by FTNT Editor | Dec 27, 2023 | Sweet Ingredients
The impact that low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) have on human physiology has been much debated. A recent review by the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee concluded that low-calorie sweeteners might be an effective approach to managing body weight. However, the...
by FTNT Editor | Dec 26, 2023 | Sweet Ingredients
Different approaches to reducing or replacing sugar in formulations with nonnutritive sweeteners, naturally occurring sugars, fibers, and flavor enhancers can be taken. Blending culinary and food science techniques, Zal Taleyarkhan, Corporate Research Chef, and Jenn...
by FTNT Editor | Dec 26, 2023 | Sweet Ingredients
Making better-for-you foods and beverages taste less bitter is possible with a short list of plant-based bitterness blockers, all of them labeled as natural flavor, including naringenin, sugar cane distillate, mushroom mycelia extract, and 1,3- 1,3-propanediol. Alex...
by FTNT Editor | Dec 18, 2023 | Trends
A mounting sense of urgency around the challenges facing the food system is helping to soften consumer resistance to science and technology in food, said Shelley Balanko, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, The Hartman Group, at the 2023 Clean Label Conference. Her...
by FTNT Editor | Dec 10, 2023 | Food Proteins
Protein-based products and benefit claims have proliferated, as has protein-related research, particularly in the sports science arena. Research findings provide valuable evidence-based guidance that product developers and marketers can use to formulate efficacious...
