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Food and Beverage Industry Trends

Capitalizing on Shifting Consumer Values

Health and wellness, safety, social impact, experience and transparency are key drivers in consumer purchase decisions
March 9, 2016

A study released in January found that roughly half of Americans surveyed weigh "evolving drivers" - health and wellness, safety, social impact, experience and transparency - in their purchasing decisions, in addition to the "traditional drivers" of taste, price and convenience.


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Emulsifiers make possible many of the sauces, condiments, and beverages that consumers enjoy

Making Oil and Water Mix

Nature created oil and water specifically so they would not mix, then peppered the food supply with a whole range of other ingredients to help the two mix well
Kantha Shelke PhD, CFS
February 15, 2016

Technology is helping food companies create efficient emulsifiers—among the most critical aspects in the formation of successful emulsion-based food and beverage products.


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Couscous

Keeping Kosher

The rules for maintaining kosher, halal, and other religious diets can be dizzying but intermediary organizations are helping processors answer to that “higher authority”
Leslie Levine
February 15, 2016

In 2013, Natural Food Certifiers Inc. (NFC), a kosher/natural/organic product certification program, inaugurated its GMO (genetically modified organisms) product verification program, called “GMO Guard.”


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Athletes in events requiring heavy work of more than 90 minutes have reported benefits from a pre-competition diet where 70% of the calories come from carbohydrate

Pairing Energy Sources to Athletic Pursuits

Energy needs for the long haul are different, whether for a marathoner or a two-job/three-kids/weekend bike warrior
Jeff Berger is founder of JMB Communications
Jeff Berger
February 15, 2016

The night before the world-renowned Patriots’ Day Run (aka, “Boston Marathon”), the thousands of marathoners who convene in Boston typically prime themselves by “carbo-loading.”


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Important factors of health recovery after a serious disease include good nutrition and exercise

Recovery Health

Untapped opportunities for processors seeking to meet the needs of consumers with physical conditions
Mark Anthony PhD
February 12, 2016

A run-in with a serious disease is a powerful stimulus for change, and reducing symptoms and risk fac-tors through diet is generally a focal point of that change. Recovery has many stages, and good nutrition is critical along all of them.


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Most pie fillings are the fruity flavors of the Midwest tradition

Pie Are Not Square

For many American consumers, the word “comforting” comes to mind when they think of pie
David Feder
David Feder , RDN
Brent Frei
February 12, 2016

According to the American Pie Council, 90% of Americans agree that a slice of pie represents one of the simple pleasures in life.


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Chef Michael Gunn, The Schwan Food Company

Q&A: Chef Michael Gunn, The Schwan Food Co.

A corporate chef’s perspective on pie trends
February 11, 2016

Prepared Foods talks pie trends with Chef Michael Gunn, director of culinary research and development for The Schwan Food Company, Marshall, Minn.


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Resistance training is a primary component of strengthening muscle mass

Muscle Maintenance

Foods and beverages packed with proteins, amino acids, minerals, and vitamins are being developed to better build and maintain muscles
Marie Spano MS, RDN
January 12, 2016

Muscle loss is a serious issue for men and women.


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Girl drinking nutritional shake

Healthy Characteristics of Vitamin E

Food and beverage developers recognize the unique health potentials of all forms of vitamin E
Alexander Schauss, PhD, FACN, CFS
Alexander Schauss, PhD, FACN, CFS, Contributing Editor
January 12, 2016

Vitamin E is found in abundance in vegetable oils, as plants are the only species capable of producing this vitamin.


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Berries

Premixes Mix it Up

At the root of any sound process is the formulation; with rare exceptions, getting things precise at this fundamental stage is the most critical step
Winston Boyd PhD
January 11, 2016

With ingredients that make up the large proportion of a formulation, process is relatively simple.


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