November 20th 2024
Manufacturers could benefit from leveraging fiber to give their products a "healthy halo."
November 15th 2024
Human milk oligosaccharides and lactoferrin ingredients are getting infant formula closer to the nutritional value of breast milk.
Insights from Dr. Heather Shenkman,vegan cardiologist and triathlete.
October 31st 2024
Nutritional Outlook interviewed the founder of RXBARs about his new brand, David.
October 30th 2024
Protein content food continues to increase, creating new challenges for plant-based protein formulators.
Higher-Protein Greek-Style Smoothies? New Whey Ingredient Makes It Possible
Nutrilac YO-8075 can achieve a smoothie protein content of up to 7.5%.
Spicy’s Comeback
Consumers are down with spicy flavors again. They have so many options, too.
Turmeric Beverages, Yellow or Not (Slideshow)
Five turmeric beverages remind us that turmeric is marketable in beverage form.
Soft Drinks Responsible for One-Fifth of Stevia Market
Stevia usage is also growing in candy and sports/energy drinks.
Savory Flavors Give Nutrition Bars New Life (Slideshow)
Flavors like Roasted Jalapeno and Honey Smoked BBQ may be just what's needed to reinvigorate the nutrition bar market.
Five Biggest Struggles with FDA’s New Nutrition Label: Redefining Dietary Fiber
Here are five of the biggest struggles companies are likely to encounter under FDA's new nutrition label proposal.
Five Biggest Struggles with FDA’s New Nutrition Label: Disclosing Added Sugar
Five Biggest Struggles with FDA’s New Nutrition Label (Slideshow)
Five Biggest Struggles with FDA’s New Nutrition Label: Updated Daily Values
Five Biggest Struggles with FDA’s New Nutrition Label: Changes in Portion Sizes, Health Claims
Five Biggest Struggles with FDA’s New Nutrition Label: The Cost
Coloring with Spirulina Blue
Industry has a new source of natural blue coloring, but what are this colorant’s limits?
Essential Oil May Be Future of Food Preservation
Thai researchers complete a review of essential plant oils that are backed by research on their preservative potential.
Ingredient Spotlight: Wheatgrass
Surprising to some, wheatgrass and other cereal grasses can be an important food for those seeking a gluten-free diet.
Baking With Sprouted Wheat Flour
The benefits go well beyond marketing.
Will Prickly Pear Trend in Beverages?
Market researcher Mintel thinks the drought-tolerant succulent has a real future in beverages. And not just in Mexico.
IFT Show: What Was on the Menu?
Highlights of this year’s exciting functional food/beverage prototypes and products.
Taste-Free Chelated Minerals
AIDP’s new Tastimins line of highly bioavailable chelated minerals can boost the nutritional profile of functional food and beverages, all without affecting taste.
Masking High-Protein Flavor in Ice Cream
Virginia Dare showcased a number of high-protein food and beverage prototypes, including a cinnamon brown sugar flavored ice cream fortified with milk protein concentrate.
Food and Drinks for Bone and Joint Health
They’re not targeting who you think.
Functional Food: Getting Consumers to Buy In
IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo exhibitors talk about this complex market.
Insider Tips on Formulating Functional Foods
Functional food manufacturers talk specific formulating challenges-and solutions.
Iidea Supplies Agave Powder
Overcome the moisture challenges of agave syrup with this new powder form.
Agave Is Versatile in Granola Bars
Researchers in Mexico say insoluble agave fiber, which often gets discarded, can make for a healthier granola bar.
Ganeden Locks Down Bacillus Coagulans Probiotics in Coffee, Tea, and Cereal in U.S.
The "goal is to make probiotics available in everyday food so that consumers don’t have to take another pill."
Tapioca Syrup is a Corn Syrup Replacer
With some consumers avoiding corn ingredients, tapioca syrup has much to gain.
L-Citrulline Now GRAS for Food, Beverage
By increasing nitric oxide production, L-citrulline helps promote vascular dilation and healthy blood circulation.
ColorMaker Premiers Natural Food Dyes
The retail product is a refreshing turn away from your childhood's artificial dyes.
FDA Wants to Update the Nutrition Facts Label
What about the Supplement Facts label?
What Are 2014's Biggest Food Ingredient Trends?
FDA's potential ban on partially hydrogenated oils and new Food Safety Modernization Act regulations will also play a role.