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Salt reduction technologies: Ohly discusses yeast extracts to limit sodium amid consumer demand

Salt reduction technologies: Ohly discusses yeast extracts to limit sodium amid consumer demand

As regulatory pressure to reduce sodium intensifies, food manufacturers face the challenge of reformulating popular products without losing flavor appeal. Summer is a critical period for savory foods like barbecue meats, dips, and salty snacks, making salt reduction strategies especially important for brands seeking to meet health guidelines while satisfying consumer expectations. To explore practical solutions, Food Ingredients First speaks with Daria Pashkova, product and marketing manager at Ohly. The company develops yeast-based ingredients designed to support sodium reduction by preserving savoury flavour profiles in demanding applications such as snacks and marinades.
Ice cream innovation: How clean label and plant-based advancements are reshaping indulgence
Ice cream innovation: How clean label and plant-based advancements are reshaping indulgence
As the ice cream market faces growing demand for clean labels, health-conscious formulations, and plant-based alternatives, brands are racing to maintain and improve indulgent qualities without compromising on consumers’ growing ethical and nutritional concerns. 
ADM talks reinventing mouthfeel to support functional formulations across global markets
ADM talks reinventing mouthfeel to support functional formulations across global markets
Functionality and plant-based preferences are pushing food and beverage innovators to replicate indulgent sensory experiences, particularly texture and mouthfeel. This demand often coincides with reducing sugar, sodium, fat, and artificial additives as buyers profile ingredients more carefully than ever. Manufacturers increasingly turn to mouthfeel, which has become a critical factor in delivering consumer satisfaction across dairy, alt-dairy, snacks, and ready-to-drink categories.
Driving Innovation in Plant Based Foods with Biolev
Driving Innovation in Plant Based Foods with Biolev
Re-Imagining Plant Based. Yeast Solutions for superior Flavor, Texture & Mouthfeel. Discover how Biolev yeast solutions can bridge the gap between functionality and naturalness, creating rich flavor, low sodium and clean label plant-based foods.  Let's bring authenticity back into plant-based innovation, naturally. This Technical Paper is brought to you by Biolev by Levapan.
IFT First 2025 live: Lallemand Bio-Ingredients highlights its yeast protein offerings
IFT First 2025 live: Lallemand Bio-Ingredients highlights its yeast protein offerings
Bob Villeneuve, global sales director, Lallemand Bio-Ingredients, discusses what makes yeast protein a strong alternative to traditional proteins for plant-based and high-protein foods. He highlights its neutral flavor profile and high nutritional value, among other benefits. Villeneuve also examines the role yeast protein will play in future food, as the search for alternative sources of protein, rather than conventional animal-based protein, continues to develop.
PLMA 2025 review: Alternative protein and dairy gain ground amid plant-based push
PLMA 2025 review: Alternative protein and dairy gain ground amid plant-based push
Evolving consumer expectations toward healthier, more sustainable, and creatively indulgent F&B shaped the product landscape at PLMA 2025 in Amsterdam (May 20-21), where 3,160 exhibitors from 75 countries showcased the latest private label innovation. Key highlights included plant-based proteins, algae-based egg replacers, hybrid dairy formats, climate-conscious formulations, and modern takes on traditional staples.

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IFT First 2025 live: HTBA unlocks flavonoid power to tackle sweetness and mouthfeel challenges in F&B
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HealthTech Bio Actives (HTBA) is showcasing its flavonoid-powered OptiTaste taste modulation solutions at IFT First 2025 in Chicago, US (July 14-16). The natural, upcycled ingredients aim to reduce added sugar, optimize mouthfeel, and mask unwanted flavors in F&B formulations.
Sustainable fats: NoPalm Ingredients study shows consumers prefer yeast oil over palm
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Yeast oil is significantly more liked than palm oil as an ingredient in Germany and France, a study by biotech company NoPalm Ingredients has revealed. Yeast oil, viewed as healthier and more environmentally friendly than palm oil, also met the action standard for product appeal and purchase intent when used as a fat alternative in margarine.
Wiliot talks scaling ambient IoT to cut food waste and emissions across supply chains
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The food industry faces cross-cutting pressures such as geopolitical conflict, climate change, changing regulations, and foodborne illnesses. While these issues are pushing the boundaries of innovation, they also escalate supply chain disruptions and challenge global food safety, food security, and nutrition. With technology driving changes in food production, food safety mechanisms are also evolving. However, while big data, AI, and Internet of Things (IoT) are being leveraged to identify risks more efficiently, research indicates that their implementation can be challenging.
FDA accelerates natural dye adoption with gardenia blue approval
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the gardenia (genipin) blue as a new color additive for various food products, marking the fourth natural color approved in the past two months. The color, derived from the gardenia fruit, can now be used in sports drinks, flavored or enhanced non-carbonated water, fruit drinks, ready-to-drink teas, and candies.
Kerry talks digital and natural solutions to mitigate global food waste crisis
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Kerry is reshaping its food waste reduction strategies as consumers increasingly favor sustainability and value for money in products. By leveraging predictive modeling tools for meat and bakery shelf life and reformulating with shelf-stable ingredients, the company aims to support manufacturers in making “informed, data-driven decisions” that align with the surge in preference for sustainable and cost-effective solutions.
IFT First 2025 live: Beneo highlights natural toolkit for weight management formulation
Beneo's stand at IFT First 2025.

Nutrition Insight

At IFT First 2025 in Chicago, Illinois, US, Beneo (Booth S1634) is showcasing its nutrition-forward solutions for weight management and consumers using GLP-1 medications. Live on the trade show floor, Nutrition Insight sits down with Kyle Krause, Beneo’s regional product manager, to discuss how its range of ingredients — including prebiotic chicory root fibers, the low-glycemic carbohydrate Palatinose, and plant-based proteins — provides brands with diverse, science-supported solutions to target key health concerns such as satiety, blood sugar control, and digestive wellness.
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Olive oil fraud: Experts discuss climate, supply chain and counterfeiting challenges

Olive oil is now at the center of a global fraud crisis as climate change shrinks harvests and elevates prices, leading to increased incentive for criminal deception. From counterfeit labels to oils diluted with cheaper vegetable fats, fraudsters exploit regulatory gaps and consumer trust, while authorities scramble to keep pace.

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The UK’s 10-year Health Plan: Challenges and opportunities for F&B

The UK government has set out its 10-year Health Plan which will restrict junk food advertising targeted at children, ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under 16-year-olds, reform the soft drinks industry levy to drive reformulation, and introduce mandatory health food sales reporting for all large companies in the food sector.

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Labeling pain: Swiss government mandates transparency for animal suffering

Yesterday, the Swiss Federal Council introduced mandatory labeling requirements for food derived from non-human animals subjected to painful procedures without anesthesia. Animal welfare groups welcome the regulation but favor an import ban on animal-derived food produced using practices banned in Switzerland because of their cruelty.

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AI-enhanced innovationJul2025

According to data from Innova Market Insights, consumers express interest in AI involvement in F&B production. Globally, 41% see significant potential in using AI to develop F&B products, enco...

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Healthy snacking Jul 2025

Innova Market Insights indicates a 22% year-over-year growth in snack launches featuring health claims between April 2023 and March 2025. Over half of these launches were from Asia. Snack nuts and seeds were the top subcategory, and almond was the top ingredient. The top three health-related positionings were heart health, energy and alertness, and weight management.

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Sodium reduction technology trendsJul 2025

Innova Market Insights data indicates that nearly one-third of consumers are actively limiting their sodium intake, driving innovation in the F&B sector. More than one-third of reduced sodium launches were for Baby & Toddlers, and there is growth in reducing salt for Desserts & Ice Creams.

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IFT First 2025 live: Lallemand Bio-Ingredients highlights its yeast protein offerings

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