functional ingredients
26 Apr 2024
--- The Sustainable Beverages (SusBev) project aims to use and ferment agricultural residues and side streams from viticulture and other regional agricultural processes to produce health-focused beverages, targeting adults who...
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24 Apr 2024
--- Unilever has revealed plans to scale back some of its sustainability targets, including more responsible packaging, backing for SMEs and support for the living wage, in a move that has drawn criticism from NGOs. The FMCG...
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24 Apr 2024
--- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently released its report titled “Integrating Africa’s forgotten foods for better nutrition,” as well as “Compendium of forgotten foods in...
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23 Apr 2024
--- Flavor trends in the food industry are constantly shifting, influenced by changing consumer demands, innovations in manufacturing and ingredient advancements. According to a recent study by Innova Market Insights, 1 in 3...
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Pharmactive to showcase saffron extract and its aged black garlic botanical ingredients at Vitafoods
22 Apr 2024
--- Spanish biotechnology company Pharmactive Biotech Products, SLU is set to present its Affron saffron extract and ABG+ (aged black garlic) clean label botanical ingredients, as well as its new Affron gummies, at Vitafoods...
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22 Apr 2024
--- Food and drink manufacturers are increasingly formulating to maximize the value of products. It’s not enough to have something that tastes great — consumers want taste and they want to be happy about what they...
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19 Apr 2024
--- Kemin Industries reveals it received a Novel Food authorization from the European Commission for BetaVia Pure. According to the company, the authorization marks a milestone for Kemin and its efforts to provide innovative...
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19 Apr 2024
--- Nestlé has resisted investor proposals to reduce levels of fat, salt and sugar in products. During yesterday’s AGM, only 11% of shareholders backed a proposal which called for the F&B giant to cut back on...
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19 Apr 2024
--- This week in industry news, Cargill and Nestlé Purina began a new partnership to support the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices across more than 200,000 acres of corn and soy farmland in the US Midwest....
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18 Apr 2024
--- Research and suppliers continue to spotlight the efficacy of prebiotic chicory root fiber, its ability to boost digestive health and to modulate the gut-axes. Emerging research points to chicory root as a critical ingredient...
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18 Apr 2024
--- FoodChain ID has unveiled a regulatory library module called “Sustainable Packaging Services” as a digital tool to enable food manufacturers to keep up with changing global regulations on sustainable packaging....
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18 Apr 2024
--- As the F&B industry grapples with food waste, scientists in Singapore have tapped into a technology to extract 80% of the available protein from beer-brewing leftovers known as brewers’ spent grain (BSG). The...
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18 Apr 2024
--- Tereos has opened a new Customer Innovation Centre located in Aalst, Belgium. The facility is designed to foster innovation and deepen collaboration with customers by offering a range of services and solidifying its role as...
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17 Apr 2024
--- Ingredion’s stevia subsidiary PureCircle has received plant breeders’ rights (PBR) for its proprietary stevia plant varietal from Chinese regulators in a move that allows the company to expand in China. This...
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17 Apr 2024
--- Danish-Swedish dairy multinational Arla Foods Ingredients debuts a high-protein beverage called Progamer. The functional drink is geared toward nutrition-conscious gamers and e-sporters who want to boost gaming performance...
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17 Apr 2024
--- Givaudan Sense Colour is rolling out a series of new natural color solutions in line with market demands, including a phycocyanin-rich natural blue hue similar to spirulina, its Endure Red Beet, which can be a suitable...
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17 Apr 2024
--- Consumer demand for nutritional snacks that deliver on taste and texture continues to grow as major ingredient suppliers develop increasingly functional solutions to support human and planetary health. In this report, we...
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16 Apr 2024
--- dsm-firmenich has obtained a renewal of the European Union authorization for 25OHD3 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae CBS 146008 in poultry and pigs and extension for its use in ruminants, based on its Hy-D scientific dossier...
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16 Apr 2024
--- Nestlé experts are exploring how advanced data science and AI can be leveraged to help select and breed more climate-resilient plants amid climate change threatening coffee cultivation.
16 Apr 2024
--- Puratos and its Belgian chocolate brand Belcolade have unveiled their latest annual report of the Cacao-Trace sustainable cocoa program that demonstrates it is “on track” to achieve its ambition of reaching up to...
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