This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more.
This Website Uses Cookies
By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to our cookie policy. Learn More
This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. Visit our updated privacy and cookie policy to learn more.
Prepared Foods logo
search
cart
facebook twitter linkedin youtube
  • Sign In
  • Create Account
  • Sign Out
  • My Account
Prepared Foods logo
  • SIGN UP!
    • Website Registration
    • eNewsletter
    • eMagazine
  • TRENDS
    • 2023 Trends
    • *Sustainability*
  • PRODUCTS
    • Bakery
    • Beverages
    • Breakfast, Cereals & Bars
    • Candy
    • Dairy
    • Meals & Sides
    • Meat, Poultry & Seafood
    • Sauces & Marinades
    • Snacks & Appetizers
    • Soups
    • Featured Products
  • INGREDIENTS
    • Antioxidants & Nutritionals
    • Colorings
    • Dietary Fiber
    • Emulsifiers, Fat & Oils
    • Flavors, Seasonings, Spices
    • Flours, Grains, & Pasta
    • Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts
    • Gums & Starches
    • Phosphates & Acidulants
    • *Proteins*
    • Sweeteners
  • FORMULATION
    • Allergens & Intolerance
    • Authentic & Ethnic
    • Cost Reduction
    • Fat Reduction
    • Gluten Free
    • *Immunity*
    • *Natural / Organic*
    • *Plant Based & Vegetarian*
    • R&D Lab Tech / QA-QC / Food Safety
    • Shelf Stability
    • *Sugar Reduction*
  • BETTER FOR YOU
    • Functional New Products
    • Functional Ingredients
    • Functional Benefits
  • FOOD MASTER
  • MEDIA
    • Favorite Products Poll
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
    • Infographics
    • eBooks
    • Interactive Spotlight
    • Webinars
  • EVENTS
    • New Products Conference
    • Spirit of Innovation Awards
    • Industry Events
  • MORE
    • eNewsletter Archives
    • First Person Q&A
    • 19 Product Development Resources
    • White Papers
    • Classifieds
    • Prepared Foods Store
    • Sponsor Insights
  • EMAG
    • eMagazine
    • Archive Issues
    • Contact
    • Advertise
    • Subscribe
Home » Authors » Anne-Marie Ramo

Anne-Marie Ramo

Anne-marie Ramo is a Seattle-based research chef and food writer with more than 25 years of experience in flavor development; sauces, seasoning blends, and marinades; home meal replacements; and formulation of meat products and further processed meat products. She was director of culinary development for Revolution Foods Inc., executive chef of Fork in the Road Foods LLC, and served as executive chef for Aidell’s Sausage Co. Ramo is a regular industry contributor and writer, and co-authored The Great Meat Cookbook (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 2012). You can read more of her work at www.preparedfoods.com or contact her at aramo@me.com.

Articles

ARTICLES

ChoclateExravaganza_FFP_780.jpg

Ingredients that Boost Desirable Flavors, and Cover Undesirable Ones

Ingredient techs aid formulators in tackling challenges such as cost, storage, and shelf-life requirements in addition to flavor management
Anne-Marie Ramo
June 8, 2022

The clean-label and better-for-you products are moving from a niche marketplace and into the mainstream at a rapid rate. The ingredients for these new formations often have special needs, including the need for clean label bitter blockers, flavor maskers, flavor potentiators, and flavor extenders.


Read More
DairyFree_PizzaCheese_0222.jpg

Dairy Alternatives Provide Opportunities for Product Development Innovation

The rise in consumer demand for dairy-free products has challenged developers to analogs using starches, fibers, hydrocolloids, and proteins
Anne-Marie Ramo
February 9, 2022

In a recent report published by market research firm Packaged Facts, “Dairy & Egg Alternatives: Outlook for Plant-Based & Cell-Cultured Consumer Products,” it was forecast that sales of plant-based dairy and egg products will continue to rise at an average annual rate of 6.0%, reaching $5.2 billion by 2024.


Read More
Barilla_CrispyDuck_Linguine

Pasta’s Next Great Leap Includes New Global Horizons and Greater Nutrition

Product developers have turned to cuisine cultures ranging from Eastern Europe to Turkey to North Africa to bring greater variety, and nutrition, to the humble noodle dish
Anne-Marie Ramo
October 28, 2021

The next wave of pasta products boasts a world’s worth of influences and a host of new nutritional benefits, all introduced through ingredients novel to noodles and largely nonexistent in the pasta and prepared pasta meal spaces. Exploring beyond Italian and Asian, product developers have turned to cuisine cultures ranging from Eastern Europe to Turkey to North Africa to bring greater variety, and nutrition, to the humble noodle dish.


Read More
Kerry_BotanicalBeverages_900

Boosting Beverages with Nutritional Ingredients

Beverage makers appeal to consumers with products that contain vitamins and minerals, protein (plant or dairy), botanicals, tea, tea extracts, probiotics, prebiotics, and fiber
Anne-Marie Ramo
September 9, 2021

Today’s consumers are rarely satisfied with just a thirst-quenching drink when they crave a beverage. They’re seeking healthful extras that target everything from immunity to mood issues, from energy to meal replacement. And of course, they want plenty of flavor with few calories.


Read More
Buratta_Oldways_CheeseCo

Cheese: An Unqualified Favorite

As specialty cheeses become more popular, their manufacturing processes become more streamlined, mechanized, and efficient
Anne-Marie Ramo
June 14, 2021
Over the past decade, the cheese industry has exploded, with small-batch artisanal cheesemakers popping up in every state and the large cheesemakers increasing the sophistication of their offerings to compete. As specialty cheeses become more popular, their manufacturing processes become more streamlined, mechanized, and efficient.
Read More
fruitsmoothie_cube_Evive

Product Makers Pick Fruit to Add Flavor, Health to Formulations

Adding fruit to formulations has become not only easier, but more exciting with the continuously expanding variety of fruits to choose from and the near disappearance of seasonality
Anne-Marie Ramo
March 31, 2021
Adding fruit to formulations has become not only easier, but more exciting with the continuously expanding variety of fruits to choose from and the near disappearance of seasonality. When it comes to product formulation, developers can choose from a multitude of fruit-derived ingredients and types, including whole or prepped; fresh or frozen; freeze-dried, dehydrated, or puréed; and concentrates, juices, or powders.
Read More
Sweet Potato Fritters

Product Developers are Paying Closer Attention Than Ever to the Versatility of Vegetables

Value-added vegetable products are crowding onto grocery store shelves, supermarket fresh bars, and restaurant menus throughout the US
Anne-Marie Ramo
David Feder
David Feder , RDN
July 17, 2020
As consumers continue to search for healthier food options, vegetables as star players in formulations are enjoying a renaissance.
Read More
Amazon Meal Kit

Examining Meal Kit Consumers

Fit to Kit: An increasing number of consumers are avoiding cooking meals at home — by cooking meals at home
Anne-Marie Ramo
January 22, 2020
Whether assembling kits themselves at a local meal kit assembly shop, signing up for a subscription service online, or picking up a kit from their local supermarket, consumers show no signs of abandoning this time-saving meal option.
Read More
Woman Looking at Pouch in Microwave

Developing High End Food Products for Quick Preparation

Quick & Easy: Consumers across all demographics and increasingly short on time are seeking enticing and adventurous flavors, made fast
Anne-Marie Ramo
February 7, 2019
From large food conglomerates to boutique artisanal companies, product developers are creating higher-end products designed specifically for quick preparation, such as cooking in a microwave.
Read More
Walnut Cake

Inclusions Bring On the Taste, Texture to Food Formulations

Product makers and foodservice companies are finding consumer interest is readily piqued by the addition of inclusions
Anne-Marie Ramo
November 21, 2018
Call them bits, pieces, inclusions, mix-ins, or add-ins, inclusions bring both flavor and textural elements to foods. Color, too, can make it to the show by way of inclusions.
Read More
View All Articles by Anne-Marie Ramo
Subscribe For Free!
  • eMagazine Subscription
  • eNewsletters
  • Online Registration
  • Manage My Preferences
  • Subscription Customer Service

More Videos

Sponsored Content

Sponsored Content is a special paid section where industry companies provide high quality, objective, non-commercial content around topics of interest to the Prepared Foods audience. All Sponsored Content is supplied by the advertising company. Interested in participating in our Sponsored Content section? Contact your local rep.

close
  • Handful of Partially Shelled Pecans
    Sponsored byAmerican Pecan Promotion Board

    Pecans Can Help You Crack Your Next Pre-Packaged, Grocery Aisle or Alternative-Ingredient Innovation

  • Different Formats of Cherries
    Sponsored byU.S. Tart Cherry Industry

    Montmorency Tart Cherries Tap into the Quest for Rest

Popular Stories

FlavorTrendsFeature_0923_780.jpg

Top Flavor Trends in Food Formulations

GeneralMillsFdsrv_SOI23_780.jpg

Deliver Taste, Texture—and Time

EQUIIBread_SOI23_780.jpg

Better Breads (and More)

Events

September 28, 2023

Powerful Protein—From All Perspectives

ON DEMAND: There’s no more dynamic food and beverage ingredient market than that of protein. Join us as Elohi Strategic Advisors Founder, Stephanie Lind, leads an energetic panel discussion of all the emerging trends, twists, and technologies in protein.

October 5, 2023

From Taste to Texture: Plant-Based Caviar Alternative

The plant-based food market is growing faster than ever, and this growth doesn’t stop on land. This webinar will address a number of issues in developing great-tasting, high-class seafood alternatives.

View All Submit An Event

Products

Accelerating New Food Product Design and Development, 2nd Edition

Accelerating New Food Product Design and Development, 2nd Edition

See More Products

CHECK OUT OUR NEW POWER TRENDS

Immunity Logo
Natural & Organic Logo
Plant Based Logo
Protein Logo
Sugar Reduction Logo Sustainability Logo

Get our new eMagazine delivered to your inbox every month.

Stay in the know on the latest food & beverage product development trends.

SUBSCRIBE TODAY!
  • More
    • Want More
    • Connect
    • Editorial Guidelines
    • New Product Submission Form
    • Food & Beverage Brands
    • Custom Content & Marketing Services
    • Market Research
    • List Rental
    • Survey And Sample
  • Advertise With Us
    • Advertise
    • 2024 Planning Guide
    • 2023 Planning Guide
  • Subscribe
  • PRIVACY
    • PRIVACY POLICY
    • TERMS & CONDITIONS
    • DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
    • PRIVACY REQUEST
    • ACCESSIBILITY
    • UPDATE MY PREFERENCES

Copyright ©2023. All Rights Reserved BNP Media.

Design, CMS, Hosting & Web Development :: ePublishing