Florida Food Products (FFP), a leader in clean label food and beverage ingredient solutions, is exhibiting at SupplySide West 2023 (SSW23) in Las Vegas, October 25–26, 2023. FFP is helping inspire SSW attendees to create the next generation of health and wellness products with a menu of great-tasting concepts. Showcasing the use of its high-potency, clean label ingredients, FFP concepts include functional beverages, cold brew coffee, and a reformulated gummy designed to appeal to consumers interested in sustaining their physical and mental well-being.  

SSW visitors can meet with FFP experts at Booth #1921 and learn more about a range of naturally sourced, high-potency health and wellness ingredients to meet the needs of today’s consumers. Attendees can experience how FFP ingredient solutions can be incorporated into a variety of products by sampling great-tasting concepts, including:

• Cranberry Lime Noo-tropic Drink Mix – Refreshing and bright, this on-the-go prototype features FFP’s natural, high-potency caffeine powered by green tea and L-theanine, a nootropic gaining popularity for its ability to increase mental focus without the negative effects of traditional caffeine.
• Cranberry Pomegranate Rose Unwind Lemonade – Unwind with this fruity and floral lemonade including FFP’s high potency L-theanine, an amino acid associated with multiple health benefits from improved focus and sleep1 to decreased blood pressure.
• Summer Berry Performance Iced Tea – This berry-licious performance beverage contains natural nitrates that offer a range of health benefits from clean energy and sports performance to heart health2 and weight management. Features FFP’s natural caffeine sourced from green tea extracts, and natural nitrates, produced in the U.S. from naturally sourced beets.
• Peach Black Tea Gummies – These fruity gummies are a delicious taste of trending black tea and peach. Black tea has various benefits including increased alertness and energy, improved metabolism, and positive effects on gut and heart health.
• Maple Cinnamon Flavored Cold Brew RTD with Protein – Treat yourself to FFP’s naturally derived clean label, maple cinnamon flavored cold brew RTD enhanced with whey protein concentrate. FFP's latest ready-to-drink cold brew stands out as one of the most flavorful protein-enhanced RTDs currently on the market today.

FFP helps improve the food, beverages, and supplements we consume by producing high-potency health and wellness ingredients from nature that work. Visit SSW23 booth #1921 to learn more about how FFP's innovative research and product development capabilities deliver uniquely natural, functional, and plant-based ingredients to customers across a variety of industries to provide real solutions.

References:
1. Williams, J., Kellett, J., Roach, P., McKune, A., Mellor, D., Thomas, J., & Naumovski, N. (2016). l-Theanine as a Functional Food Additive: Its Role in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Beverages, 2(2), 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages2020013
2. Coles, L. T., & Clifton, P. M. (2012). Effect of beetroot juice on lowering blood pressure in free-living, disease-free adults: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Nutrition journal, 11, 106. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-11-106

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, Fla., 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, functionality, 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.

www.floridafood.com