News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
A company motivated by concerns about the safety of synthetic food dyes has come up with its own solution with a non-genetically modified (non-GMO) purple corn hybrid that yields natural red and yellow dyes.
Gelling of milk proteins using the food-approved enzyme rennet can produce microcapsules capable of encapsulating healthy ingredients like probiotics, says a new study from Germany.
Reb A is moving into the sports drink market as Dr Pepper Snapple becomes the first of the big three soft drinks manufacturers to release a zero-calorie sports drink sweetened with Reb A, the natural sweetener derived from the leaves of the stevia plant.
Antioxidants focus
Apparently conflicting results from randomized clinical trials and observational studies abound in the scientific literature. In the third part of a four-part series on antioxidants, NutraIngredients looks to get behind the contradictions.