Food Additive

Slimming Chance: Nutrition Bars for Weight Management

Only when formulated with an eye to delivering targeted nutrition and satisfaction can a “slimming" bar play its part in helping consumers do just that. ...More
May 14, 2012
Posted in Articles, Bakery / Cereal, Fiber, Flavor
Sliming the Food Industry

The recent “pink slime” frenzy is just the latest in a series of fear-driven attacks on the food industry. All of this has become fodder for various interests vying to grab the microphone to blame modern food processing for all the ills of the world. ...More
May 11, 2012 By Lynn Kuntz
Posted in Blog, Colors
‘Pink Slime’ Maker Beef Products Inc. Closes 3 Plants

Beef Products Inc., the maker of lean, finely textured beef (LFTB) dubbed “pink slime" by the media and critics of its use, announced it would permanently shutter operations in three of its four operating plants. The announcement comes after the company could not recover ...More
May 8, 2012
Posted in News
Corn Products/National Starch Launches Clean Labels Website

Corn Products International/National Starch Food Innovation launched cleanlabelinsights.com, a platform for manufacturers and opinion leaders to access research, technical advances, culinary applications, regulatory information and case studies on consumer product activity ...More
April 26, 2012
Posted in News
Pumping up Protein

A guide to the composition and use of vegetable- and animal-based protein ingredients in food and beverage products. ...More
April 23, 2012
Posted in Articles, Bakery / Cereal
Dietary Soluble Fiber

Research shows soluble fiber aids digestion, increases satiety, helps control blood sugar and benefits cholesterol. ...More
April 19, 2012
Posted in Articles, Bakery / Cereal, Fiber
Petal Power

Use of floral flavors in beverages, confectionery and even savory applications is blossoming. ...More
April 18, 2012
Posted in Articles, Flavor
7 Food Ingredients Most Prone for Food Fraud

Olive oil, milk, honey, saffron, orange juice, coffee and apple juice are the seven most likely food ingredients to be targets for intentional or economically motivated adulteration of food, or food fraud, according to analysis of the first U.S. public database created to ...More
April 6, 2012
Posted in News
Congress Wades Into ‘Pink Slime’ Debate

On March 31, Congress waded into the murky debate over the use of beef products that contain “lean finely textured beef"—dubbed “pink slime" by news outlets and social media sites. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) introduced The Requiring Easy and Accurate Labeling of Beef ...More
April 3, 2012
Posted in News
‘Pink Slime’ Maker Suspends Operations at 3 Plants

The controversy over the use of “pink slime" was ratcheted up another notch today when the company that makes the "lean, finely textured beef" used as a filler in ground beef suspended operations in three of the four plants responsible for making the food additive. ...More
March 26, 2012
Posted in Blog