Remaining Global Food Forums Domains for Sale
Global Food Forums, Inc. ceased operations on December 31, 2023. Thank you to the speakers, food ingredient suppliers, and consumer food and beverage manufacturers for making the company's d0zen-year run financially successful and fun! Food Trends & Tech currently...
Creative Reformulations for Ingredient Disruptions
Product development must apply creative solutions to meet clients’ target cost of goods, discover workarounds for ingredient shortages, and deliver great tasting, longer shelf-life, and clean label products. In her 2023 Clean Label Conference presentation “Case Study...
Formulation Challenges from Supply Chain Disruptions
Food formulation requires looking into future ingredient and material availability. With supply shortages, crop disruptions, and demand imbalance, the pressure on food developers and a procurement team to find solutions is unending, especially with clean label...
Holistic Clean Label Product Development
Holism reflects a concern for the complete system and its interactions instead of its parts, explained Lucile Jarry, MSc, R&D Manager (Foods), Hain Celestial Group. In her 2023 Clean Label Conference talk, Jarry discussed bakery, nut butter, and baby food case...
Clean Label: What Matters to Consumers?
While the definition of clean label has evolved, at its core, it has always been about health and safety. Clean label products must adapt to address new concerns, especially in the wake of the concurrent repercussions of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Food Structure of Plant-Based Formulations
Current plant-based analogs rely on deconstructed plant tissues that are modified and combined with other ingredients in an attempt to create dairy and meat-mimicking structures and sensory profiles. In his presentation, “Strategic Use of Food Structure of Plant-based...
Combining Dairy & Plant Proteins in Cultured Products
Combining dairy and plant proteins in cultured products, like yogurt, creates unique challenges and opportunities for product developers, balancing technical aspects such as protein digestibility, texture, taste, and stability. While dairy proteins offer high...
Heavy Metal Contamination in Food– Closer to Reality
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) new Closer to Zero initiative focuses on the exposure of infants and children to heavy metal contamination in food commonly eaten. Due to these forthcoming regulations, manufacturers need to know this initiative's challenges...
The Growing Regenerative Agricultural Opportunity
Kerry Hughes, MSc, President of Ethnopharm LLC and Advisor for A Greener World, began her talk on a growing regenerative agricultural opportunity by discussing how the global conversation has changed from “sustainability” to “regeneration.” What we have now in...