When making gravy or soups, processing ice cream, yogurt, or sour cream, creating the filling for a frozen dairy desser,t or adding texture to an analog/vegan cheese, hydrocolloids are essential thickening and gelling ingredients to help dairy processors attain the desired viscosity, mouthfeel and creaminess of a wide range of products.
Whenever a new year begins, most of us strive to make some resolutions such as going to the gym, drinking less (aka, Sober January), and stopping smoking.
Body weight was the primary outcome parameter for the systematic review with meta-analyses. This was determined in 29 of the trials that involved 1,184 adults, and these demonstrated that supplementation with chicory root fiber resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful 2% reduction in body weight compared with the placebo.
In a relatively new category, hybrid dairy, which combines both plant-based and animal-based ingredients into a single food, has yet to fully take off. Dairy processors started experimenting with hybrid dairy after seeing meat producers come out with blended meats.