Bill Graham, Vice President, Sales North America, PROVA Inc., announced that Brian Wilson has joined PROVA as a food technologist.

Renee Santy has joined Wixon, a manufacturer of seasonings, flavors and technologies for the food and beverage industry, as Food Scientist in the company’s Consumer Products Lab.

Prepared Foods’ R&D Seminar presenters give attendees helpful, how-to advice to formulate foods that meet consumer clean label demands.

In all surveys prognosticating the biggest trends in the food and beverage industry for 2015, allergen-free formulation keeps landing at or near the top.

In creating holistic food concepts that highlight new and upcoming flavor trends, research chefs and product developers increasingly recognize the need to highlight both the textures and flavors consumers are drawn to, prefer and that evoke an emotional response.

Confections makers understand that, while chocolate is universally the leading favorite flavor, merely throwing chocolate into a formulation can incite more disappointment than pleasure.

Prepared Foods talks with Tom Preniczky, a research and development specialist at Sweet Street Desserts, a Reading, Pa., desserts manufacturer and foodservice supplier.