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Positive Snacking
Helping consumers move from feeling guilty to feeling great about snacking. There was a time when the word “snack” referred to a handful of popcorn or a chocolate chip cookie between meals. It was a quick indulgence or something to hide the hunger pang until the next meal. In the past few decades, the definition ...
Enzyme Therapy
A growing category, enzymes offer a number of benefits beyond aiding digestive health. The existence of enzymes has been well known for more than a century. However, much like probiotics, it has taken some time for U.S. consumers to fully understand their purpose and acknowledge their various benefits. Now that they are catching on, the ...
Supplier of the Month: Innophos, Inc.
Dr. Kim Ann Mink Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Innophos is a leading international producer of specialty ingredient solutions that deliver far-reaching, versatile benefits for the food, health, nutrition and industrial markets. The company leverages its expertise in the science and technology of blending and formulating phosphate, mineral and botanical-based ingredients to help its ...
Herbs and Botanicals Functionality
A better understanding and appreciation of herbs and botanicals by consumers is leading to more use and innovation in nutraceutical products. According to the World Health Organization, the worldwide annual market for herbal medicinal products is approaching $60 billion. These “herbal medicinal products” refer to herbs and botanicals. As Dr. Josh Axe, a certified doctor ...
Embracing Fiber
New functional roles for fiber help expand the market for health benefits and product development. Generally speaking, it is well known that fiber consumption is crucial to one’s healthy diet. It can be broken down into two types—soluble and insoluble—both of which are necessary as a result of their various functions. On one hand, soluble ...
The Plant Protein Rise
Protein remains a significant opportunity for the food and beverage industry, and as the market continues to evolve, interest in plant proteins grows. For example, Mordor intelligence reports the global plant protein market to be $14 billion (U.S.) by 2022, while a recent study conducted by Packaged Facts (2016) found that half of Americans now ...
Excitement for Fiber
The importance of fiber brings appeal to functional foods. For years, via advertisements and pure word-of-mouth, individuals have not only praised the wonders of fiber, but how important it is to consume it. Insoluble fiber for instance, helps digestive health, such as through combatting constipation (mayoclinic.org). According to pubmed.gov, studies have also shown that ingesting ...
Not So Heavy Metal: Formulating with Minerals
The mineral kingdom provides many elements humans require for homeostasis—although this is far from news, consumers equate foods and beverages that have superior mineral content with “good for me.” For example, if your company creates a healthy cereal pack with no fortified minerals and the competition has something very similar but with “added calcium and ...
Safe, Effective Antioxidants
Improved consumer and scientific understanding of antioxidants help grow the market. The human body is in a constant state of metabolic reactions, several of which generate free radicals that need to be quenched since they can cause damage to cells, tissues and vital organs. “The human system has the potential to quench these free radicals, ...
Expanding Applications for Pre- & Probiotics
Probiotics are mainstream, prebiotics are on the rise, and synbiotics are the next big thing. Data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) shows that approximately four million U.S. adults had used probiotics in the past 30 days. “Among adults, probiotics or prebiotics were the third most commonly used dietary supplement other than vitamins ...
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