Field Technical Editor
Elizabeth Mannie is the Field Technical Editor responsible for R&D Application stories and occasional features. She is the Nutrition Labeling Scientist for Land O'Lake, Inc./retch Laboraties. She has experience as a Food Chemist at International Multifoods and held a variety of culinary positions. She holds an M.S. in Food Science from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. in Food & Nutrition from Augsburg College/College of Saint Catherine.
Nutritional
foods with healthy ingredients are a major trend in 2007. From probiotics to
soy isoflavones, the challenge is to maintain products’ health benefits while
providing consumers with products that please their taste buds.
The “functional foods” category, while not yet clearly defined, is quickly growing, with recent reports showing it to be one of the top food trends in 2007. Functional foods can
Increasing interest in whole grains and high-fiber brans has opened the door for a broad range of corn and other grain ingredients for use in cereals, snacks and other fiber-enhanced foods. Corn is a key food in the diets of people in most parts of the world, and some say corn has advantages over other grains.
Updated and reposted January 2010. Whey proteins offer unique nutritional benefits including the highest biological value of natural proteins, containing all