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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. |
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. |
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 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 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 September 2007 Claudia O'Donnell |
A PF Exclusive Survey: Energizing Ingredient Trends 63% of the survey respondents said it is important for the products to be developed for "sustained energy release." |
Prepared Foods October 2007 Elizabeth Mannie |
Article: Formulating Foods and Beverages for Enhanced Immunity Many ingredients have been found to enhance immunity and are popping up in new products on store shelves everywhere. Some of the more common ingredients are discussed here. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Food Processing December 2007 David Fede |
Wellness Ingredient Trends 2008 Trends in wellness that overarching obesity, diabetes and heart disease are spreading themselves too thin. The ingredient trends within these diseases are where processors will need to focus their energies. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Prepared Foods May 2009 |
R&D: Healthy Endeavors, from Pre- to Probiotics Speakers at an R&D Applications Seminar series offer formulation solutions in an area of growing popularity: probiotics, prebiotics and dietary fiber. |
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 December 2009 |
The Next Wave: Wellness Food Trends for 2010 Our annual look at the future of better-for-you foods. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Nutra Solutions March 15, 2006 Marcia A. Wade |
Moving Fiber off the Shelves Numerous studies have provided indisputable evidence that additional fiber in the diet helps to reduce coronary heart disease. Since fruits and vegetables are mostly water, eating those types of foods is only one method by which to increase fiber. |
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 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. |
Nutra Solutions March 11, 2007 Amanda Archibald |
NutraSolutions' New Products Annual -- Dietary Fiber/Prebiotics Fiber may have been upstaged or overshadowed by its carbohydrate cousin, whole grains. |
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. |
Prepared Foods April 9, 2007 Elizabeth Mannie |
Sweetening Functional Foods - April 2007 The best type of sweetener for functional foods on labeling and nutrient requirements, product characteristics and functionality requirements. |
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. |
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. |
Prepared Foods June 6, 2007 Claudia O'Donnell |
The Biotics As the success of probiotics grows in the North American market, the use of prebiotic fibers is also expanding. |
Food Processing December 2008 |
Ingredient Trends to Watch in 2009 Functional ingredients for health are moving in two directions: a widening application of individual nutraceuticals and an increase in "condition marketing." |
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. |
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 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. |
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. |
Nutra Solutions June 6, 2007 |
NutraNews Most Americans are unaware of key facts concerning healthy bones and bone disease... Booming nutraceutical industry looking at fresh ways to reach customers, improve services... Healthy ways to lose weight... etc. |
Prepared Foods August 2007 |
Abstracts Odorless rosemary extract... Freeze-dried fruit powder blends... Promising research on soy... Ice cream stabilizer... Reasons for raisins... etc. |
Food Processing October 2008 Mark Anthony |
Ingredients for Healthy Indulgence The smart strategy for processors intent on tapping the healthy indulgence market is to focus on the ingredients consumers equate with indulgence, yet deliver healthy profiles to the foods and beverages they enhance. |
Food Processing August 2011 Toops & Fusaro |
2011 IFT Food Expo Proved Fulfilling Despite fewer visitors, the Institute of Food Technologists' June show in New Orleans satisfied attendees and exhibitors. |
Prepared Foods May 1, 2006 Lauren Swann |
Whole Truths from a Grainy Trend The Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance document for comment in February 2006 to assist manufacturers with what the FDA considers appropriate food label statements regarding whole-grain content. |
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 September 18, 2007 Kerry Hughes |
Beneficial Support -- September 2007 There has been a veritable avalanche of studies citing nutritional benefits of certain foods, nutrients and herbs. This stands in contrast to the negative information that frequently emanates from the mainstream press. |
Food Processing June 2009 Diane Toops |
Superfruits: Back to Basics You don't have to travel to faraway places to get your antioxidants. |
Food Processing July 2012 |
Food Processors Looking at the Whole (Grain) Truth About Breakfast Cereal Despite what seems to be a perpetual war on carbohydrates, it's hard to escape this enduring tradition. |
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. |
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. |
Nutra Solutions January 1, 2005 Kerry Hughes |
Ingredients to Reduce Cancer Risks Approximately 35% of cancer deaths in the U.S. can be prevented by dietary means. Scientific evidence shows that properly balancing fruits, vegetables, dietary fiber, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and certain dietary supplements protects our health. |
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 August 2011 Diane Toops |
Breakfast Trends: New Ingredients Help Wake America Up Substitute new ingredients to make 'the most important meal' even healthier. |
Food Processing August 2008 Dave Fusaro & Diane Toops |
IFT's tasty return to New Orleans The heat and humidity of the Big Easy could not wilt the innovation of the annual food technology show. |
Prepared Foods June 5, 2007 William A. Roberts, Jr. |
Act Natural Data indicate organic products are making distinct in-roads into American buying patterns. |