While grocery shopping this weekend, I noticed a display in the back of the store where packaged chocolate chip cookies with orange and black chips were discounted almost 90% from their original price.
Cost-saving ingredients help processors stay afloat during struggling economic times, while value-added ingredients, which increase production costs, create a point of differentiation in a competitive marketplace.
Thousands of food scientists, suppliers, marketers and others from around the world will gather in New Orleans this June 11-14 at the IFT 11 Annual Meeting + Food Expo.
At the recent Natural Products Expo West show in Anaheim, Calif., I was amazed by how many companies promoted new products on the basis of not containing high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS).
