Variety may indeed be the spice of life, but it is just a word until new and unique flavors add something to the mix and provide some of those variations. However, flavorings have met with a degree of controversy of late, as have manufacturer efforts to add diverse new flavors to traditional lines.
Hain Celestial agreed to acquire some of the top packaged grocery brands of Britain's biggest food group Premier Foods Plc for 200 million pounds ($316.07 million).
According to Ambrose Bierce, in The Devil’s Dictionary, sauce is “the one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment.” He added, “A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has nine hundred and ninety-nine.”
Formulating with stabilizers, whether using the various available starches or fibers, means choosing the right ingredient for the right product. Presenters at Prepared Foods’ R&D Seminars guided attendees through the science behind stabilizers.
DuPont Nutrition & Health’s new patent-pending GUARDIAN CHELOX L is a blend of natural plant extracts with antioxidant properties. It combines strong metal chelation with free-radical scavenging to create an effective, non-allergenic natural solution to preserve the freshness of food emulsions, according to the company.