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Health, convenience, functional attributes and other qualities are in high demand by consumers, but food and beverages still must taste good. Food processors need to be able to incorporate all the things customers want—while never forgetting that flavor trumps all. Presenters at Prepared Foods’ R&D Seminars offered some tips.
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Words matter. The selection of the ultimate set of words to effectively promote and sell products is the end-goal of marketing departments and companies everywhere—not just the food, beverage and supplement industries. The more persuasive the message, the better chance a company’s products will move off of the shelves and into consumers’ pantries.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture on May 2 announced new steps to prevent foodborne illnesses from meat and poultry products.
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Regulators are proposing that food companies that want to use tiny engineered particles in their packaging may have to provide extra testing data to show the products are safe.
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Natural has been quite the hallmark of salty snack introductions of late, and Kettle’s Krinkle Cut Organic Roasted Tomato Potato Chips fall right in line.
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Nielsen-Massey Vanillas said it recently achieved certification to the Safe Quality Food (SQF) 2000 scheme.
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Sales of products with Fair Trade USA's seal of approval for ethics and sustainability rose 75% in the fourth quarter of last year over the first quarter of 2011.
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Anyone with a Twitter account can now be among the first to know about food recalls with a new service the Department of Agriculture is rolling out.
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Inspections in meat and poultry establishments are to verify that all single-ingredient ground or chopped meat and poultry products that do not qualify for an exemption under the final regulation, bear “Nutrition Facts” panels on their labels.
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Food safety is top of mind for consumers, and regulations are striving to assuage those concerns.
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