09 Apr 2024 --- Premium artisan UK ice cream brand Jefferson’s is launching its ice cream Sammies, made with homemade cookies, organic milk and other natural ingredients to bring a contemporary twist to old-fashioned American-style ice cream. It is extremely creamy, bursting with flavor and novel inclusions. We caught up with co-founder Celine Thompson to find out more. 

02 Apr 2024 --- Lallemand Bio-Ingredients exhibited its range of yeast ingredients designed for the savory snacking and meat spaces. According to Xavier Puyol, global accounts manager, yeasts are “smart” ingredients that are allergen-free, of non-animal origins, are friendly with religions and are easy to formulate with. The company also presented its nitrite-free salami which showcases how it is possible to have an all-natural salami product in the market. 

29 Mar 2024 --- Harnessing the power of Indian heritage and ancient grains, Healicious is a start-up presenting a range of millet concepts such as gluten-free pasta and alternatives to rice or cous cous. Aparna Chainani, co-founder, tells us: “We are making food products from millet. They are incredibly good for you, good for the gut, very high in protein, and we like to think of them as healing pseudo-grains in India.”

27 Mar 2024 --- Healy Group is showcasing its ingredient solutions for various applications, including reductions for salt, fat and sugar. Paul Sheldrake, group application & technical director, tells us how key market trends are driven by legislation across the F&B industry, such as HFSS rules. The company presented bakery and snack concepts with reduced salt but enhanced flavor.

26 Mar 2024 --- Spanish-founded start-up and foodservice supplier Novameat is harnessing opportunities for chefs in the foodservice arena to take plant-based dishes to the next level. Beatrix Ellis, commercial strategy lead, explains how the company is moving away from stigma-attached ingredients such as methylcellulose to “reinvent the plant-based space.” Ellis says they want to supply healthier alternatives to meat that can be cooked and designed in the same way as conventional meat dishes.

23 Nov 2023 --- Texture plays a major role in the sensory experience of food. Consumers seek products with delicious taste but also with good feelings in their mouths.Thanks to its high-water binding and texturizing capacities, Promilk® B Max is an innovative milk protein that maximizes and boosts the texture of food-finished products. It is a unique solution 100 % dairy to achieve the perfect texture, meeting consumer demands for perfect mouthfeel and natural, additive-free products with fully clean labels.This webinar shows applications where Promilk® B MAX can reveal its outstanding texturizing properties from airy foaming texture in fresh whipped cheese or whipped cream to firm, breakable and non-sticky texture in cheese portions.

04 Oct 2022 --- How sweet and which texture should your oat-milk alternative be? Plant-based milk alternatives now occupy more grocery store shelf real estate than ever before. Increasing consumer demand fuels the search for excellent dairy product alternatives that offer the best combination of ingredients, taste, and overall health benefits. Join this discussion to learn about the dos and don’ts of oat milk manufacturing for expeditious market development. This presentation includes a demonstration at our new food innovation space at The Hatchery, Chicago.

22 Nov 2021 --- In this webinar, experts from IFF cover how science is instrumental in developing phage-robust starter cultures and what we do to protect and expand the biodiversity of our cheese cultures portfolio. Learn about the knowledge we developed on phages of LAB, how we use this science and creativity to provide customers with phage management strategies and cope with phage ecology and their constant evolution.

20 Oct 2021 --- With growing interest in healthy eating, the market for nutritious foods is on the increase globally and cheese is one of the categories increasingly emerging as a healthy and nutritious food. While cheese has long been used as a snack the market has now developed to encompass a wide range of individually portioned ready-to-eat cheese products suitable for consumption in the home, on the go and in lunchboxes, including slices, lunch kits, dips, mini portions, shapes, sticks and strings. There are many challenges manufacturers face in the development of these ready-to-eat cheese products and Glanbia Ireland has developed CheddMax to help manufacturers deliver the taste and functionality the consumer demands, while overcoming these manufacturing challenges.

23 Jun 2021 --- Milk Proteins: The single protein solution to achieve functional and nutritional benefits in food and beverages. High protein foods has been a growing trend for a number of years driven by health conscious consumers seeking out high protein foods to support their active lifestyles. In addition to the needs of the active consumer there is a growing challenge of protein malnutrition amongst elderly consumers which has driven growth in the Clinical Nutrition category. With this increased demand for protein rich foods come challenges for manufacturers. Different protein sources perform differently during the manufacturing process which makes the functionality of protein very important. We will demonstrate the functionality of Milk Proteins compared with other protein sources during the manufacturing process, in the end product and in food and beverage applications.