Functional Ingredients

This section presents health news, new ingredients, research and new products as classified by functional ingredient type. These ingredients include antioxidants; bioactives; botanicals; dietary fiber & prebiotics; fruits, nuts & vegetables; grains & seeds; minerals, nutritional lipids, fats & oils; probiotics; proteins, collagen, amino acids & peptides; and vitamins & vitamin-like products.

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Antioxidants

Whole foods to extracts and individual molecules provide dietary antioxidants.

Bioactives, Specialty/Other

Purified nutrients and medicinal components show health-enhancing properties.

Botanicals

From tea to Ayurvedic medicine, industry gains a better understanding of these component's health benefits.

Dietary Fiber & Prebiotics

A diverse category, fibers display a range of health properties.

Fruits, Nuts & Vegetables

Whole food ingredients to concentrates and complex extracts enhance health.

Grains & Seeds

Governmental policy to health food enthusiasts promote grain and seed consumption.

Minerals

Essential minerals to specialized and emerging ones benefit specific conditions.

Nutritional Lipids, Fats & Oils

Omegas to CLA to specialized baking fats help improve one's health status.

Probiotics

On-going studies reveal the remarkable health benefits of these living organisms.

Proteins, Collagen, Amino Acids & Peptides

Individual amino acids to complex proteins offer a variety of health benefits.

Vitamins & Vitamin-like

Vitamin A to compounds like taurine contribute basic nutrition to specialized medicinal benefits.

his webinar will go over the basics of what you need to know when using an extruder to develop a final puffed product. It will also cover things to watch out for and mistakes to avoid when developing your puffed snack or cereal so it can be successful sooner with fewer trials.

With over 60% of US and Canadian consumers monitoring their sugar intake, it’s clear that sugar reduction initiatives are here to stay. As manufacturers are now required to use the ‘added sugar’ labeling designation, consumers are becoming even more savvy about their sugar intake.

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