Breaking News on Food & Beverage Development - North America EU edition

Food makers' opportunity to play 'hide the veg'

13-Oct-2009 - months without preservatives, and low-fat peanut flour for baked goods.

Taste issues remain for healthier snacks

29-Sep-2009 - of the survey’s respondents said they thought that low sodium and low fat products don’t taste as good as less

Low-fat options expand with seaweed bead breakthrough

25-Sep-2009 - Low-fat options expand with seaweed bead breakthrough ... Microparticles made from seaweed may provide low-cost fat replacers for food and texturizers ... Microparticles made from seaweed may provide low-cost fat replacers for food and texturizers ... , therefore making them a viable option to food manufacturers.” Fat replacers, along with emulsion , the microgels could offer a “broad range of functionalities such as nutraceutical delivery systems or fat ... fat-replacers, bioactives, mouthfeel

News in brief

Roth Kase scoops five blue ribbons at cheese awards

13-Aug-2009 - in the American Originals (Cow’s Milk) category, Low Fat/Low Salt Cheeses category, and the Hispanic

Kraft adopts Smart Choices criteria for kids’ advertising

12-Aug-2009 - ; and food groups to encourage, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat or fat-free dairy to limit, such as fat, sugar and sodium; nutrients to encourage, including many vitamins and minerals

Smart Choices front-of-pack labeling rolls out across America

07-Aug-2009 - vitamins and minerals; and food groups to encourage, such as fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat categories: Nutrients to limit, such as fat, sugar and sodium; nutrients to encourage, including many

Enzyme system offers extended shelf life for cakes

22-Jul-2009 - extend the shelf life of cakes, even those with a low fat content which tend to stale faster. ... extend the shelf life of cakes, even those with a low fat content which tend to stale faster. ... low usage level of one to three percent on flour weight,” she said. “Manufacturers can do

Natural cheese flavors for healthier products, lower cost

08-Jul-2009 - Other options for healthier cheese-containing products include a low-fat, low-sodium process cheese maize starch mixed with carrageenan and amylase. Low-fat cheese is growing strongly in popularity ... low-fat cheese, dairy market

Even at-risk patients struggle with low-sodium diets

27-Apr-2009 - Even at-risk patients struggle with low-sodium diets ... , vegetables or low-fat dairy. Over the three days, more than 40 percent of patients ate at least one fast found that women and those earning over $35,000 a year were most likely to adhere to the low-sodium diet.

Talking Point

Is the food industry following in tobacco’s footsteps – your views

09-Apr-2009 - "filtered" and "light" versions, the food industry has "low fat" and many means be legislated and fat taxes, controls on advertising etc are largely meaningless gestures.” Nigel

Whey protein open doors to low-fat fried chicken

20-Nov-2009 - Whey protein open doors to low-fat fried chicken ... Including whey proteins in the batter for fried chicken may reduce the uptake of fat ... Including whey proteins in the batter for fried chicken may reduce the uptake of fat ... of California, Davis report that the fat uptake in fried chicken slices could be significantly reduced – a result that offers possibilities to the reduced-fat food sector. Writing in the Journal of Food ... reduced fat, whey protein isolate, fried foods

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Sterols do not affect antioxidant defences: Study

16-Nov-2009 - assigned the participants to receive 2 grams of phytosterol-enriched low-fat milk, or a plain low-fat milk . Furthermore, no adverse effects were reported after three months of consuming the phytosterols in the low-fat

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Gut microflora and obesity: Study highlights potential for pre-, probiotics

12-Nov-2009 - , dramatic, and reproducible fashion after switching from a plant polysaccharide-rich, low-fat diet to a high-fat of gut bacteria present, compared to mice fed a low-fat diet. Furthermore, the mice also showed

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Low-fat better for mood than low-carb: Study

10-Nov-2009 - Low-fat better for mood than low-carb: Study ... People who lost weight by following a low-calorie, low-fat regime saw longer term effects on mood than those who used a low-carb approach, report researchers in Australia – but whether its down ... People who lost weight by following a low-calorie, low-fat regime saw longer term effects on mood than those who used a low-carb approach, report researchers in Australia. ... fat diet, and 51 followed a high-carb, low fat diet. Throughout the year and afterwards , however, only those on the low fat diet kept their improved mood; those in the low-carb group were seen ... low-card, low-fat

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New stabiliser systems target fermented dairy

06-Nov-2009 - , a low fat yoghurt using Stabisol J would require more proteins and fibre to achieve the right environment and temperature, and other ingredients in the formulation, and the level of fat. For example

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Full fat milk could be linked to low BMI, study

04-Nov-2009 - Full fat milk could be linked to low BMI, study ... Children who consumed full fat milk regularly had a lower body mass index (BMI) compared to those ... Children who consumed full fat milk regularly had a lower body mass index (BMI) compared to those ... cohort, with no similar association being seen for the intake of medium or low fat milk under scrutiny. The high fat content in cheese, cream and other dairy products have prompted some ... low fat, vitamin D, calorie

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Salt reduction may also benefit bone health

02-Nov-2009 - Switching over to low-salt products may also benefit bone health by reducing calcium loss ... Switching over to low-salt products may also benefit bone health by reducing calcium loss ... experienced reductions in calcium excretion compared to people consuming a high-carbohydrate low-fat diet hypertension were randomly assigned to consume either a low-sodium DASH-type diet or a high-carbohydrate low-fat

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Arla announces three-step product development programme

02-Nov-2009 - in bakery products,” he said. “In dairy, it is stabilizing yoghurt and producing better quality low fat ice

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Inulin may offer low-sugar, tasty milk chocolate

29-Oct-2009 - Inulin may offer low-sugar, tasty milk chocolate ... Combining inulin with the bulking agent polydextrose may reduce the sugar and fat content of milk ... Combining inulin with the bulking agent polydextrose may reduce the sugar and fat content of milk ... study] suggest low-fat chocolate formulations using this route may be feasible,” wrote the researchers findings on simultaneous fat and sugar reductions also indicated the possibility of fat cut up to 5 ... chocolate, low-sugar, inulin

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New CSK strains to improve low fat cheese

28-Oct-2009 - New CSK strains to improve low fat cheese ... of low fat cheese. ... of low fat cheese. ... and texture of low fat cheese. “Unique is also that the combination of strains showing both effects, i for low fat cheese. Due to higher water content these healthier cheeses can easily develop a bitter ... CSK, low fat cheese, cultures

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