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Beverages Designing a Coffee or Tea Break In our out-of-control merry-go-round lives, a beverage that offers a buzz or a breather sounds more like a necessity than a luxury. That’s why coffee and tea beverages are still going strong. [...] Reducing Added Sugars Building a 21st-Century Breakfast More... Sponsored by	Market Trends Shape Of Things to Come: Innovations in Pasta Discover the lesson that pasta teaches product developers of all stripes: by remaining adaptable in form and formulation, there’s no taste or trend that pasta can’t evolve to meet, including [...] The Artisan Pizza Revolution Sweet Options More... Sponsored by
Fats and Oils The Many Faces of Soy Soyfoods have been popular for hundreds of years in Asian countries, but they hit the spotlight in the United States just over a decade ago when FDA approved a health claim relating soy protein to [...] The Skinny on Food and Cholesterol Sunflower Ingredients Shine More... Sponsored by	Confections The Global Candy Store We’re still feeling the ripples of that revolution in today’s increasingly global chocolate market. As Catherine Hogan, global marketing manager, sweet goods, International Flavors & Fragrances, [...] Sweeteners for Weight Reduction Sweet Options More... Sponsored by
Food Safety When Protein is the Enemy In 2007, low-carb diets may have fallen by the wayside, but protein remains a high-priority nutrient in diets centered on weight loss, athletic performance and body building. Unfortunately, for an [...] Designing Effective Foodservice Shortcuts Aseptic Packaging Addresses Shelf Life Issues More... Sponsored by	Colors Transforming 21st Century Candy For both the 6-year-old and the 60-year-old, color, texture and how long flavor lasts are the “all and everything” ever desired in candy. Yet even in this time-honored food category, traditions are [...] Make Mine a Single Malt Maintaining Color Stability More... Sponsored by
Meat Products Antioxidant "Meat" Needs The marketplace offers solutions ranging from synthetic to natural, but how does one choose the most appropriate antioxidant for a given meat product? [...] Leaner, Lighter Meats Thank You For Smoking More... Sponsored by	Fiber Pinch Hitters: Building High-Performance Meal Replacements Meal replacements are nothing new. From Alba 77 and Carnation Instant Breakfast to Slim-Fast, Ensure and the many iterations thereof, products have long promised to deliver nutrition without the [...] Ingredients for Peas on Earth Eat Your Veggies More... Sponsored by
Salt/Sodium Reduction Nutrition and Hypertension Here you will find some nutritional factors, such as reducing sodium levels, to keep in mind when developing products that may help tame blood pressure. [...] Guilt-Free Snacks A Chef’s Guide to Healthier, Kid-Friendly Foods More... Sponsored by	Flavors Specialty Soups Soups are good vehicles for delivering a healthy serving of vegetables. Because they are inexpensive compared to many other entrées, they provide a good entry point to experiment with different [...] Flavoring Dairy Products Umami's Molecular Magic More... Sponsored by
Gums/Starches Do You Know Konjac? Konjac has been used in Asia for thousands of years, and is becoming more widely used in the west as an natural ingredient in conventional foods, as well as in functional foods and nutraceutical [...] Specialty Soups Stabilization From Nature More... Sponsored by	Frozen/Refrigerated Foods Thinking Outside the Pizza Box When building the perfect pizza pie, each piece of the puzzle requires both technical and culinary analysis. [...] Seafood: Swimming in the Seas of Change Designing Flavorful, Affordable Entrees More... Sponsored by
Sweeteners The Ins and Outs of Oligosaccharides As more people develop digestive disorders, and as evidence mounts on the advantages of diets that cultivate desirable intestinal microflora, researchers, product developers and consumers are [...] Stevia's Second Chance Stevia Expands Functional-Food Options More... Sponsored by	Healthy Foods Optimizing Mineral Intake Research indicates essential minerals should be consumed in their correct mineral balance to optimize health, including for better bone health, improved blood pressure and more. [...] Japanese Wellness Foods Candy Bars You Can Feel Good About More...
Dairy Products Reduced-Fat Formulating Today’s food buyers are just as discerning about selecting products based on ingredient statements. And one of their concerns is fat, although they are not always well-informed. [...] Coffee and Tea in Beverages and Beyond Building a 21st-Century Breakfast More...	Foodservice A Unique Grain of an Idea Make no mistake: The grains making waves with consumers right now are whole grains. And consumers say they want more of them—on the menu, on serving lines, in prepared-food departments of [...] Street Food: Crossing Cultures with Local Inspiration A Chef's Guide to Healthier, Kid-Friendly Foods More...
Fruits/Vegetables Deli Dining Store redesigns, innovative display cases and self-service bars, and creative, often chef-inspired, ready-to-eat (RTE) foods have made the supermarket deli a destination for salads, sandwiches, soups [...] Orange You Glad There’s Citrus? Eat Your Veggies More...	Natural/Clean Label Label-Friendly Meat Shelf-Life Solutions Long-distance distribution networks and convenience-craving consumers have meat processors exploring methods to extend the shelf life of all types of proteins—from marinated, raw, prepackaged chicken [...] An Appetite for Natural and Green Natural Colors Go for the Green More...
Spices & Seasonings The Hot and Flavorful World of Chiles Chiles are gaining momentum as a part of America’s culinary repertoire and people are seeking the bolder flavors chile peppers can provide. [...] Roasted Vegetables and Spices—Little Effort, Big Flavor Global Flavor Inspirations More...	Snack Foods Five-Star Snacking In spite of a struggling economy, premium salty and sweet snacks, often combined with a sprinkling of healthfulness, rolled out in abundance this past year. And consumers ate them up, according to [...] See-Saw Science: Balancing Kids' Calories The Rice-Based Solution for Gluten-Free Formulations More...
Bakery/Cereal The Natural State of Breakfast Cereals We count on breakfast cereals for a wholesome start to our day. At their inception, they were simple products -- flaked grains for ready-to-eat (RTE) cereals and milled grains for hot cereals. Today, [...] Guilt-Free Snacks Building a 21st-Century Breakfast More...	Dairy Ingredients Value-Added Inclusions Inclusions give product developers a means to express their inventiveness, and these ingredients—fruits, nuts, nutritious crunchies, flavors, etc.—help wow consumers with a product that stands out [...] The Whey to Better Health The Return of the Egg More...
Ethnic Cuisines The Next Wave of Mexican Food in America I’m on a mission to find the next big thing in fresh Mexican food, to be translated for my employer in the form of a limited-time offer or a full-time menu addition. [...] The Modern Soul of African Cuisine The Hot and Flavorful World of Chiles More...	Proteins High-Protein Diets From the Atkins diet to some forms of the Paleo diet, high-protein diets are common for weight loss. Such diets restrict carbohydrate intake so the body goes into ketosis, a metabolic state where it [...] Mixing Up High-Protein Beverages Enhancing Athletic Performance More...
Sauces/Gravies Asian Sauces: Adapting Authenticity So many unsung Asian sauces succeed because they exhibit umami, the true mark of Asian authenticity. [...] Latin American Sauce Inspirations Green Formulating: Texturant Appeal More...	Whole Grains Formulating Whole-Grain Snacks The refining of grains strips out a sizable portion of their nutrition, so whole grains have the advantage, especially when it comes to vitamins, minerals, fiber and phytonutrients. [...] Extrusion Processing: New Whole-Grain Opportunities Dishing Up Whole-Grain Claims More...

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