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According to Nielsen, organic corn-based foods and meat is approximately a $2 billion retail market with over 10% annual growth for the past three years. In addition, Certified Transitional product retail dollars sales have grown 5-fold over the past year versus the prior year.

Recent color innovations such as “unicorn” and “rainbow” evoke feelings of fun and intrigue. Thanks to Instagram and other social media platforms, a food’s appearance has become even more important than its taste, and supports the impression of flavor, quality, freshness and innovation. Vibrantly colored food is omnipresent in every social media feed and by using Exberry®: “Selfies can become Healthies”.

Officials say Frutarom’s growth reflects its acquisitions of several natural colors companies, as well as major investments in building fully integrated, safe, and controlled supply chains. The company has experienced double-digit growth annually in the natural colorants segment.

Second-generation stevia extracts were all about high-purity Reb A. In contrast, today’s third-generation stevia extracts are based on better tasting steviol glycosides with the highest commercial value, Reb A, B, C, D and M. 

This unique, organic chocolate product offers product developers a clean solution for molding and enrobing—all with a healthy halo. Niu is the perfect chocolate for clean-label, upscale, and globally-inspired formulations. It contains 65% dark cacao and delivers strong cocoa flavor to balance the coconut.

Bell Flavors & Fragrances now offers new smokeless smoke flavors as natural alternatives to traditional liquid smoke. Variations range from mesquite to cherrywood.  These natural smoke type flavors will help elevate their respective individual flavor nuances that continue to grow in popularity. 

Already positioned as an innovation leader with protein ingredients, Essentia Protein Solutions has expanded and added Reduced Sodium Chicken Broth to its line of multi-species Broths, Stocks, Fats and Extracts.  Now available in both conventional and organic forms, these new reduced sodium chicken items will further strengthen Essentia’s line of clean label ingredients.

Twenty-five percent of the Millennials in America are parents. In the next 10 to 15 years, 80% of Millennials will be moms and dads. What this means for the organic market could be transformative.

Pipeline Foods is positioned to support both farmers and food companies in a holistic, transparent way.