Ingredients

Consumers are are taking more steps than ever to manage their holistic health, including physical, mental and emotional well-being. Pic: Getty Images/kzenon

ADM looks at health and wellness trends

By Jim Cornall

Consumers seem more aware than ever about health and wellness. The pandemic has been a contributing factor, but what do consumers see as the priorities when it comes to products with health and wellness claims? And how has the pandemic changed – or accelerated...

FrieslandCampina Ingredients looks at Pic: FrieslandCampina Ingredients

FrieslandCampina Ingredients – responding to a changing world

By Jim Cornall

It has been almost a year since the coronavirus pandemic took hold, and the world has changed in many ways. One major shift is that consumers have altered their shopping habits, with an increase in online purchasing, but what they are looking for, and...

Comax Flavors' 2021 Flavor Trends are divided into four distinct flavor collections. Pic: Comax Flavors

Comax Flavors reveals its 2021 flavor trends

By Jim Cornall

In response to consumers’ changing behavior, Comax Flavors has published its 2021 Flavor Trends, which are divided into four distinct flavor collections.

The facility in the main tapioca region of Thailand will enable Tate & Lyle to offer a broader range of solutions including for dairy products. Pic: Tate & Lyle

Tate & Lyle to acquire Thai tapioca business

By Jim Cornall

Tate & Lyle PLC, a global provider of food and beverage ingredients and solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire an 85% shareholding in Chaodee Modified Starch Co., Ltd. (CMS), a tapioca modified food starch manufacturer located in Thailand.

Dairy Dialog podcast 104: SternWywiol Planteneers, Elopak, Spoonshot

Dairy Dialog podcast 104: SternWywiol Planteneers, Elopak, Spoonshot

By Jim Cornall

This week we have three interviews. We chat with Dr Dorotea Pein, head of product management, and Dr Matthias Moser, managing director of the food ingredients division of Stern-Wywiol Gruppe; Kishan Vasani, co-founder and CEO of Spoonshot; and Elopak’s...

The latest free DairyReporter webinar, a live, one-hour event, will consider what new trends can benefit from dairy ingredients, and what companies can do to create profit-making innovative products that consumers will buy.

Registration open for DairyReporter November webinar

By Jim Cornall

Many dairy companies and cooperatives have turned to R&D to improve profits, going beyond milk, yogurt and cheese, looking to create functional ingredients that can be added to a wide range of products.

Torsten Wywiol and Dr Matthias Moser. Pic: SternWywiol

Stern-Wywiol Gruppe founds Planteneers

By Jim Cornall

Hydrosol, a subsidiary of Germany’s Stern-Wywiol Gruppe, which specializes in stabilizing and texturing systems, has grown to become one of the key players in the burgeoning market for plant-based alternatives.

Hochdorf said it expects the relocation to generate synergies in cooperation and to result in cost savings and increased efficiency.

Hochdorf moves to strengthen Bimbosan brand

By Jim Cornall

Swiss dairy company Hochdorf said the discontinuation of wheat germ production at its Hochdorf site will release production and storage space for use by Bimbosan AG from the end of January 2021.

can access insights on key market trends and ingredient solutions for a variety of applications. Pic: Getty Images/Space_Cat

CP Kelco launches virtual experience

By Jim Cornall

Nature-based ingredient solution provider CP Kelco has launched a new virtual experience, allowing customers, partners and other industry stakeholders to discover CP Kelco’s insights and portfolio of offerings through a virtual-reality environment.

The location of the new plant will be revealed in 2021. Pic: Darigold

Darigold to build new ingredients plant

By Jim Cornall

US company Darigold, Inc. has announced organizational changes designed to accelerate the long-term transformational strategy of the Northwest farmer-owned cooperative’s global ingredients business.

Milk production and climate protection are the main topics of this year’s report.

Uelzena Group publishes sustainability report

By Jim Cornall

German ingredients and milk processing company The Uelzena Group has published its fifth sustainability report, “Sustainable growth, well prepared for the future.”

The range is suitable for a variety of plant-based products. Pic: Getty Images/AnastasiaNurullina

DuPont launches Danisco PlanIt

By Jim Cornall

Danisco Planit marks the latest evolution in DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences’ plant-based ingredient portfolio – a range of functional ingredients and application expertise for food and beverages made with what the company says is a ‘planet forward,’...

BENEO’s new Orafti Organic, is an organic variant of its chicory root fiber. Pic: BENEO

New BENEO organic ingredients have dairy applications

By Jim Cornall

BENEO has announced the expansion of its chicory root fiber and rice starch ingredient portfolio with two new organic solutions: an organic waxy rice starch, Remyline O AX DR, and organic chicory root fiber, Orafti Organic.

Permeate from any country may be exported to China provided it complies with the requirements.  Pic: Arla Foods Ingredients

China allowing whey permeate imports

By Jim Cornall

Arla Foods Ingredients has welcomed the news that whey permeate can now be exported to China for use in food and beverage products.

The study notes many athletes consume whey protein for its rich branched chain amino acid (BCAA) content. Pic: Getty Images/marekuliasz

Finding ways for using whey important for dairy industry

By Jim Cornall

A Cypriot study in the Journal of Advanced Dairy Research says as the amount of whey in the dairy industry is constantly increasing, new sustainable methods of whey utilization and processing are needed.

DFA forms new Ingredient Solutions division

By Beth Newhart

The Dairy Farmers of America is realigning its portfolio of dairy-based ingredients into a new group, DFA Ingredient Solutions. It says this will provide better support for food manufacturers and operators.

“Today’s dairy aisles are continuously changing to keep up with consumer demand for affordable as well as premium products.

DSM puts early childhood nutrition on display at IFT

By Beth Newhart

DSM Ingredients of the Netherlands showcased its products for all stages of life at the 2019 IFT show in New Orleans last week. Preconception, pregnancy, nursing, infants, toddlers and kids all fit into its portfolio of food and beverage ingredients....

AMCO is hoping to tap into the current consumer demand for high protein snacks and baked goods, like cookies, brownies and cakes.

AMCO pumps up snack protein with BakePLUS

By Beth Newhart

Baked goods and snacks have a new dairy protein option from New Jersey-based AMCO Proteins. BakePLUS is said to be heat stable and highly soluble, preventing over-aeration common in pastries.

Naturally-occurring MFGM with phospholipids and glycoproteins is ideal for brain and gut health in infants. Pic: Arla

Awareness of MFGM growing

By Beth Newhart

More pregnant women are familiar with the milk fat globule membrane (MFGM), a nutritional component naturally occurring in breast milk. It’s now being used as an ingredient in infant formula to “close the gap further between breast milk and formula.”