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PF January 2025 cover

January 2025

Check out the January 2025 issue of Prepared Foods, featuring our cover story on How to Reduce Sugar in Dairy Formulations, solve the cocoa challenge, profiling new traditional meat proteins, and more.

Cover Story

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Lifeway Protein Kefir package

Sweetness in Dairy, Redefined

With consumers demanding lower sugar without any loss of comforting flavor, the dairy food industry has made great strides in reducing sugars in dairy products
Hari Meletharayil, PhD Emil Nashed, MS
December 30, 2024

Five main approaches to decrease or remove sugar from dairy foods include direct reduction; substitution with a lower-calorie sweetener; substitution with a non-nutritive, high-intensity sweetener; utilization of processing technologies; and leveraging food science and sensory principles to enhance sweetness without sugar.


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Features

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T Hasegawa Cocoa

How to Solve the Cocoa Challenge

New ingredients, angles, options to extend or replace chocolate
Kantha Shelke, PhD
Kantha Shelke PhD, CFS
December 26, 2024

These challenges already have caused lower cocoa yield and supply instability, leading in turn to quality and safety concerns, with heavy metal and pesticide contamination from archaic farming and handling practices. Meanwhile social and environmental issues including child labor, economic inequity, and high-carbon-emission transportation methods tied to unsustainable farming practices are compounding these interconnected issues. 


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Swap Chicken Fillet

Plant-Based Proteins on the Rise: New Chicken, Pork, and Seafood Alternatives Make Waves

From plant-based chicken filets to BBQ pork baos and salmon filets, innovators are redefining meatless meals with bold flavors and clean ingredients
Prepared Foods Editorial Staff
January 2, 2025

"We created a product that we believe will unlock the plant-based category for the mainstream consumer,” said Tristan Maurel, CEO and co-founder. “SWAP Chicken's superior taste, clean ingredients and unrivaled product versatility finally enable chefs to recreate traditional recipes using only plant-based ingredients.”


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Bumble Bee Seafood Kits

Fresh Takes on Meat, Poultry & Seafood: Q4 New Product Innovations

From authentic Cuban-inspired beef to convenient seafood kits and bold new bacon flavors, new introductions bring innovation and flavor to the forefront
Prepared Foods Editorial Staff
January 1, 2025

"Weekday mornings are busy – not just for parents, but kids, too, and trying to think of nutritious and delicious meals can put a damper on mealtimes," said Joseph O'Connor, Applegate president. "With this launch we hope to give families back some of that time; while starting the day off right."


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