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Food color experts declared red as 2021's color of the year. Looks delicious, doesn't it? COLOR IS ARGUABLY the most important initial sensory cue we get from a food or [...]

THE PAST 38 YEARS have seen the market demand for food colorants changing in substantial ways, particularly regarding the choice between synthetic and natural colorants. Not so long ago, synthetic [...]

SINCE THE 1970S, consumers in the US and the EU have been influenced by the publication of occasional studies purporting to link foods, food ingredients, and food additives with a [...]

RECENT TRENDS in the food industry have favored the use of naturally derived food colorants at the expense of synthetic food coloring ingredients. This has been welcomed by consumers and [...]

Ingredient companies use extraction technologies to concentrate the active components in cannabis. This is a boon to makers of legal cannabis edibles and beverages seeking to produce a variety of [...]

Ingredient companies use extraction technologies to concentrate the active components in cannabis. This is a boon to makers of legal cannabis edibles and beverages seeking to produce a variety of [...]

NATURAL INGREDIENTS are the gold standard in the food and beverage industry today, and food colorants are no exception. The wave of consumer demand for both cleaner labels and the [...]

THE 'NATURAL COLORS ONLY' movement resulted in sweeping reductions in the use of synthetic colorants and, understandably, a concurrent rise in interest in naturally derived food colorants. It also has [...]

WITH INGREDIENTS that make up the large proportion of a formulation, process is relatively simple. For items like sugar, starch, fat, and protein, it is often possible to batch these [...]

Avian flu led to a great fall in the egg industry. But scientists have been working to replicate the incredible, edible egg's functional capabilities. THE IMAGE OF migrating water fowl [...]

DEMAND FOR low-sodium foods is as strong as the growth in the gourmet salt market. What's behind the dichotomy? Consumers realize salt is not quite the danger they've been led [...]

WHEN A CHEF prepares a dish, he/she pays attention to more than just execution of a recipe or cooking process. There is a series of integral and interrelated steps and [...]

A PREBLEND or premix is a mixture of components that have been blended together, in-house or by an ingredient supplier, and provided to a processor as a preliminary step in [...]

When new beverage company Golazo Inc. entered the market offering 'healthier natural sports and energy drinks,' it made the introduction with several flavors of beverages designed to provide hydration, electrolyte [...]

Color in foods and beverages is central to the perception of quality, palatability and acceptability. Processing can damage or destroy the naturally occurring color of foods, so the color needs [...]

Nutrition is currently playing a vital role in baby boomers' eye health. Nutrients found to be critical to the macula are carotenoid compounds which include vitamin A and beta-carotene. Food products that could help improve eye health are also presented.

While the quality of the baked part in a luxurious dessert is certainly important, the filling or topping-i.e., icing or glaze, etc.-is an integral part of many desserts. The creative [...]

Research from neutriceutical company Soy Labs LLC showed that lunasin peptide from soybeans displays activities related to lowering cholesterol and preventing cancer. The company's Lunasin-XP is an ingredient for soyfoods, beverages and functional foods. Other details about lunasin research are presented.