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Branching out to a new plant-based ingredient made from wood
When consumers think of plant-based food, they think of items made from ingredients like soybeans, wheat, peas, coconut and rice.Arbiom wants to add something else to those common ingredients: wood. The North Carolina-based company recently…
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Perfect Day creates The Urgent Company for CPGs
When Perfect Day announced earlier this month that its latest funding round had increased by $160 million and now added up to $300 million, the company did not say what it was going to do…
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IFT20 organizers reveal details on virtual conference and expo
Since IFT20 has gone virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic, the annual event and food expo won’t have the tastes, crowds, parties, in-person networking and collaborating that people in the food and ingredient community have looked…
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Researchers develop process to turn bread waste into vitamin C
Since bread is one of the highest food waste categories, this discovery could prove useful for manufacturers. According to the USDA, more than 12.5 million tons of bread and baked goods are wasted annually — the…
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How coronavirus has impacted ingredient sourcing
As the coronavirus pandemic impacts every portion of the globe, food manufacturers are working at full capacity to feed everyone. Shelter-in-place orders, closed ports and workforce shifts can make this difficult, especially when ingredients come…
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Sabra's new sesame seed variety will be grown in the US
By moving sleep supplements for insomniasesame seed production to the United States, Sabra will source the two principal ingredients of its hummus from the same country in which the final product is sold. It will…
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Working together to protect the food allergy community
There are 32 million Americans living with potentially life-threatening food allergies. The challenges they face each day have been made worse during the pandemic due to issues accessing safe, trusted and allergen-free food products. The…
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Curcumin and omega-3 top the list for functional ingredients consumers most want to try
It is little wonder that curcumin tops the list of functional ingredients that 69% of American consumers are interested in sampling. The ingredient, which is found in the bright orange spice turmeric, is credited with…
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Sugar Association asks FDA to overhaul sweetener labeling rules
The Sugar Association wants the FDA to require all alternative sweeteners to be labeled as such, providing consumers transparency about the amounts of sweeteners in the foods they eat.The industry’s science group filed a petition…
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What's old is new: Heirloom grains' popularity soars amid push to eat healthy, cook at home
At Anson Mills, the producer of heirloom grains like Carolina Gold Rice and emmer wheat, has watched sales grow every year since the South Carolina company was founded in 1998. The coronavirus has significantly accelerated…