Naturally Sweet
10/22/2009 -
Although the term “natural” is still largely undefined, consumer demand for natural foods continues, and manufacturers have responded with products made with a range of natural sweeteners, including stevia, isomaltulose, erythritol, maple syrups, grain-derived extracts and honey.
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Milking the Pasteurization Controversy
10/21/2009 -
Another offshoot of the natural―good―processed―bad―mindset is growing in the dairy segment with increased pressure for loosening the restrictions on the sale of raw, or unpasteurized, milk.
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Recession Shopping Habits Revealed
10/20/2009 -
The current recession has impacted consumers’ eating behaviors in numerous ways. However, the downturn has not driven folks en masse back to scratch home cooking.
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Stevia in the Spotlight
10/01/2009 -
As someone who has been tuned into the keen profit potential of the “natural food” market for some time now, I welcomed the arrival of stevia—and, more specifically, its user-friendly constituent, highly purified rebaudioside A—onto the market with open arms (something I wrote about in the context of natural functional foods in a recent issue of the magazine). Yes, stevia has displayed some lingering...