Prepared Foods’ Spirit of Innovation Awards recognize product development teams for excellence in approaches to collaborative efforts
July 22, 2022
Prepared Foods’ Spirit of Innovation Awards recognize product development teams for excellence with innovative new products. Winners are acknowledged for each step of the process: from insights and ideation through formulation and full development of the product. Join the virtual audience on August 9 at 11am EDT.
Danone NA’s Research & Innovation team continues to connect the dots and it forecasts even more market opportunity—enough to warrant substantial new product development. That led to several years of research and development behind Silk Nextmilk, which debuted January 2022 nationwide in Whole Fat and Reduced Fat varieties.
Flavor Producers, LLC, headquartered in Valencia, Calif., completed an expansion project in Sharonville, Ohio, that includes more than 6,000 square feet of new application development, sensory, pilot plant product development capabilities and an additional 1,700 square feet for customer collaborative rapid prototyping workspace for food and beverage innovations.
Kerry’s new Discovery Hub offers online learning opportunities and leading-edge product development resources to emerging brands and entrepreneurs
July 7, 2022
Kerry introduces the Kerry Discovery Hub, an online learning center for aspiring and growth-oriented entrepreneurs. It’s designed to help visitors learn about a variety of topics important to the food and beverage industry—and, of course, to their business growth.
Danielle Custer to take on role as project manager for the innovation and product development team
June 30, 2022
CuliNex, a clean label food product and plant-based formulation consultancy, announced Danielle Custer has joined the innovation and product development team as a project manager. Custer will provide client support and team leadership for multiple clean label and plant-based clients served by CuliNex. She will also provide key culinary insights and inspiration to bring innovations to market faster.
August Online Celebration Includes “State of Innovation” Roundtable, Winners’ Strategy Stories
June 22, 2022
This year brought more than 120 submissions and after two judged panel tastings, experts selected six items according to a 10-point scale for overall innovation, the team’s problem-solution story and sensory performance (including taste, appearance, texture, smell, etc.)
In-vitro studies show absorption advantage of Innophos’ Chelamax zinc bisglycinate
May 17, 2022
Innophos, a leading international producer of nutritional specialty ingredients and custom formulated solutions, today announced the release of its latest whitepaper that builds upon the foundational work of their previous papers. The new whitepaper presents data from in-vitro digestion studies that show the absorption advantage of Chelamax® zinc bisglycinate.
Education session discusses latest supply chain challenges with R&D and consumer insights to ensure reformulation success
April 27, 2022
Titled ‘How to Navigate Supply Chain Disruptions, Essential Strategies to Meeting Consumer Expectations, This session explores reformulation and product design considerations, as well as consumer research strategies when companies are forced to substitute alternate ingredients due to supply chain disruption
Kemin offers interactive digital bakery, snack guide
April 25, 2022
Kemin Food Technologies has enhanced its North American website with a new interactive guide titled, “Baking a difference today and tomorrow.” The guide for bakery and snack producers helps users learn more about clean label solutions to ensure products stay fresher, longer and succeed in the dynamic and competitive marketplace.
According to a 2020 Probiotic Survey by the FMCG Gurus research arm of M&R Insights Ltd., the number of consumers in North American stating that they purchased probiotic products in the 12-month pre-Pandemic period between 2018 and 2020 rose from 45% to 61%.