- Making the case for soy.
Soy protein merges into the fast lane as a functional food ingredient. Soy isn't just for veggie burgers anymore. These days, soy protein is getting more attention from both ingredient suppliers and food manufacturers in the budding functional foods/nutraceuticals arena. Mounting scientific evidence indicates that unique phytochemicals within soy, called ......
- Nutraceuticals!
How the latest products toe the fine line between food and drugs. Nutraceuticals are the hermaphrodites of the consumer goods industry. Half food and half drug, they dazzle, astonish, amaze and confound food companies and regulators alike. But the best circus analogy might be the high-wire act: Nutraceuticals are treading ......
- 7-Eleven launches own line of functional
foods.
Citing studies by the National Marketing Institute (NMI) and Reuters Business Insights, 7-Eleven Inc., Dallas, is moving aggressively into the functional food arena, led by the introduction of a proprietary line of products under the Formula 7 name. According to the NMI report, functional and fortified foods and beverages are ......
- 7-Eleven Launches Private Label Functional Foods
DALLAS -- Betting that the appeal of nutraceuticals will grow, leading convenience store chain 7-Eleven, Inc. here is by launching Formula 7, a proprietary line of functional foods and beverages.
- Enhanced Foods Represent Opportunities for Producers
and Manufacturers
By almost every measure, the markets for functional foods and nutraceuticals are flourishing. Retail sales of dietary supplements in the United States exceeded $10 billion in 1996, with consumption growing from 71 million users a decade ago to between 94 and 130 million users today, according to National Health Interview ......
- Functional Foods & Beverages.
With green tea in mind, Rick Ray, director Beverage Division, Melchers Flavors of America, explores the growing idea that some foods and drinks can be defined as actively beneficial to human health -- a notion that he describes as a 'slowly awakening sleeping giant.' What is a 'Functional Food'? -- ......
- Twenty-four complete functional confections
course.
CENTER VALLEY, PA -- PMCA's new short course on functional confectionery answered an industry need for information about the functional foods category. The first day of the course, held in August at Asher's Chocolates in Souderton, was dedicated to theory. Dr. Elizabeth Jeffery, nutrition professor at the University of Illinois, ......