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200% guar gum demand spike drives replacement demand, TIC Gums

18-Oct-2011 - A 200% rise in demand for guar gum over the past 12 months is driving demand within the beverage industry for effective replacements, according to US firm TIC Gums, which has just launched such a product.

Pepsi mulls broader rollout for Pepsi NEXT in Q1 2012

17-Oct-2011 - PepsiCo is gearing up for a possible roll-out of its new mid-calorie cola Pepsi NEXT in the first quarter of next year.

PepsiCo on Trop50: ‘We’re selling everything we can make’

13-Oct-2011 - Stevia-sweetened fruit drink Trop50 has been the runaway success story in PepsiCo’s US beverages business this year with volumes of the mid-calorie beverage up 50% in the third quarter, PepsiCo has revealed.

Sweet taste modulator may help provide 'true' sugar taste with zero calories: Senomyx

11-Oct-2011 - Small molecules that modulate the human sweet taste receptor could help to provide zero-calorie foods and drinks that have "the true taste of sugar", say industry scientists.

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Purac launches online beverage fortification tool

11-Oct-2011 - Purac has designed an online calculating tool designed to help research and development (R&D) teams formulate stable calcium fortified beverages.

Hershey seeks stronger foothold in health & wellness market with more cocoa-based functional foods

11-Oct-2011 - More functional foods capitalizing on the health benefits of cocoa should hit shelves next year as confectionery giant Hershey seeks to gain a stronger foothold in the health and wellness market via its new Apure subsidiary.

Nielsen poll indicates global preference for natural food colours

06-Oct-2011 - Consumers globally prefer natural over artificial colours, claims a survey of 5,000 respondents in 10 countries worldwide that Chr. Hansen commissioned from consumer research group Nielsen.

Green tea compound blocks weight gain: Mouse study

06-Oct-2011 - The green tea extract epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) may slow weight gain by limiting fat absorption, according to new research.

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Check in to the myth-busting Food Hospital

03-Oct-2011 - Personalised nutrition is set to receive a boost with the broadcast of a new primetime Channel 4 TV series this autumn.

Dispatches from the ADA conference 2011

Bazi launches bid to dominate new healthy energy shot market

30-Sep-2011 - The firm behind Bazi – an antioxidant-rich energy shot claimed to trump rivals in the nutrition stakes – reckons it could be a $100m brand in four to five years as consumers look for something that will give them more than a caffeine blast.

Harvard study supports coffee’s anti-diabetes potential

21-Sep-2011 - Caffeinated coffee may not only give you a kick in the morning, it may also reduce the risk of developing diabetes, suggest results of a human trial by Harvard researchers.

Kerry aims to boost stability of natural citrus flavours

20-Sep-2011 - Natural flavours supplier, Kerry Ingredients, has flagged up a six month dateline for the conclusion of an existing project aiming to optimise the stability of natural citrus flavours for use in beverages.

Consumers continue to seek alternatives to artificial flavours, reports Leatherhead

19-Sep-2011 - Consumers are set to treat artificial flavourings with an ever greater degree of suspicion, if not hostility, claims a UK report looking at future flavour trends in the food and drink additives market.

Diet soft drinks risk ‘rosy self-deception’ on obesity, Euromonitor suggests

19-Sep-2011 - Consumers of diet soft drinks risk the “rosy self-deception” that such products ‘cancel out’ excess calories consumed through food, while they could also encourage over-eating, Euromonitor International has suggested.

Enzymes make gains in food and drink additives market

15-Sep-2011 - A new report shows enzymes, acidulants and hydrocolloids are the best performers in terms of global food and drink additive growth but preservatives and sweeteners are suffering due to the industry migration from artificial ingredients.

New corn fibre gum extraction process offers emulsion boost

15-Sep-2011 - A new process to isolate corn fibre gum and preserve more of its functional components may contribute to better emulsifying properties, say researchers.

Emulsifier alternatives may only have niche food and drink appeal

09-Sep-2011 - Emulsifier replacers or alternatives are likely to be used only in the premium end of food and drink products due to cost concerns, claim UK experts.

If at first you don't succeed... Could it be 3rd time lucky for PepsiCo in mid-cal beverage market?

08-Sep-2011 - Early feedback from trials of Pepsi Next - PepsiCo’s third attempt to create a successful mid-calorie cola - has been “very favorable”, bosses have revealed.

Red wine in moderation may lead to weight loss: study

07-Sep-2011 - Light consumption of red wine in particular may protect against weight gain, according to a recently published review study from Spanish academics at the University of Navarra.

AB Enzymes set to move up a gear in Middle East and Africa

06-Sep-2011 - Exploiting expected growth opportunities in the Middle East and Africa, AB Enzymes reports it has initiated a tie-up with one of the main distributors in the region – Orkila - to aid its penetration into the bakery, beverage and food specialities markets.

Whey more potential in protein market, claim new partners Fonterra and First Milk

05-Sep-2011 - European food and sports beverage makers are set to benefit from a new dairy ingredients joint venture, which is aimed at increasing whey protein manufacturing capacity in Europe as well as improving the speed and reliability of the supply of such ingredients, claims Fonterra.

Interview: Mark Gottsacker, president, Global Bottling Partners

Smoothly does it. The secret to success in protein beverages

02-Sep-2011 - Protein beverages can have mass market appeal if firms get the formulation right, keep calories down and refocus marketing efforts on the people that are actually drinking their products, rather than the people they think are drinking them, according to one recent market entrant.

Pistachios could be a healthier coffee bean alternative, says study

30-Aug-2011 - Pistachio nuts could be a healthier alternative to the coffee bean when roasted for a specific amount of time, according to UK researchers.

Wanted: Food science journalist/editor

23-Aug-2011 - Do you know your prebiotics from your probiotics? Could you write and broadcast convincingly about emulsifiers and stabilisers? If the answer is yes, we would like to hear from you.