Ingredients

Canadian firm to debut blended solution for vegetarian protein, fiber fortification

30-Jun-2015 By Hank Schultz

Canadian supplier Dealers Ingredients plans to debut its Profi one-stop solution for vegetarian protein and fiber fortification at the upcoming Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) trade show in Chicago.

Benecol enters China

10-Jun-2015 By Shane STARLING

Finnish food-agriculture giant Raisio has launched its cholesterol-lowering, plant stanol-based Benecol brand in China in a powder form via mostly medical channels in its big coastal cities.

Lawyer: EU’s on-hold caffeine claims are usable

04-Jun-2015 By Shane STARLING

Five caffeine health claims approved by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) but not yet EU-approved as industry, consumer and government stakeholders debate concerns, are in use anyway.

Emerging markets drive global health & wellness growth (but one size does not fit all)

03-Jun-2015 By Shane STARLING

38 ‘developed’ nations delivered 54% of functional food and supplement and other health & wellness (HW) product sales in 2014, but these same nations will account for only 14% of growth between now and 2019.

BEUC calls for caffeine claim ban following EFSA opinion

28-May-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

With the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) caffeine safety opinion finally published yesterday, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has called now for the ‘obvious conclusions’ to be drawn.

ASA ruling

Healthy water slugged over claims abuse

27-May-2015 By Shane STARLING

Scotland-based supplement and infused water distributor Water for Health (WFH) has been censored by the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for making non-authorised immunity and other claims for chlorella and other infusions in the European Union.

Wrong said reg: Claims too sexy for NHCR

‘Bloody marvellous?’ ASA pulls beetroot blood claims from Juice Garden

13-May-2015 By Shane STARLING

An online UK juice, smoothie and healthy food merchant has fallen foul of the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over blood cleansing and other claims for some of its juices.

Coffee by-products may have prebiotic, antimicrobial and antioxidant potential

11-May-2015 By Nathan Gray

More than 2 billion tons of coffee by-products that are currently thrown away could have applications in the food and nutrition sector, say researchers.

Coffee antioxidants: From bean to brew

05-May-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Australian researchers have tracked the anti-radical and antioxidant properties of coffee from bean to brew.

Algatech to launch soluble astaxanthin powder using Virun's technology at Vitafoods

01-May-2015 By Hank Schultz

The competition in the astaxanthin space to extend this the ingredient to new dosage forms and product matrices continues to heat up with the announcement of an encapsulated offering from Algatech featuring Virun’s delivery technology.  The ingredient...

"The consequence of this is a fundamental blow to the belief in health claims as a magic bullet."

Consumers are food confused...Are you helping?

29-Apr-2015 By Peter Wennstrom

Consumers have never been more confused about food, argues Healthy Food Marketing chief Peter Wennstrom in this guest article. The food industry needs to step up...

Science agency affirms safety at 400 mg daily for adults

EFSA adopts caffeine opinion

28-Apr-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has adopted its opinion on the safe consumption of caffeine with little change to its controversial draft after a heated debate period.

Better knowledge means better wine: The curious and complex world of wine microorganisms

17-Apr-2015 By Rachel Arthur

A €4m ($4.32m) EU project has the potential to identify new and improved strains of wine microorganisms, which could improve future winemaking.

What do we know about caffeine and Alzheimer's?

01-Apr-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

It is ‘imperative’ more research is conducted on the potential benefits of caffeine in the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease, say scientists.

Will you get more polyphenols from blueberry-grape juice or a smoothie?

24-Mar-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Greater research into the impact of food matrixes on the bioavailability of polyphenols is needed, say researchers comparing grape and blueberry juice to smoothie.

Health benefit of sugary drinks tax is ‘a strong claim’, says academic

12-Mar-2015 By Joyeeta Basu

The Children’s Food Campaign claims a 20p tax on sugary drinks could have major positive impact on health but academics and industry say evidence is lacking.

What will EFSA’s caffeine opinion mean for product formulation?

11-Mar-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) safe upper limit for caffeine could mean a de facto ban for 80% of UK males, whose average weight would take them over the body weight referenced in the opinion, according to a food law expert.

5 days until EU caffeine crunch time

Stakeholders win 5 minutes to state final caffeine case

10-Mar-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Last week the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) gave six stakeholders five minutes each to present their thoughts on its draft risk assessment on caffeine, which stated 400 mg of caffeine a day from all sources and single doses of up to 200 mg for...

Tropical energy. A new kind of category blurring?

09-Mar-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Both Red Bull and Lucozade Sport have launched tropical flavours of their sport and energy drinks – something Mintel says is another example of these sectors trying to slurp soft drink market share.

EFSA backs erythritol for use in soft drinks

06-Mar-2015 By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said erythritol is safe for use in soft drinks at a maximum level of 1.6%, bringing the zero-calorie sweetener a step closer to EU approval for beverages.

Brussels caffeine congress

Caffeine opinion not measuring effect of 5 Red Bulls and a bottle of vodka: EFSA

06-Mar-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Accounting for the lifestyle choice of excessive consumption of energy drinks and alcohol was not the point of EFSA's risk assessment on caffeine, the authority has said at a Brussels stakeholder meeting on the draft yesterday.

Straw format to help Ganeden deliver probiotics with shelf stable beverages

06-Mar-2015 By Hank Schultz

Probiotics specialist Ganeden has announced a new application, one that straddles the supplement /food divide. The company has partnered with BioGaia to place its Ganeden BC30 into a line of straws that can be packaged with beverages.

FOUNDER PLANS TO SHAKE-UP DULL US AMBIENT DAIRY-FREE AISLE

‘People think we’re insane!’ UK coconut mylk brand Rebel Kitchen braves US 'beast'

05-Mar-2015 By Rachel Arthur

Sometimes entrepreneurs have to take a ‘leap of faith’, says Rebel Kitchen founder Tamara Arbib, as she takes her coconut ‘mylks’ to the US just over a year after an initial UK launch.

Science short

Daily coffee polyphenols can reduce diabetes risk, say Japanese researchers

04-Mar-2015 By Shane STARLING

Japanese researchers have found coffee polyphenols can reduce type 2 diabetes risk via an insulin-regulating intestinal peptide.

3-5 cups of coffee a day may help keep artery blockages away

03-Mar-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

People who consume between three to five cups of coffee a day may have a lower risk of coronary artery calcium build-up, which can lead to artery blockages, according to research published in the British Medical Journal’s publication Heart.

‘Mood balancing beverages’: Sensient Flavors eyes growth market with new concepts

01-Mar-2015 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Sensient Flavors has developed new beverage concepts that it says respond to rising demand for food and drink that affects and balances our emotional states in a ‘gentle and natural’ way.

'ALL MALTA GOYA PRODUCTS MEET FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS'

Goya Foods slams 'outdated, inaccurate' 4-MEI figures in soft drinks study

25-Feb-2015 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Goya Foods has hit back at a study on the safety of 4-MEI in soft drinks by John Hopkins researchers, insisting that the team's data on the caramel color byproduct is 'outdated and inaccurate'.

PepsiCo hits back at ‘out-of-date’ cancer risk study

21-Feb-2015 By Rachel Arthur

PepsiCo has hit back at a cancer risk study, which linked caramel coloring byproduct 4-MEI to ‘avoidable and unnecessary’ cancer risk.

ABA HITS BACK: 'CARAMEL COLORING HAS BEEN USED FOR DECADES AND IS SAFE'

Study suggests 4-MEI in soft drinks presents 'avoidable and unnecessary' cancer risk

19-Feb-2015 By Rachel Arthur

Soft drink consumers are exposed to an ‘avoidable and unnecessary’ cancer risk through caramel coloring byproduct 4-MEI, say the authors of a new US study that found comparatively high levels of the chemical in brands including Malta Goya and several...

Malt beverage brands must innovate to maintain impressive growth: Canadean

19-Feb-2015 By Rachel Arthur

The global malt beverage industry has grown by 42% over just five years, with particularly fast growth in MENA, says market research body Canadean. 

Coca-Cola Enterprises boss: ‘Detractors don’t understand how safe aspartame is’

17-Feb-2015 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Coca-Coca Enterprises boss John Brock says detractors ‘don’t understand’ how safe aspartame is, and insists that diet soda sales remain strong – growth for Coke Zero offset a 5.5% full year volume slide for Diet Coke.

First things first Europe: Set pan-EU max limit for caffeine

13-Feb-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Europe must push for united mandatory upper caffeine limits for all products with added caffeine if it is to counter current member state disparity. 

BEVERAGEDAILY PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 2014, LUKAS VON GREBMER

Akuō blasts ‘burnout society': BeverageDaily Personality 2014 Lukas von Grebmer’s Zenlike focus…

12-Feb-2015 By Ben BOUCKLEY

BeverageDaily.com Personality of 2014 Lukas von Grebmer is a man on a mission – to combat our ‘burnout society’ as co-founder of Akuō, a healthy drink that blends green tea, guarana and ginseng to deliver ‘Zenlike focus’.

‘Fairlife in every fridge in America!’ CEO predicts rebirth of US milk

11-Feb-2015 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Fairlife CEO Steve Jones believes his company’s new premium milk distributed through the Coca-Cola system can contribute to the ‘rebirth of milk’ in America as consumption levels slide.

Watch our beverage innovation summit on demand!

05-Feb-2015 By Elaine Watson

Missed some of the presentations or debates in our beverage innovation summit? No problem, they are all available on demand to registered delegates.

Join us today at the Beverage Innovation Summit

04-Feb-2015 By Elaine Watson

Are you interested in what's happening in beverages? Well today is your lucky day!

BeverageDaily Personality of the Year 2014! Lukas von Grebmer, Six Beverages

03-Feb-2015 By Ben BOUCKLEY

The virtual hustings are over, the voting is done and dusted, and we’re thrilled to announce that Lukas von Grebmer from Six Beverages is BeverageDaily.com Personality of the Year 2014!

‘Fastest-growing US soda brand’ DRY Soda hails dawn of the soda sommelier

03-Feb-2015 By Ben BOUCKLEY

The CEO of America’s fastest-growing soda brand DRY Soda says the brand’s relatively low sugar content and a focus on food matching and ‘culinary flavors’ are helping it crack exclusive US restaurant accounts.

‘We’re on a mission to make HPP juice more accessible’: Coldpress Foods MD

02-Feb-2015 By Ben BOUCKLEY

The MD of HPP juice brand Coldpress insists it is still growing strongly in the UK despite wider category woes, with a sustainable business model that now allows it to compete head-on with Tropicana and Innocent.

Naturex ramps up quillaia production at Chile plant

02-Feb-2015 By Hank Schultz

Ingredient supplier Naturex is consolidating its Chile Botanics acquisition by ramping production of quillaia, one of the division’s locally-sourced ingredients.

“The authorisation of these claims would see a major boost for sports men and women”

European sports nutrition sector backs EFSA caffeine opinion

30-Jan-2015 By Shane STARLING

The European sports nutrition sector says the recent EFSA opinion that backed daily caffeine intakes up to 400 mg per day, will lift the sector – if it makes it into EU law books.

Researchers find key mechanism in green tea anti-cancer properties

29-Jan-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Green tea and apple compound epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) may trigger a process which sees oral cancer cells killed while healthy cells are left untouched, according to US researchers.

Ingredion rolls out quillaja-derived foaming ingredient across Europe

29-Jan-2015 By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

Ingredion has introduced its natural foaming agent for non-alcoholic beverages, fruit syrups and cordials derived from Quillaja saponaria (the soapbark tree) to the European market.

STUDY TRACKED 5,500 US GIRLS FROM 1996-2001

Sugar-sweetened drinks linked to earlier period onset in teen girls and thus higher breast cancer risk

28-Jan-2015 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Harvard researchers say that teenage girls who regularly quaff drinks with added sugars tend to start their menstrual periods earlier in life than those who don’t, which increases their later breast cancer risk.

Mid-calorie soda gamble: Pepsi True hits test markets in Denver, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C

28-Jan-2015 By Elaine Watson

PepsiCo is rolling out its mid-calorie cola Pepsi True at selected retailers in Denver, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C. following a soft launch on Amazon to assess demand.

One week to go! Join us at the Beverage Innovation Summit on February 4

28-Jan-2015 By Elaine Watson

Will Pepsi True & Coca-Cola Life revitalize the cola market, or are today’s more demanding and sophisticated consumers looking for more than refreshment and ‘no-artificial’ claims from their beverage calories these days?

From salted satsuma to Falernum: Sensient Flavors unveils its 2015 flavor trends forecast

28-Jan-2015 By Elaine Watson

Trendwatchers at Sensient Flavors have identified eight up-and-coming flavor trends for 2015 using the company's proprietary ‘Trends to Taste’ program, a predictive process that filters trends from the broad, consumer, macro level down to finished...

Green tea extract may boost ‘metabolic efficiency’ and help endurance training: Human data

27-Jan-2015 By Stephen Daniells

Supplements of green tea extract may enhance performance in active men by improving metabolic efficiency and economy, says a new study.

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 2015, DAVOS, SWITZERLAND

Nestlé CEO talks Nespresso: ‘We wouldn’t have a healthy coffee business if we exploited suppliers’

26-Jan-2015 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Nestlé boss Paul Bulcke declines to reveal how much coffee farmers servicing its Nespresso platform receive for every little plastic pod sold, but insists the brand creates real shared value for ‘upstream’ suppliers.

PepsiCo's new Mountain Dew Kickstart flavors target ‘cross-cultural millennial males’

26-Jan-2015 By Ben BOUCKLEY

PepsiCo brand Mountain Dew Kickstart tells us its two new flavor lines with higher juice content, coconut water and slightly less caffeine are targeted at a core ‘cross cultural millennial male’ consumer.