The new facility, operated by passion fruit industry provider Quicornac, offers iTi ustomers greater flexibility in budgeting, expanded product offerings, stability of production, increased availability, diversity in applications, and more.

While vanilla, chocolate and vanilla/chocolate-based flavors are often times the core of frozen desserts, ice cream gurus Steve Young and Bill Sipple discuss ways to help fruit-flavored ice creams, frozen yogurts, sherbets and sorbets shine with strawberry, raspberry and orange.

In honor of National Smoothie Day on Tuesday, June 21, Vitamix is celebrating with its first-ever Smoothie of the Year. Now in its 101st year, Vitamix helped pioneer the smoothie trend decades ago with its blenders' unparalleled engineering and ability to process straight-from-the-freezer or whole-food ingredients.

Inclusions — visible ingredients that add extra flavor, texture, and color into a food or beverage product — have been used to jazz up dairy offerings for years. 

The USDA’s MyPlate guide suggests two servings of fruit per day for adults. But according to a 2017 press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 12% of U.S. adults consume those recommended servings.