Pleasing Packaged Foods FlavorsPackaged foods and beverages offer numerous challenges when trying to create optimal flavor. For example, PET packing material is popular for beverages, but such products are prone
Masterfoods takes a dark turn; candy takes a bolder and longer-lasting route; more organic and natural entrées enter the marketplace; Coca-Cola works with the Culinary Institute to recommend signature items; a weighty issue unearths some surprising possible influences; more retailers discover the value of going private--label, that is.
Godiva merges premium chocolate and ice cream; YoFarm makes its first co-branded cereal effort; Skittles diversifies in a limited edition; Gumlink makes gum a layered offer; new breads get more and more healthful; new beverage products; globally, KitKat expands again, probiotics grow further still, and a German company merges espresso and yogurt.
Fortified FunBoomers just want to have fun! Baby Boomers know the key to active healthy lifestyles is good nutrition, but they are bored with endless recommendations to eat fruits and
Smooth and CreamyA new cost-effective stabilizer that blends carrageenan and konjac, adds smooth texture and creamy mouthfeel, and reduces syneresis in dairy and soy-based products. Gum Technology's Coyote Brand Stabilizer
Safe SweetsA disaccharide derived from sucrose, and a natural constituent of honey and sugar cane, for example, with a smooth sweetness profile similar to that of sugar, has achieved GRAS
Juiced UpExotic flavors offer amazing health benefits. Studies have shown that drinking juices such as pomegranate juice, with its high antioxidant content, actually can reduce arteriosclerosis. Juices high in antioxidants
Global ViewDoes your company have customers outside the U.S.? Does creative thinking and innovation exist outside the U.S.? Does your company compete with foreign-owned enterprises? If you answered “yes” to