According to 2017 ice cream research from global market research firm Mintel, only 11% of U.S. consumers claim to be cutting back on ice cream or frozen treats for health-related reasons. What’s more, 10% of consumers went on record as actively avoiding healthy frozen dairy treats because, well, frozen dairy is supposed to be a treat, not a health food.
DuPont Nutrition & Health’s new Supro XT55 isolated soy protein is designed specifically to improve the profitability of ready-to-drink high-protein beverages by helping beverage manufacturers more effectively manage protein costs.
Ingredion’s new starch solution Precisa 680 starch enables cheese manufacturers to save costs, maintain texture and improve performance, without compromising valuable whey streams.
Grassland Dairy Products was one of the U.S. companies that exhibited Food Ingredients Asia. The region is just getting started in the higher-protein sports nutrition and meal replacement markets, said a sales manager for the dairy processor.
Coffee and tea are the original functional beverages. They’re packed with antioxidants and other functional ingredients that serve to stimulate, relax or purify. Dairies formulate their own nondairy beverages and combine tea and coffee into dairy-based products.
Coconut water is the fluid drained from the center of the nut, which then goes through processing. Coconut cream is derived from the white part of the coconut that has been pressed and extracted.
March 10, 2015
iTi Tropicals has developed six custom coconut water and coconut milk prototype blends for use in dairy and nondairy beverages and foods.
Ice cream companies live and die by their flavors. At Blue Bell Creameries, a product development team considers as many as 300 ideas every year before whittling them down to five to be launched in grocery and foodservice channels.