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Natural & Clean Label
PureCircle claims "first" commercially viable stevia antioxidant
30 Jun 2017
PureCircle has announced that it has developed what it claims is the first commercially viable stevia antioxidant product providing food and beverage companies new access to health and wellness ingredients for their consumers.
Read moreSoozie's Doozies wins
16 Aug 2016
All-natural cookie maker Soozie’s Doozies has been named the grand prize winner of the 2016 Food Innovation Challenge, and will receive $50,000 in seed funding from ADM and $50,000 in services from National Foodworks Services (NFS).
Read moreConsumers seeking healthier snacking options
22 Jul 2016
As Americans move away from traditional meal occasions, snacking more throughout the day, consumers are seeking healthier snacking options, according to Mintel, with 73% willing to pay extra for snacks made with high quality ingredients.
Read morePanera increases 'natural' commitment
20 Jun 2016
Panera Bread has announced that it will do away with the remaining artificial flavours, artificial sweeteners, artificial preservatives and colours from artificial sources in its Panera at Home products.
Read moreCoffee creamers to go clean label
17 Jun 2016
Research by Packaged Facts concludes that growth in the coffee creamers market will come from the adoption of formulations with ingredients that meet the "clean label" criteria consumers seek.
Read moreMonteloeder receives health claims approval
15 Jun 2016
Health Canada has issued approvals to Monteloeder for the use of eight health claims relating to suncare-from-within ingredient NutroxSun and PLX, its sports nutrition bioactive.
Read moreDDW extends EmulsiTech range
9 Jun 2016
DDW has introduced clear orange and clear yellow extensions to its EmulsiTech portfolio of liquid colour emulsions that are free from synthetic emulsifiers and have good stability in heat and light.
Read moreADM, GLG team on sweeteners
8 Jun 2016
ADM and GLG Life Tech have announced a new partnership to manufacture, market, sell and distribute low-calorie stevia and monk fruit sweeteners to customers around the globe.
Read moreIFT offers FDA 'natural' guidance
31 May 2016
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) recently submitted written comments to the FDA on the use of the term natural in the labelling of human food products.
Read moreBENEO launches clean label starch
31 May 2016
BENEO has launched Remypure, the company’s first high performance rice starch that qualifies for natural and clean label status worldwide and that the company says is well suited to applications that undergo demanding processing conditions.
Read moreSRG identifies natural/organic trends
31 May 2016
Sterling-Rice Group has identified what it says are the top nine natural and organic food trends that illustrate consumers' continued commitment to making natural and organic products a central part of daily life.
Read moreUS organics hit new highs
23 May 2016
The U.S. organic industry posted new records in 2015, with total organic product sales hitting a new benchmark of $43.3 billion, up 11% from the previous year’s record level and far outstripping the overall food market’s growth rate of 3%.
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