According to new data from Mintel’s Global New Products Database (GNPD), out of more than 20,000 food and beverage products launched in the U.S. in 2011, ‘no high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)’ claims only accounted for about 400 new product introductions, or 2%. Some of the most frequent health-focused, on-package new product claims were ‘Low/No/Reduced Fat’ and ‘Low/No/Reduced Calories,’ which were used two to four times as often as ‘no HFCS.’
The global ingredients supplier is opening a new state-of-the-art 110,000-sq.-ft. center in suburban Chicago designed to facilitate customer collaboration and accelerate innovation in specialty food ingredients.
Last week, the American Bakers Association (ABA) urged the U.S. Senate to vote in favor of an amendment to the Agriculture Food, Farm and Jobs Act, or the Senate Farm Bill, reforming the current U.S. sugar program.
DuPont Nutrition & Health is focusing on whole grain bread in a drive to help industrial bakers optimize raw material use, reduce waste and cut their carbon footprint overall.
All-natural, zero-calorie sweeteners are being hailed as ‘Holy Grails of the food industry’ and ingredients that could fight obesity, says a report by market research group Euromonitor.
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A record corn forecast made corn prices plunge after the government predicted corn production would rise this summer. Thus, consumers could see some relief from higher food prices by late fall, if the latest crop forecast holds up.
To meet growing demand, Archer Daniels Midland Co. opens its first commercial-scale plant to make Clarisoy vegetable-based protein, which it says offers high-quality protein nutrition. The isolated soy protein will be available for customers looking to purchase commercial quantities beginning in June.
Dutch foods ingredients group CSM, Amsterdam, announced on May 7 that it has put its main bakery supplies business up for sale, citing a lack of financial resources to keep all its businesses.
It’s official: Shareholders approve the new name for the global ingredients solutions company. The transition to the new moniker will begin shortly in the U.S.