Food scientists—at least a small handful of them—now have the both the skills and the ingredient toolbox to manipulate and combine fibers, gums, and proteins into plant-based analogs of hen eggs that look, feel, cook up, and taste like the real thing.
The events of the past few years have sealed cultured dairy in the minds of most consumers as the primary method for attaining a healthy gut microbiome.
According to a 2021 survey by the CDC, more than two-thirds (67.3%) of adults aged 20 and above eat fruit “on a given day,” with fruit consumption about 10% higher among women—70.5%—than among men (63.8%).
David Feder, Executive Editor-Technical for Prepared Foods, interviews Tucker Garrison, co-founder of Imlak’esh Organics, Inc. and its Chi Foods company, makers of plant-based ground pork and pork chorizo analogs.
Botanical ingredients— especially herbs, spices, and rhizomes (ginger, turmeric, galangal) — can help play a big part in helping product developers create new foods and beverages that help the body protect itself against disease and dysfunction.
David Feder, Executive Editor-Technical for Prepared Foods sits down with Harold Bollaci, founder and CEO of The Vegg New York, LLC, and Rocky Shepherd, co-founder, inventor and artist, makers of The Vegg.
Lu Ann Williams, Innova Market Insights’ Co-Founder and Global Insights Director, discusses growing consumer interest in sustainability and its impacts on new foods and beverages.
Prepared Foods' Executive Editor-Technical David Feder shares some new hot and spicy sauces and snacks he spotted at Natural Products Expo West 2023. The new product launches demonstrate that the category of pepper-infused foods and beverages not only is continuing to grow but is expanding in variety.
Lu Ann Williams, Innova Market Insights’ Co-Founder and Global Insights Director, discusses ongoing consumer interest in plant-based ingredients and the impacts on new foods and beverages.