Fruits, Vegetables & Nuts

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Foodservice beverages offer consumers a wide array of choices and, in many cases, the opportunity for almost endless customization.

To Go Brands has launched Acai Natural Energy Boost, a beverage mix available in single doses, but formulated with organic açaí, as well as six other organic Superfruit powders and extracts, with an energy positioning.

Attendees of Prepared Foodsí R&D Application Seminars were provided information on tropical fruits as well as flavoring systems for various applicationsó-from baked goods to reduced-salt formats to emerging ethnic cuisines.

Sandwich chains find the magic number; grape new world; Cajun sandwiches emerge in popularity; and foodservice gains in c-stores. 

"Eat Red” is becoming a new mantra for health-conscious consumers who are looking for natural ingredients in products to promote good health.

Given a choice between potatoes and another vegetable, most people will choose the potato. 

While kids eagerly anticipated the sprouting of their Chia Pets, they never dreamed they were growing the nutraceutical of the future!

Tobacco smokers who eat three servings of fruits and vegetables per day and drink green or black tea may be protecting themselves from lung cancer, according to a first-of-its-kind study by UCLA cancer researchers).

While lowering trans fats has become a hot topic among food processors, formulation challenges ranging from texture and taste qualities to stability and shelflife make many food scientists skeptical of finding a low- to no-trans fat oil alternative that may be practical for their applications.

Brunch is becoming a meal with many opportunities and peaches appear on menus morning, noon and night.