Ingredion Add Nine New Additions to Non-GMO Project Verification
06 Jan 2017 --- Ingredion Incorporated, a leading global provider of ingredient solutions to diversified industries, have announced nine additions to the company’s key sweetener, texturizer and nutrition solutions that have achieved Non-GMO Project Verified status, bringing the total Non-GMO Project Verified ingredient solutions to 57.
The Non-GMO Project (www.nongmoproject.org) offers independent verification for products made according to rigorous best practices for GMO avoidance.
Ingredion’s Verified products are produced in compliance with the Non-GMO Project Standard, which means that ongoing testing of all GMO risk ingredients, facility inspections and an annual audit ensure the company meets the highest standards currently available for GMO avoidance.
The following 9 products have been added to our growing list of Non-GMO Project Verified products:
• GLOBE 10 DE Maltodextrin NON GMO IP
• GLOBE 15 DE Maltodextrin NON GMO IP
• GLOBE 18 DE Maltodextrin NON GMO IP
• ULTRA-CRISP CS corn starch
• NOVATION PRIMA 340, instant functional native starch
• NOVATION PRIMA 350, instant functional native starch
• NOVATION PRIMA 300, functional native starch
• NOVATION PRIMA 600, functional native starch
• NOVATION ENDURA 0100 functional native starch
Ingredion manufactures its non-GMO maltodextrins in North America, which allows shorter lead times. The NOVATION functional starches enable food manufacturers to develop clean label foods that keep their indulgent textures following cold temperature storage. The starches offer a wide range of process tolerance and stability advantages in applications such as dressings, sauces, ready meals, yogurts and dairy desserts.
Non-GMO Project Verification underscores Ingredion’s TRUETRACE traceability program, which protects the purity of the company’s non-GMO offerings via, third-party-audited best practices for segregation and documentation of non-GMO corn.
Speaking with FoodIngredientsFirst, Afrouz Naeini, Senior Marketing Manager- Sweetness & Beverage. Ingredion Incorporated. Westchester, IL said: “According to the National Marketing Institute, consumer awareness of GMO, and their interest in non-GMO products has been on the rise and will continue to grow in 2017. Consumers place a high level of importance in having non-GMO options in foods and beverages that they consume regularly, in foods they perceive healthy and fresh, and in products that they feed their kids. Consumers are driving the demand for non-GMO food and beverage options, which in turn drives the demand for non-GMO ingredients in key categories.”
Naeini added: “With our wide portfolio of non-GMO sweeteners, from the zero calorie range to the full calorie range, we help our customers develop innovative products that are positioned to address market trends.”
“For example, Ingredion’s portfolio of non-GMO ENLITEN stevia sweeteners, from our farms in Brazil, enables manufacturers to address consumers’ health and nutrition goals by reducing sugar. And, our portfolio of non-GMO tapioca syrups offers manufacturers the opportunity meet consumers’ desire for simpler food and beverage product labels.”
“We currently carry over 300 non-GMO ingredients and expect this number to only increase in the future,” says Naeini.
“We are pleased to receive additional Non-GMO Project Verification, which adds another layer of trust to Ingredion’s long non-GMO track record and broad portfolio of ingredients,” said Igor Playner, vice president of innovation and strategy for Ingredion Incorporated, North America. “As consumer demand for non-GMO products continues to grow, manufactures can respond with products made from our Non-GMO Project Verified ingredient solutions that meet consumer demand for clean and simple labels and deliver on the sensory experience, including taste, texture and sweetness, consumers expect, with the convenience and performance manufactures require.”
The trend towards GMO-free is leading the US ingredient industry to respond. Last October, Cargill has for the first time taken the step to gain Non-GMO Project Verification for three of its food ingredients. Cargill’s erythritol, cane sugar and high oleic sunflower oil are now Non-GMO Project Verified and commercially available.
Cargill noted how annual sales of Non-GMO Project Verified products have increased from $348.8 million in 2010 to more than $19 billion as of March 2016. According to Packaged Facts, demand for non-GMO products is expected to grow 12 percent annually through 2018. With nearly 2,800 Non-GMO Project Verified brands sourcing ingredients to comply with the standard, food and beverage industry demand is outpacing supply.
At the end of 2016, Ingredion revealed plans to acquire all of the outstanding shares of TIC Gums Incorporated, a privately held, US-based company that provides advanced texture systems to the food and beverage industry for US$400 million. Its expertise with gum-based texturizers complements Ingredion’s expertise in starch technology, opening the door to new texture solutions for today’s food formulations.
by Elizabeth Kenward
