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As pricing for eggs and egg products continues to increase, the bakery industry is looking for ways to keep costs down while still producing the sweet baked goods consumers want. Function Plus 150W™, a new solution from Corbion Caravan, meets that need, allowing customers to replace 50% to 100% of egg whites in sweet baked goods.

A consistent raw materials supply is critical to manufacturing efficiencies and supplying a quality product to a demanding consumer base. Consumer loyalty hangs careful on a supply of consistent quality products.

With the spread of the avian influenza outbreak across the Midwest, concerns about reduced egg supplies and resulting price increases have surged. For food manufacturers, MGP’s Arise® wheat protein isolates provide highly functional, cost- effective alternatives to egg-based proteins in a wide range of products.

An innovative natural sweetener originally developed by Briess Malt & Ingredients Co. for the production of gluten-free beer is finding new application as a 1:1 honey substitute in bread.

Ingredion Incorporated, a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to diversified industries, today announced a new line of high-performing, non-GMO starches – the PRECISA® 600 starch series solutions – for cost optimization and improved functionality in imitation, processed and analogue cheeses.

Glanbia Nutritionals’ award-winning egg replacement system, OptiSol® 3000, has now been shown to achieve the same sensory profile in waffles as whole liquid eggs.

Ingredion Incorporated says its new PRECISA® Bake 100 egg white replacer is a texturizng system to replace or reduce egg white products in baked goods.

A preblend or premix is a mixture of components that have been blended together, in-house or by an ingredient supplier, and provided to a processor as a preliminary step in the production of a final food or beverage product.

Ingredion Incorporated offers a free white paper, titled, “Formulating Gelatin-Free Yogurt with a New Cost-Effective Ingredient.”

Flavorchem Corporation introduces a line enzyme modified cheese (EMC) flavors. These EMC flavors are made from a special blend of natural cheese with added lipases and other natural food-grade enzymes—and, as a result are all-natural with no preservatives.