Virginia Dare will be featuring a Garden of Flavors with trendy new flavors, varieties of vanilla, various masking flavors and assorted teas in booth #4023 at the 2010 IFT Expo. Visitors are promised to enjoy the new flavors in RTD teas, made from tea leaves around the world; experience delicate aromatics and a complex, full-bodied flavor profile in a delicious vanilla tea beverage; and taste the pleasing difference in beverages made with sweeteners/sugar alternatives designed with Virginia Dare’s masking flavors. Virginia Dare, 410-569-9766, www.virginiadare.com
Talking Savory
Hormel Foods Specialty Products Division will discuss its new Savory Booster™ line, its omega-3 for beverage applications and its dairy blend ingredients at this year’s IFT Expo, booth #4000. The four new Savory Booster products are designed for use in soups, sauces and gravies and are considered all-natural by FDA standards. The products are Turkey Booster, Chicken Booster, Pork Booster and Beef Booster, and all are available in dried form. The Eterna™ OmegaSource™ for beverage solution line includes ingredients specifically formulated to enable the incorporation of water-soluble EPA plus DHA omega-3 fatty acids into refrigerated ambient, shelf-stable beverages. Hormel also plans to highlight its contract packaging capabilities, including dry packaging, microwavable cups and canned goods. Hormel Foods Corp., www.hormelingredients.com