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Barry Callebaut unlocks new categories for Cabosse Naturals’ cacao fruit innovation

12 Jan 2024 --- Barry Callebaut’s brand Cabosse Naturals is breaking into the wine segment with its upcycled cacaofruit. Adding value back into an often discarded byproduct from the chocolate industry, the solution has already proven its worth applicability across a line of ingredients including cacaofruit juice, pulp, concentrate and powder.

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Futuristic, Asian cuisines and cocktail-inspired flavors spearhead innovation amid supply chain challenges

10 Jan 2024 --- F&B companies are expected to intensify efforts to secure secondary and tertiary suppliers for ingredients like key flavors as a strategic response to economic uncertainties and inflation rates. As food manufacturers and ingredient suppliers navigate supply chain disruptions, significant shifts will likely be geared toward ingredient replacements using flavors, while...

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FrieslandCampina Ingredients predicts holistic health and alt-dairy as key 2024 nutrition trends

08 Jan 2024 --- To help brands unlock new areas for innovation and new product development in nutrition, FrieslandCampina Ingredients spotlights five crucial nutritional trends for 2024, and offers insights into the latest consumer research and market trends. The company expects these trends to drive the food, drink and supplement industries this year. The five trends shaping consumer habits...

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Technical Paper

Upcycled Natural Ingredients in Food Protection

Consumer demand for natural preservatives and clean label products in the food and beverage industry is on the rise like never before. As health-conscious consumers seek safer and more transparent options, the spotlight has shifted to natural ingredients that not only extend shelf life but also uphold the integrity of the product.This Technical Paper is from Alvinesa Natural Ingredients.

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The Editor Presents: The Consumer Trends Edition

Join The World of Food Ingredients’ editor, Missy Green, for a rundown of the December 2023 edition, which reflects on NPD from the past year and delves into the Top Ten Trends for 2024. Suppliers share their insights on what’s to come for “ingredients taking the spotlight” and emerging themes in F&B innovation. She’ll highlight the key takeaways from articles on...

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Targeting protein enrichment, gut health and high-end nutrition needs

FrieslandCampina Ingredients unveiled a heat-stable whey protein ingredient — Nutri Whey ProHeat — at FiE 2023. It can be added to medical nutrition products to provide a nutrient-dense liquid formulation with low viscosity, neutral pH, good drinkability and a clean taste. Vicky Davies, global senior marketing director, performance, active & medical nutrition, tells us more about...

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F&B industry review: Top read in 2023

In an eventful year for the food and beverage industry, AI transformed business operations, from environmental protection to next-gen product development. Plant-based continued its charge, with ingredient formulators achieving taste and texture gains. Also, other alt-protein technologies, like precision fermentation,...
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F&B industry review 2023: Coping with inflation, climate change and supply chain challenges

18 Dec 2023 --- Food Ingredients First celebrates the holiday season by looking back at some of the most significant news stories in 2023. The year has been packed with AI-enhanced innovations, a plethora of new ingredients and alternative proteins, novel food technologies and a whole host of R&D initiatives and trials predicted to shape future food. But, the year has also presented...

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Family cooking breakfast in the kitchen with mycelium-based meat alternatives.

Meati Foods-backed review flags nutrient-dense mycelium can “address world hunger”

12 Jan 2024 --- As Meati Foods announces a retail expansion of its Eat Meati product line in the US, researchers suggest that the company’s core ingredient, mycelium, has the potential to address malnutrition as a nutritious, desirable,... Read More

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IFF, Unilever and Dutch food scientists ally on plant-based flavor profiles

12 Jan 2024 --- International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has spearheaded a collaborative four-year research initiative with Unilever and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in protein-flavor interactions to address flavor challenges in... Read More

The Nescafé Dolce Gusto factory.

Beyond The Headlines: Nestlé invests in Vietnam coffee production, British-Mexico pork trade expands

12 Jan 2024 --- In this week’s industry news, Nestlé Vietnam announced US$100 million investment to increase production capacity of its Tri An coffee factory, located in the southern province of Đồng Nai. British pork exporters are set... Read More

Plastic waste floating in the ocean.

Microplastic contamination found in 90% of protein samples, including plant-based foods

12 Jan 2024 --- Microplastic particles have been identified in 88% of protein food samples tested in a new study by Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto, Canada. The samples were drawn from 16 different protein types destined for US... Read More

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Beyond sports nutrition: Lactalis Ingredients’ latest dairy protein innovations

11 Jan 2024 --- The dairy protein market is experiencing significant growth as applications extend beyond sports nutrition and into holistic health, gut health... Read More

Ingredient Focus : Plant-based evolution

Innova Market Insights data indicates that food & beverage launches with plant-based claims had a 26% growth from October 2018 to September 2023. Europe was the leader in launches, with a 41% share. While Dairy was the leading category, plant-based Confectionery is gaining ground fast.... More

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Vanilla innovation

Innova Market Insights data shows that vanilla-infused products are on the rise worldwide, experiencing a 1% year-on-year growth from October 2021 to September 2023. Confectionery leads in global launches at 37%, with Vanilla Bean emerging as the fastest-growing ingredient at a 3% CAGR from October 2018 to September 2023. In the latest period, top vanilla-inclusive launches focus on Ethical...
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TOP 5 VANILLA INGREDIENTS AS A PERCENTAGE (%) OF FOOD & BEVERAGE LAUNCHES TRACKED WITH VANILLA INGREDIENTS (GLOBAL, OCTOBER 2022 – SEPTEMBER 2023)

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