Sweetners

All signs indicate Americans are tired of identifying bad carbs and watching fat grams. They are returning to the basics of dieting: monitoring caloric intake. This signals an increased need for products that deliver the original eating experience without the calories. “There are two approaches most formulators take when attempting to lower the calorie content of a food and beverages,” ...
05/05/2008

Flavor modulation sounds like an esoteric principal, but truth be told, we all have a touch of the flavor chemist in us. Even my mother betrayed an unwitting knack for the flavorist’s art in her scheme for making my siblings and me eat our vegetables: Just douse them with ketchup. As a flavor-masking technique, her “ketchup offensive” was a bit ...
04/28/2008

Reducing sugar in the human diet is one of the most-prominent topics worldwide, and is immediately apparent while reviewing modern nutrition’s effect on civilization. As the 21st century begins, the number of overweight, obese and malnourished people is rising steadily. Meanwhile, overweight and obese individuals far outnumber the starving; even in areas of the world where very traditional diets ...
03/26/2008

Today’s fast-paced consumers are seeking convenient ways to satisfy their hunger without adversely affecting the weight-loss regimens they are attempting to follow. It is the calorie-counting consumer who cries out for creativity in the realm of weight-loss beverages.Fill ’er up!When our stomachs are full, our bodies release a hormone called cholecystokinin (CCK), which in turn signals our brain to stop ...
02/29/2008

School-time snacking just isn’t what it used to be. Maybe nostalgia colors my memories, but I seem to recall Friday pizza parties, buttered popcorn during filmstrips and Tupperware full of birthday cupcakes. Now, with school districts banning “junk food” nationwide, even an unassuming bag of jelly beans could be a target for interdiction. For today’s American child, obesity is ...
12/21/2007