What’s next in plant-based proteins and has fungi truly arrived as a protein source? Are cell-based or cultured proteins ready for the market? What other new protein ingredient sources should formulators consider? Prepared Foods talks with Stephanie Lind, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Elohi Strategic Advisors, to covers the protein ingredient landscape, including the latest in precision fermentation.
Last year saw DayDayCook acquire two leading consumer brands in the US Asian foods market: Nona Lim and Yai’s Thai. Listen in as Prepared Foods talks Asian food trends and tastes with DDC Founder & CEO Norma Chu.
There’s no putting out the fire on the hot and spicy food trend. Prepared Foods' Executive Editor–Technical David Feder interviews Frito Lay Co.’s Sr. Executive research chef Jody Denton for some inside expert insight into the latest in hot sauces and hot and spicy food products. In this interview, he shares with the Prepared Foods' audience the ins and outs of designing the next generation of hot sauce and some hints at the future of hot and spicy snacks.
Prepared Foods discusses plant protein ingredients and formulation strategies with Charlie Baggs, president, founder and executive chef at Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations, Chicago.
Prepared Foods' Executive Editor–Technical David Feder interviews ethnobotanist and regular contributor to Prepared Foods Kerry Hughes. She discusses the trending foods, beverages, and ingredients using botanicals that caught her attention at the 2024 Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California. Among specific better-for-you and botanical ingredients Hughes notes are: aloe, ashwagandha, cranberry, elderberry, ginseng, milk thistle, mushrooms, saw palmetto, and tomato lycopene.
In this episode of Reasoned Opinion, Executive Editor–Technical David Feder’s editorial series on trends in the food beverage, nutrition, and ingredient industries, he presents the more interesting ingredients, foods, and beverages that caught his eye at the 2024 Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, California.