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Prepared Foods September 1, 2006 Marcia A. Wade |
A Defense of Functional Foods Defining functional foods... Functional ingredients to fight antioxidants... Lack of consumer awareness or scientific validation are biggest challenges in product development... Anti-oxidant tag teams... The right recipe for health and taste... etc. |
Prepared Foods September 2008 Claudia O'Donnell |
Article: Emerging Healthy Ingredients: Staples to Stars A few surprises surfaced in the i2008 Prepared Foods' R&D Trends Survey: Functional Foods. |
Food Processing December 13, 2006 |
Wellness Foods Trends 2007 Top experts in consumer and producer research bring you the latest in ingredient and product trends. |
Prepared Foods September 1, 2006 William A. Roberts, Jr. |
Claiming a Function Functional foods can claim preventative health benefits, but be careful to not infer a cure-all food. |
Nutra Solutions April 1, 2005 Marcia A. Wade |
The Function Junction The Prepared Foods' 2005 R&D Trends Survey: Functional Foods and Beverages highlights the ingredient trends, marketing and regulatory factors that produce healthful benefits and product success. |
Food Processing October 2007 |
Power Up: Ingredients for Energy and Immunity One of the hottest trends is designing and marketing foods and beverages promising quick fixes to our energy- and health-deprived society. |
Food Processing January 2007 David Joy |
FDA considers functional foods There is no formal regulatory definition associated with the term "functional foods," but the FDA is soliciting information and comments on whether or not these foods should be regulated more strictly. |
Nutra Solutions March 5, 2005 Claudia O'Donnell |
New Products Tackle Diseases Researchers are striving to identify individual healthful compounds that can be added to diets, while companies work to identify compounds backed by sound science that will attract customers. Here's a review of what their efforts are delivering. |
Prepared Foods May 1, 2005 Marcia A. Wade |
"Better-for-you" Beverages The taste and content of healthy beverages has come a long way since bottled water. However, if a better-for-you product does not balance health perception, texture and taste, consumer acceptance will be a complete washout. |
Food Processing November 2005 Kantha Shelke |
Better living through (food) chemistry Are you familiar with guarana, yerba mate and choline? They and other ingredients are providing quite a performance boost -- for consumers and for sales of certain foods and beverages. |
Food Processing December 2006 David Feder, R.D. |
Well Noted: The four B's of nutraceuticals With few exceptions, wellness ingredients are restricted to beverages, bars, baked goods and breakfast foods. Processors need to look at other opportunities to incorporate functional ingredients into the food chain. |
Food Processing August 2006 David Joy |
Regulatory Issues: Opportunities and challenges of functional ingredients There is more than one way to conclude whether a functional ingredient intended for addition to food is legal. |
Nutra Solutions December 1, 2007 |
Nutra Solutions' Ingredients for Health Guide A guide with statistics on health condition prevalence and market size -- as well as commercially available ingredients that assist in production formulations -- is provided. |
Nutra Solutions March 15, 2006 Claudia O'Donnell |
Nutritionals at the Tipping Point Ingredients such as omega-3s, lutein and lycopene slowly are expanding from the dietary supplement into the food industry both as components naturally present in foods and as added ingredients, primarily in bar and beverage applications. |
Prepared Foods May 6, 2007 Elizabeth Mannie |
Formulating Tasteful Nutritional Products From probiotics to soy isoflavones, the challenge is to maintain a product's health benefits while providing products that please consumer taste buds. |
Prepared Foods February 2, 2007 Claudia O'Donnell |
A PF Exclusive: Turning the Tide The trend toward increased obesity may be reversing itself, although challenges remain. |
Nutra Solutions May 1, 2006 Kerry Hughes |
From Organic and Natural to Fair Trade Foods produced with ethical considerations in mind, such as fair trade products, are on a fast growth track. |
Nutra Solutions October 1, 2007 Amy Schauwecker |
Article: Fully Loaded: Sports and Energy Products The sports and energy product category continues to experience phenomenal growth. |
Delicious Living Thea Deley |
The FDA Rules: The Function in Foods If your morning glass of orange juice contained calcium, or your lunchtime salad dressing boasted vitamin E, or perhaps your midafternoon snack bar supplied ginseng, you ingested nutraceuticals today. Surprised? |
Prepared Foods January 1, 2007 |
Formulating for Performance Marketing products to both mainstream consumers and the serious athlete is difficult. Research shows that carbohydrate (CHO) metabolism differs between men and women athletes, for example. |
Nutra Solutions June 1, 2005 Keating & Leigh |
Multi-talented Ingredients: Tout Bene A decade ago, the concept of "functional foods" seemed distantly futuristic, even faddish. Today, multifunctional health positions are energizing the functional foods marketplace. |
Food Processing September 2011 Diane Toops |
IFIC Survey Zeros In On Consumer Perception Of Health And Wellness The seventh annual 2011 IFIC Functional Foods/Foods for Health Consumer Trending Survey shows 87 percent of American consumers are interested in learning more about beneficial products that can provide a host of health benefits. |
Nutra Solutions September 1, 2006 |
Condition-Specific Products While generally healthful foods likely will continue to make up the bulk of "good-for-you" items on grocery store shelves, foods and supplements that target specific health conditions are on the rise. |
Food Processing February 2013 Mark Anthony |
Macronutrients and Micronutrients Offer Key Ingredients to Brain Health The brain requires adequate protein, essential fatty acids and a variety of micronutrients. If processors feel they need to think before employing formulations with ingredients for brain and cognitive health, there now is a wealth of nutraceuticals for just that. |
Food Processing October 2008 |
Abuzz With Energy Drinks The "energy food s"category is expected to top $10 billion by 2010, according to Mintel International, Chicago. |
Nutra Solutions September 1, 2006 |
State of the Nutra Industry Interview with a diverse panel of industry experts to provide insight into current and future affairs specific to the various sub-markets that make up the great nutra-industry. |
Food Processing April 2007 Kantha Shelke |
Cheers! Beverages for Health Ingredient suppliers are using technological advances to help beverage makers transform mass market beverages into healthful juice drinks and condition-specific formulations with double and even triple-digit growth. |
Food Processing February 2007 Feder & Shelke |
Heart Health, Naturally Heart health isn't just about removing certain ingredients, such as trans fats and hydrogenated oils. It's also about adding ingredients, such as omega3's, fiber, antioxidants, CoQ-10 and phytosterols. |
Food Processing December 2009 |
The Next Wave: Wellness Food Trends for 2010 Our annual look at the future of better-for-you foods. |
Food Processing October 2009 Diane Toops |
No Health Care Debate Over Food Amid the nationwide debate over health care, Americans appear to agree on one thing: Food is one tool they can use to improve their health. |
Prepared Foods May 1, 2005 William A. Roberts, Jr. |
Function Takes Form In this health-oriented era where the consumer is looking for a quick fix, the functional food category has a great deal of potential. Yet, much of that potential remains unrealized. |
Food Processing April 2005 Kantha Shelke |
How to say it organically Consumers are buying into organic foods; are food processors buying organic ingredients? |
Food Processing February 2008 Jennifer LeClaire |
Women take Heart Heart disease kills several million women each year, but food processors are targeting it in a campaign to enhance women's heart health. |
Science News April 2, 2005 Janet Raloff |
Improving Prospects for Functional Foods The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) reports the nutraceutical industry faces major roadblocks to expansion unless the federal government institutes new regulations to streamline the FDA's evaluation of candidates for this novel class of products. |
Nutra Solutions June 2, 2006 |
Nudging in the Nutrients Nutraceutical ingredients can interact significantly with vitamins and minerals during storage and processing and have different stability characteristics. Knowing what interactions will occur is key. |
Food Processing October 2006 Kantha Shelke |
Eat Yourself Thin America's obsession with its waistline has made the food industry pay closer attention to a new breed of diet- and weight-friendly foods. |
Food Engineering January 1, 2007 |
Regulatory Watch After receiving comments from industry and consumer groups, FDA will decide whether there should be a regulatory definition of functional foods, and if so, what it should be. |
Nutra Solutions July 1, 2006 |
Building Better Foods and Supplements Whey proteins, whether isolates, concentrates or in a hydrolyzed form, long have been used in products to benefit consumers looking for enhanced sports performance. |
Nutra Solutions March 11, 2007 Claudia O'Donnell |
NutraSolutions' New Products Annual -- Bioactives & Antioxidants In 2006, the Mintel Global New Product Database recorded 703 new foods and dietary supplements that referred to antioxidants. Meanwhile, probiotics have finally hit the big time. |
Food Processing September 2005 Kantha Shelke |
Mainstream consumers seek healthful ingredients Consumers experiencing those aches and pains of natural aging understand the food-health connection, while media and government initiatives increase focus on the food-health relationship. |
Food Processing October 2010 |
On-The-Go Consumers Craving Energy Bars and Beverages Time-starved consumers are replacing a meal or a less nutritious snack with hand-held protein, fruits and vegetables. |
Prepared Foods February 3, 2006 Marcia A. Wade |
Mother Hubbard's New Cupboard Insights into the "rhyme and reason" behind ingredients used to formulate and market weight control products. |
Nutra Solutions July 1, 2005 Keating & Leigh |
Heart-healthy Ingredients: The Beat Goes On Nutraceutical companies respond to cardiovascular disease with products that control cholesterol levels, increase fiber intake and contain omega-3s, phytosterols, garlic and other beneficial ingredients. |
Food Processing February 2010 David Feder |
Wellness Foods: Healthy Beverages offer Health in a Can Consumers are guzzling antioxidants, fruits, vegetables and other good-for-you ingredients -- but formulation hurdles remain. |
Prepared Foods August 2007 William A. Roberts, Jr. |
Complex Function When it comes to functional foods and beverages, consumers are both skeptical and confused. |
Food Processing October 2008 Mark Anthony |
Consumers Choosing Fit Over Fat Processors are providing -- and wise consumers are choosing -- foods that just may turn around the obesity epidemic. |
Food Processing October 2011 Mark Anthony |
Energy Drinks Take Aim at Busy Consumers Consumers are flocking to energy drinks in an attempt to feel better about nutrition while maintaining our 21st Century fast-paced lifestyle. |
Prepared Foods August 11, 2006 Julia M. Gallo-Torres |
Editorial Views: Uncompromising Taste At IFT Show, a plethora of suppliers... R&D Applications Seminars to be held in September... |
Prepared Foods March 11, 2007 |
Abstracts Blueberries -- best of the berries?... Rising demand for omega-3 EPA and DHA from fish oil... Helps meet consumer demand for flax lignans... etc. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter April 1999 Beth Brophy & David Schardt |
Functional Foods ...What's wrong with adding vitamins, fiber, herbs, and extracts to foods that ordinarily don't contain them?... |