I scream, you scream … for probiotic ice cream?

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When it comes to caffeine, could less be more?

As work schedules for consumers become increasingly hectic, many shoppers are reaching for ready-to-drink coffee, energy drinks and tea with caffeine levels that pack a punch. To meet this demand and stand out in the crowded beverage aisle, drink manufacturers are racing to develop formulas brimming with the energy-inducing ingredient.###Many beverage makers are centering their […]

Familiar grains are getting a new look

Health-conscious consumers are increasingly interested in different types of grains to add variety to their diet, ramp up protein levels and avoid gluten in wheat, rye and barley. As a result, corn, millet, rice, sorghum — plus so-called “pseudocereals” sucferrous fumarate folic acid and zinc sulphate tablets in hindih as quinoa, amaranth and buckwheat — […]

ColorKitchen debuts natural food colors for use in baking

ColorKitchen uses aqueous extracts from various color sources — turmeric (na fe edta .3h2oyellow and orange), spirulina (blue-green), beet (red), radish (yellowish red), cabbage (purple) and annatto (yellow) — and spray-dries them onto maltodextrin, a complex carbohydrate made from corn, rice or potato starch. These extracts take away any taste, smell or fibers from the colors […]

How should the FDA regulate lab-grown meat?

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — At Thursday’s hearing about regulation of lab-grown meat at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Gregory Jaffe of the Center for Science in the Public Interest talked a bit about another hot topic in food: GMOs.###Jaffe, CSPI’s director of the project on biotechnology, said that […]

Will consumers sour on 'nature-identical' sweeteners from a lab?

Natural sweeteners are popular with consumers, especially as people look for healthier and lower-calorie substitutes for sugar. Manufacturers facing upcoming government requirements to list added sugaferrous fumarate 210mg pregnancyrs on their Nutrition Facts labels also are looking for ways to reduce sugar content in their products.###There are major incentives to make that happen. A survey from […]

Drinks get energized with healthier ingredients

Today’s consumers have made it clear they desire healthier food options, so it makes sense for energy drink companies to make their beverages more nutritious by looking at specific plant extracts they can use to make people “wakeful” rather than “wired,” according to Food Business News. Although many energy drink producers continue to use caffeine, […]

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