Fruit and vegetable ingredient supplier SVZ sees an increasing number of brands turning to fruit and veg as a way of replacing less healthy ingredients (think sugar in beverages or flour in bakery goods) with a nutritious punch.
Ingredients provider Doehler has extended its multisensory expertise into bakery, a relatively new area for a company known for its innovations for the beverage industry.
Industry should look closer at nature’s solutions for current reformulation challenges by mapping out all the possible functionalities of ingredients already present in foods, says Dr Aidan Craigwood, consultant at Innovia Technology.
ColorMatrix, which specialises in liquid colour and additive technology for thermoplastic applications, said the biggest trend over the next five years will be the reduction in packaging weight and improving the recyclability of used bottles.
Continued demand for natural food colors has helped to drive record top and bottom line growth in the first quarter for colors, flavors and fragrances giant Sensient Technologies.
Food research group Leatherhead is in the final stages of a testing project on natural food colours, which it expects will provide clear guidance on the stability and shelf-life of the ingredients.
Colours derived from natural sources look set to overtake synthetic alternatives in market value as manufacturers continue to meet the rising demand for clean label ingredients.
In a joint effort with one of its customers, Bühler claims to have
developed a more efficient method of extruding multicoloured
foods with a single machine.
Moulded packaging made from a combination of new high density
polyethylene (HDPE) and a colour masterbatch boosts glossiness by
200 per cent compared to competing products, the manufacturer
claims.
Two food quality testing products from Massachusetts-based Food
Quality Sensor International (FQSI) have been launched. One is a
stick-on label that can detect contamination inside a sealed
package from the outside, while the other...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved three new
Engelhard Synergy colour pigments for use in plastic food
packaging, providing packaging manufacturers with a cost-effective
alternative to significantly higher-cost pigments...
Protein Solutions has launched the DynaPro Plate Reader, which it
claims is the first dynamic light scattering plate reader to assist
in high throughput biomolecular characterisation efforts.
Tintometer, the UK-based food and beverage testing equipment
provider, has introduced a series of flexible spectrocolorimeters
for drinks, syrups and other light transmitting products.
