Ingredients for Dairy Processors

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Solazyme Inc., South San Francisco, Calif., and Roquette Frères, Lestrem, France, signed a joint venture in November for the production, commercialization and market development of microalgae-derived food ingredients, subject to regulatory approvals and notifications.

California Custom Fruits and Flavors says it is always thinking of ways to excite the senses as it relates to frozen desserts.

Specialty-chemicals supplier Cognis is setting up new application centers for food ingredients in different regions.

Manufacturers know that cocoa can have a significant impact on the flavor, color, texture and mouth feel of finished products.

CHEDDARplus is a new Fonterra ingredient for processed cheese. The ingredient has a firm smooth body and bland, slightly lactic flavor.

PureCircle, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a producer of stevia products, launched a joint venture with Nordzucker, Braunschweig, Germany, one of Europe’s largest sugar companies.

Synergy Flavors Inc. has developed a range of flavors from traditional chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla to more trendy and complex flavors such as honey cream and baked oatmeal.

The Scoular Co. is marketing a new ingredient called Smart Salt that reduces sodium and offers a healthy source of magnesium.

Danisco added a new brand to its Health & Nutrition portfolio: ActivK, for long chained menaquinone vitamin K2.

The time to prepare for a crisis is before it happens. The lessons of the last few years have been vivid – melamine in milk powder, salmonella in peanut butter, E. Coli in spinach and millions of barrels of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico.