Sweet potato is moving into new categories beyond baby food and snacks, where formulators are leveraging its natural red color and nutritional benefits, according to new data from Innova Market Insights.
New supply of the premium ingredient sweet potato paste is
becoming available as of today, thanks to a new process developed
by USDA that retains nutritional and sensory properties.
Fermenting purple sweet potatoes may lead to better extraction and
stability of the anthocyanin pigments for use as natural food
colourings, Chinese researchers report.
Scientists from the US Department of Agriculture have proposed that
spray-dried sweet potatoes may offer potential as a thickener, with
similar properties to some starch solutions.