Florida Food Products (FFP) highlights its high-potency natural caffeine ingredient offerings. FFP can charge up beverages with clean energy powered naturally from green tea, as well as providing a source of natural caffeine in applications such as supplements and clinical nutrition products. Green tea extract’s natural benefits can also be used to enhance personal care, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products.

According to Mintel’s 2023 US Energy Drinks report, total energy drink and energy shot sales increased by 14% from 2021 to 2022. Growth is attributed to category loyalists while savvy brands work to boost sales with offerings that feature functional benefits, such as improved mental cognition and mood.

“In addition to seeking beverages that contain some form of functionality, today’s consumers are demanding healthy beverages with natural ingredients,” said Jenna Callahan, Category Manager, FFP. “Over the years, energy drinks that increase mental alertness and physical performance have been the most popular functional beverage. Now, consumers are looking for natural sources of caffeine or caffeine alternatives to meet their desires for health and wellness, and energy drink brands are turning to cleaner beverage formulations to fulfill these demands. Our natural, high-potency caffeine offers beverage manufacturers and supplement manufacturers a healthy way to provide an energy boost using real ingredients from nature that work. FFP’s natural caffeine provides friendly labeling — labeled as green tea extract — and is reliably produced in the United States and standardized to 98% caffeine. Like green tea, green tea extract is chock full of health-boosting antioxidants and supports various health benefits.”

Natural and synthetic caffeine tend to be very similar but vary in their effects on the human body. Research shows that natural caffeine was found to have a longer lasting and more consistent effect on mood and mental cognition than synthetic caffeine.1 Green tea extract provides additional benefits such as:

• Boosting energy naturally
• Reducing blood pressure, inflammatory biomarkers, and oxidative stress2
• Improving skin health with reduced acne3 and skin aging4

 “The popularity of energy drinks coupled with consumers’ demand for natural ingredients makes FFP’s natural caffeine ingredient the ideal solution,” added Callahan. “With new products consistently entering the energy category, natural caffeine can help to differentiate your product from others and keep customers coming back for more. FFP offers a wide portfolio of health and wellness ingredient solutions for drink and supplement manufacturers to create new products with immune support, digestive health, natural energy, weight management, stress relief, and more. With unparalleled experience in ingredient sourcing, formulation optimization, and production at scale, we can help create a product that consumers will love.”

Please visit https://floridafood.com/human-nutrition/ to learn more about their portfolio of high-potency, natural ingredients including L-theanine, green tea extract, vitamin C, and more. Nimble and knowledgeable, FFP experts will get you to the competitive health and wellness market ahead of the rest.

References:
1. Boolani A et al. “Caffeine-Containing, Adaptogenic-Rich Drink Modulates the Effects of Caffeine on Mental Performance and Cognitive Parameters: A Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Trial.” Nutrients. 2020;12(7):1922.
2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22749178/
3. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0965229916300280?via%3Dihub
4. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23742288/

About FFP 
Florida Food Products, Inc. (FFP) has offered a portfolio of healthy, naturally sourced plant-based food and beverage ingredient solutions for over 65 years. Headquartered in Lake Mary, Florida, FFP has manufacturing capabilities including extraction, fermentation, drying, and blending technologies, with facilities in Florida, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Oregon, and California. FFP is committed to providing innovative clean label solutions that provide exceptional food protection, flavor, color, texture, and yield improvement for a variety of applications, including processed and cured meat, beverages, plant-based, health and wellness, culinary, and pet nutrition. FFP believes in improving the food and beverages we eat and drink with ingredients from nature that work.

 Learn more about how FFP’s natural ingredients can help elevate your next food or beverage while meeting the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s consumer at www.floridafood.com.