Contributing Experts: Jim Lincoln, Bakery Specialist; Stephanie Pintoy, Expert Food Scientist with focus in bakery. Clean label is an extremely important focus for many bakery companies. We spoke with a couple bakery science experts to learn… Read More
What exactly is “Corn Syrup”? Corn syrup is a syrup made from starch that contains varying amounts of maltose and higher oligosaccharides, and is used as a sweetener and thickener in food production. WhY Do companies… Read More
What is “Sodium bicarbonate”? Sodium bicarbonate is a non-nutritive food additive also known as “baking soda” with the formula NaHCO3. It is a leavening agent and texturizer in food products. Sodium bicarbonate reacts with acids within batters and… Read More
What is xanthan gum and is it clean label? Xanthan gum is a hydrocolloid manufactured using a natural fermentation process, converting sugars with the microorganism Xanthomonas campestris. What’s a Hydrocolloid?… Read More
Last year, Natural Marketing Institute (NMI) surveyed more than 3,000 US adults in an annual health and wellness survey. The research centered around consumer attitude and behavior towards diverse foods and beverage trends, with a focus on natural, organic,… Read More
Contributing Expert: Menzie Clarke, Senior Flavorist at FONA International Consumers are demanding serious transparency from food and beverage manufacturers. This in part due due to the desire to return to nature and “real food” (hence the birth of… Read More
Clean label is all the rage in every food category across the globe. Consumers are spearheading this “clean food” movement and food manufacturers are listening. Learn more about what “clean food” actually means. Consumers have historically placed the meat industry… Read More
The Top 15 Clean Label Questions, Answered By consumers We went to the the root of the clean label movement to garner valuable information and insights. What’s the root of the movement? Consumers. These 15 questions were… Read More
Contributing Expert, Dan Putnam, Technical Manager of Grain Processing (GPC) WHAT IS MALTODEXTRIN? Maltodextrin has been getting a ton of heat over the past couple years. But what is it? Why is it even used? And what’s up… Read More
Information from a recent clean label report by Nielsen. 2016 overview Dollar sales of clean label items at drug stores grew 6.4 percent in 2016. Big increase in clean label FOOD SALES $54 million in increased combined… Read More
