Functional Food
Emerging Taste Trends for New Functional Foods and Beverages
In today’s fast-changing food and beverage environment, even the savviest AI would likely scratch its head trying to decide how to create a new hit product. Sustainability, climate change, health and wellness, new botanical flavors, plant proteins, immune support, sleep and relaxation—all are product-development variables that must be taken into consideration in the race to ...
Sodium Reduction Benchmarks Bring Challenges & Opportunities
Reducing sodium intake is a global health priority. In processed foods, salt serves as a flavoring agent, preservative and texturant. Consequently, food manufacturers are facing extensive challenges in reducing the salt content of their food while still maintaining the desired taste attributes and functional properties of their products. In this article, we will explore why ...
The Nature of “Sustainable Nutrition”
Kerry’s goal for sustainable nutrition is to reach more than 2 billion people with sustainable nutrition solutions by 2030; however, to succeed in doing this we must be cognisant of the changing nature and perception of “sustainable nutrition.” Consumers are demanding sustainability; there’s no doubt about it. This shift has become even more prevalent in ...
Ashwagandha in the Age of Stress
We are living through times of huge stress. As Innova Market Insights noted in 2020, “Recent events have had a significant effect on mental wellbeing, with many people facing increased rates of anxiety off the back of the COVID-19 pandemic.”1 Since then, of course, new sources of uncertainty have emerged—inflation, economic volatility and a seemingly ...
Functional Nutrition for Changing Consumer Needs
Fifty years ago, Kerry was a small dairy company in the southwest of Ireland. Today, it’s a global leader in sustainable nutrition, health and food and beverage ingredients. One of the reasons it’s been able to grow is its commitment to scanning the horizon and keeping in touch with the way consumers’ nutrition needs have ...
Food Waste and Loss Reduction Through Clean Label & Conventional Preservation
Sustainability has become a top-of-mind issue for consumers, reaching all industries and demanding solutions to address challenges related to a human population set to reach 10 billion by 2050 (United Nations). Within the food industry, implementing strategies for reducing loss and waste is of paramount concern in emerging and developed markets alike. Food “loss” represents ...
Enzymes: Leading the Creation of a Better and More Sustainable Future for Food
Why We Need a More Sustainable Food System As the world continues to confront the coronavirus pandemic, we have a striking opportunity and obligation to create a more inclusive, resilient and sustainable food system. Today, our food system is responsible for more than 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, with food loss and waste alone ...
Is Fermentation the Future of Our Food?
What is driving the current interest in fermentation? There is no doubt that there is a growing consumer fascination with, and positivity toward, fermentation due to awareness of the health benefits that fermented food offers. This is based on the understanding that eating fermented foods has a positive impact on our gut microbiome, the trillions ...
More Than Immune Health
How the pandemic has fundamentally redefined attitudes to functional nutrition. New Insights Into the Impact of COVID-19 It’s no longer news that the pandemic has massively increased interest in immune health, and demand for functional foods and beverages that offer to boost it. However, a far more fundamental shift has taken place over the last ...
Redesigning to Protect Quality and Reduce Food Waste
There is a disturbing global paradox between the amount of food wasted and the hundreds of millions of people suffering from hunger and malnutrition. One-third of all food produced is wasted. This equates to a staggering $940 billion annually while 690 million people are malnourished and without access to the food they need for a ...
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