11 Apr 2024 --- Syensqo highlights that natural vanillin can help F&B and nutrition manufacturers improve their product’s overall taste while meeting growing consumer demand for more functional and nutritional... Read More

22 Mar 2024 --- This week in nutrition news, the EU trade body for sports and active nutrition, the European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSNA), highlighted the need to add new members in an uncertain regulatory... Read More

13 Mar 2024 --- In a time marked by heightened consumer consciousness surrounding health and wellness, the food manufacturing industry grapples with a pressing dilemma: meeting the demand for healthier dietary options while... Read More

23 Feb 2024 --- The traditional Korean and Chinese root-derived medicine ginseng has long been used for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, while some studies have suggested it may have anti-cancer effects. A recent... Read More

15 Feb 2024 --- In a strategic move, dsm-firmenich reveals it will carve out its Animal Nutrition & Health (ANH) business from the company within 2025 to increase its focus on its Perfumery & Beauty; Taste, Texture &... Read More

27 Mar 2024 --- At Natural Products Expo West (NPEW), we met up with Rivalz Snacks CEO Peter Barrick, who explained how the company used AI to tackle the problems of creating healthy and tasty, better-for-you snacks. The company aims to counter malnutrition by making snacks that taste, feel and do better than currently available.

19 Mar 2024 --- Megan DeStefano, senior director of strategic growth, goes through the company's sustainability practices in relation to Ingredion's PureCircle sweetener. She also discusses the continued trend for sugar reduction and how consumers drive demand for products with less sugar without compromising on taste, texture and the sensory profile. 

14 Feb 2024 --- At Biofach 2024, in Nuremberg, Germany, we sit down with Shan Mahmood, market segment manager at Prolactal, to discuss the company’s latest dairy-based innovations to meet future consumer needs, such as its lactose-free protein powders. With the new products, Prolactal aims to balance consumer needs for health and wellness, quality, taste, convenience and affordability.

17 Jan 2024 --- At FiE 2023, in Frankfurt, Germany, we sat down with Corinne Duffy, Aroma performance global technical marketing manager, to discuss how the company’s vanillin, ethylvanillin and natural vanillin offerings can be used to increase the appeal, taste and mouthfeel of nutritional products. For example, Duffy details how its products can mask off notes in applications with pea proteins for food fortification.

12 Jan 2024 --- FrieslandCampina Ingredients unveiled a heat-stable whey protein ingredient — Nutri Whey ProHeat — at FiE 2023. It can be added to medical nutrition products to provide a nutrient-dense liquid formulation with low viscosity, neutral pH, good drinkability and a clean taste. Vicky Davies, global senior marketing director, performance, active & medical nutrition, tells us more about how the company’s protein-enriched launches support gut health and protein needs among high-end nutrition markets. 

07 Dec 2023 --- Join The World of Food Ingredients’ editor, Missy Green, for a rundown of the December 2023 edition, which reflects on NPD from the past year and delves into the Top Ten Trends for 2024. Suppliers share their insights on what’s to come for “ingredients taking the spotlight” and emerging themes in F&B innovation. She’ll highlight the key takeaways from articles on flavor and texture, hydrocolloids and coloring alt-seafood. Meanwhile, the latest taste enhancers provide a clean taste to sugar-reduced products and targeted prebiotics open up new opportunities in the gut health arena.

11 Oct 2023 --- In this webinar, Kerry Health & Nutrition Institute experts dive into the challenges and opportunities for future innovation in the ever-evolving sodium reduction market by answering questions such as;1. What is the current global regulatory landscape for sodium and what public health initiatives are working / not working?2. Innovation in sodium reduction leverages contemporary taste and smell neuroscience and state of art fermentation technologies. What are the latest scientific developments in the area of taste modulation for sodium perception?3. Case studies to demonstrate what are the challenges and solutions for sodium reduction in different applications?

16 Mar 2023 --- According to data from the Council on Responsible Nutrition, 77% of consumers of dietary supplements are women!Astonishingly, the number of sports nutrition lines and products designed for and marketed specifically to female consumers is relatively small compared to the greater sports nutrition market. However, only 2.5% of sports nutrition products explicitly target women.Although sex-specific sports nutrition research falls far short of what is necessary, foundational female physiology combined with available dietary supplement evidence allows for a discussion of potential ingredients that may support active women and their goals. Active women require more female-focused research and unique formulations; they want performance enhancement, muscle strengthening, and workout recovery. Gencor’s branded ingredients HydroCurc, Levagen+, and LibiFem address these three areas and demonstrate efficacy in women.

04 May 2022 --- The appetite for new plant-based foods shows no sign of slowing down. Consumers are demanding more from meat and dairy alternatives, which has accelerated innovation in this category, creating a diverse market with a variety of formats to choose from. Food-technology is advancing rapidly to catch up with the pace of the market, providing novel solutions to taste, texture and nutrition. With 10 billion people to feed sustainably by 2050, the plant-based journey is only beginning.  

13 Oct 2021 --- Athletes of all standards are susceptible to poor sleep, characterized by a short sleep duration and poor sleep quality. This has been shown to reduce performance and impact general health and well-being. In this Pharmactive webinar, the company explores how its Affron solution can address sleep and active nutrition.