Women, Men, Kids | Prepared Foods

Foods and Ingredients for Women's Unique Nutritional Needs

Food and beverage manufacturers can help women achieve their goals by offering products that are good for them at all stages of life.

Leslie Levine

January 28, 2019

Eating healthfully, especially for women, can be challenging. From age 20 to 100, choosing foods with the right ingredients can improve one's health through all life stages.

Arla Foods Ingredients: Better Infant Formula

Arla Foods Ingredients’ new optimized comfort concept for infant formula contains alpha-lactalbumin

January 18, 2019

The new concept also includes whey protein hydrolysates, which are high-quality proteins that have been broken down by enzymes, effectively meaning they have been pre-digested.

Trends in Infant and Toddler Nutrition

The silent majority is speaking up and processors are hearing their cries.

Keith-Thomas Ayoob EdD, RDN

Jill Litwin

April 17, 2018

Infant and toddler nutrition concerns are about to become even more important than ever. The USDA will soon issue its 2020 US Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), and they will include, for the first time, guidelines for kids aged 0-2 years.

Teenage Girl Drinking Goodbelly Probiotics Beverage

Formulating for Millennials

Processors look ahead to the needs of today's children

Jill Litwin

Keith-Thomas Ayoob EdD, RDN

November 15, 2017

Creating convenient food for a busy person isn't a new concept. But unlike adults, preteens and teens are still growing and developing at incredibly rapid rates, so they need more food—and more out of the food they eat.

Ready To Drink Ceralyte

ceralyte®, the new-generation rice-based gluten-free ORS, features the dual action of effectively treating both dehydration and diarrhe

June 15, 2017

ceralyte® is a non-prescription product that safely treats diarrhea, regardless of etiology, in both children and adults.

Chia Benefits

New research shows chia ALA increases DHA content in mothers’ milk during pregnancy

November 28, 2016

A study published in Nutrients has shown that women who consume Benexia chia oil, one of the highest plant sources of omega-3 EFAs, alpha linolenic acid (ALA), transferred high levels of DHA to their infants during breast-feeding. It is the first published study of its type involving pregnant and lactating women.

Happy Mama Prenatal Nourishing Fruit + Veggie Blend

Prenatal Care

Happy Family says it is the first organic baby food brand to expand into the prenatal category.

April 18, 2016

Happy Family, New York, N.Y., says it is the first organic baby food brand to expand into the prenatal category.

Olly expanded its functional gummy portfolio with four new kids products

Kids Gummies

Olly offers four new varieties targeting kids’ bones, brains, digestive health and immunity.

April 18, 2016

Olly Public Benefit Corp. says it recently expanded its functional gummy portfolio with four new kids products.

Foods and Beverages for Infants and Toddlers

Nutritionists, food scientists are developing more food and beverage solutions for the highly demanding—and highly specific—needs of infants and toddlers

Keith-Thomas Ayoob EdD, RDN

June 10, 2015

The nutritional and organoleptic needs of the youngest demographic, as discovered by modern research and technology, are changing the creating of foods and beverages for infants and toddlers on a fundamental level.