Articles Tagged with ''clean label''

Chief Editor Bob Garrison talks protein beverage formulation trends with Jason Dompeling, senior manager, product development, at Imbibe, a Chicago-based flavor supplier and product development company.

The commitment underscores ongoing demand for clean-label formulations and regulatory readiness, particularly as scrutiny of synthetic colors increases. The company is adopting natural color sources while focusing on maintaining product performance in terms of texture, taste and visual appeal.

Just as Formula 1 teams rely on innovation, speed and collaboration, Puratos has engineered its IBIE presence as a high-octane “pit crew” for bakers. Because in the race to market, having the right crew matters.

IBIE attendees are invited to visit Kemin Food Technologies – North America at Booth #5827 to learn more about its ingredient innovation, SHIELD Pure — a new cultured dextrose solution that provides a one-to-one clean label replacement for synthetic mold inhibitors like calcium propionate.

The company’s approach tackles the most persistent obstacles in the industry: ingredient complexity, waste production, and growing consumer expectations for naturally derived products.

Imbibe’s taste solutions—SweetSense and NonSense—offer targeted support to mitigate off-notes, round out flavor profiles, and enhance sweetness perception, enabling developers to meet clean label goals without compromising on taste.

The Cheese Bites are shelf-stable, high-protein snacks made with real cheese and Eat Happy Kitchen’s proprietary seasoning blends. 

While tracking cultural conversations around demonized ingredients is essential, immediate action to remove them from the food supply is not always necessary.

Prime Bar delivers beef-based protein that tastes like dessert, without relying on whey, milk isolates, seed oils, fiber syrups, lecithins, or refined sugars.

Many things contribute to dehydration including exercise, stress, caffeine and alcohol use. This leads to poor digestion, headaches, slower workout recovery, reduced strength, increased cravings, muscle cramps and fatigue.