Sweeteners

The beverage craze continues to attract consumers looking for energy, hydration, vitamins and minerals, or just people looking for a feel-good beverage that delivers all of the above. Consumers are looking for better beverage alternatives with real nutritional benefits for day-to-day consumption. They’re also looking for good options to provide to their children. Current health concerns, including obesity, are prompting ...

Like people, some ingredients work harder than others. The quest for greater productivity and cost efficiency in manufacturing has R&D reaching for truly multifunctional ingredients—those that can replace more than one ingredient in a formula while improving functionality, flavor and/or nutrition.STRONG PERFORMERSGums, starches and fibers are common multi-taskers in today’s foods. In a soup or sauce, a gum often replaces ...

Al Yeganeh is one misunderstood man. To the extent that you may understand him at all, it’s probably as the persona based loosely on Yeganeh and made infamous in a 1995 “Seinfeld” episode that quickly slipped into pop-culture lore. But Yeganeh is simply a man with passion, and his passion is to make the best soup in the world.Yeganeh ran ...

Variations on the always-popular strudel can provide heightened interest in this classic. This fruit-nut adaptation adds new dimensions of flavor in the strudel itself, with cranberries and star anise to accent the apples, and basil accents in the sauce, which spins vanilla in a new direction. The manufacturing formula for this product yields a very similar product to the gold-standard ...

The class of indulgent beverages dubbed “drinkable desserts” has exploded in popularity in the foodservice and retail segments. Although it’s the flavor of such creations that gets most of the attention, their texture is critical. Success may hinge on the crunch of candy inclusions in a shake, the icy bite of a smoothie or the caress of warm chocolate on ...