says a wide range of food processors are expressing interest in SunButter, an industrial sunflower butter. Because of substantial growth in peanut allergies, more manufacturers are creating peanut-free products using SunButter, which provides a similar taste, texture and performance to peanut butter, says RRC.
The Canadian government has announced a $245,000 grant that will help the Canadian Celiac Association partner with ExcelGrains Canada, the Packaging Association of Canada and the Canadian Health Food Association to develop specific controls and the supporting tools for each of their existing food safety systems.
Children of those who ate peanuts and tree nuts while pregnant were less likely to develop asthma or allergies than the kids whose mothers shunned nuts.