MINNEAPOLIS -- Having fiber on the label of a food product sends a positive, healthful signal to consumers, but often results in a technical challenge. Most fiber ingredients cause significant changes in the texture...
WASHINGTON -- The Center for Science in the Public Interest, the same group that criticized the fat content of movie popcorn, Chinese food and fettucine Alfredo, has just taken aim at a new target. It's olestra, the...
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A study conducted by researchers at the University of Kentucky here lends credence to claims that products made with vegetables may be better for one's health than those made with meat.Dr. James...
NEW YORK -- The Pfizer Food Science Group here has made it easier to formulate good-tasting food products that can carry the term "natural." The company has added Natural Veltol to its Veltol line of maltol and ethyl...
WILTON, Conn. -- Nabisco is grabbing headlines in the reduced-fat and fat-free cookie market with its highly successful SnackWells. But other companies are trying to grab a piece of the action. The latest entry in the...
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. -- Bunge Foods Group here announced the results of studies that suggest that Appetize, a line of engineered fats, impacts positively on cholesterol levels as well as taste buds. An efficacy study...
MINNEAPOLIS -- Food product marketers looking to catch the wave of consumer demand for products made with natural ingredients may want to try using sea salt instead of the more traditional types. Cargill Foods Salt...
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- It's a small world after all. While a group of animated urchins at Disneyland sang these words, the sentiment was echoed in a more practical vein at the nearby convention center. The event was the...
There's good news and bad news for ingredients, according to those executives working on this first step in the launch of branded food products. The good news is that technologists are focusing on health, which is...
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Egg yolks have long headed consumers' list of taboo food ingredients because of their high-fat and -cholesterol content. Nutrasweet Co. here is betting that it can change that with the introduction...
