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Doing More with Less

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Romy Schafer
August 22, 2012

Fats and oils suppliers continue to expand and improve their portfolios in response to bakers’ and snack producers’ requests for oils, shortenings and margarines with little or no trans and saturated fats.


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Ingredient News:

Cholesterol levels improve in kids as trans-fats in snacks slide

August 9, 2012

In response to concern about trans-fats, cholesterol levels improved in U.S. children in the past two decades as food makers cut trans-fats in their products. The prevalence of elevated total cholesterol dropped to 8.1% for kids ages six to 19 from 2007 to 2010, versus 11% from 1988 to 1994, according to a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association.


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Ingredient Briefs: July 2012

July 20, 2012
PenTech 8500 from Penford Food Ingredients is a modified potato-based food starch that incorporates the company’s new PenNovo technology.
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State of the Industry Report: Popcorn, Corny Competition

Simple salt just won’t cut it in the competition for consumers’ popcorn-craving palettes. Unique ingredients and flavor profiles are helping popcorn manufacturers go for their personal best in the great snacking games.
Jen Roth
July 19, 2012
Low in calories, high in fiber—popcorn may just be the perfect natural snack. Of course, that doesn’t stop manufacturers from trying to up the ante by enhancing all the whole grain has to offer. Now, popcorn can be found competing with chips, pretzels and even candy in the snacking Olympics.
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State of the Industry Report—Snacks: Pursuing the Perfect Pretzel

More nutritious ingredients and innovative designs make pretzels—an already better-for-you salty snack—even better.
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Romy Schafer
July 17, 2012
Pretzels have been around for more than a thousand years, originating in southern Europe around 610 A.D., according to historians. Today, crispy, hard pretzels are consumed by people in many of the countries represented at the 2012 Olympics.
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State of the Industry Report—Snacks: Flavorful Fanfare, Crackers and Crisps

Crackers and crisps are benefitting from new production techniques, better-for-you ingredients, cleaner labels and innovative flavors as manufacturers deal with consumers having less discretionary income.
Lisa White
July 17, 2012
Crunch and flavor have always been gold and silver medalists in the cracker and crisp game, but because consumers are looking for more healthful snacks, there have been interesting developments with these products.
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State of the Industry Report—Snacks: Game Changers,Tortilla Chips

Tortilla chip manufacturers are using innovative shapes, zesty flavors and healthy ingredients to turn consumers’ everyday snacking occasions into mini fiestas.
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Romy Schafer
July 17, 2012
Harris Interactive recently released the results of its 2012 Harris Poll EquiTrend study, which analyzed the responses of more than 38,500 consumers on key measures of brand health for more than 1,500 lifestyle, product and service brands. When questioned about the brands they are likely to reach for when craving a salty snack, respondents chose Lay’s Potato Chips—the top-ranked salty snack for the past eight years—followed by two other Frito-Lay North America brands, Doritos and Tostitos.
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Ingredient News:

Blue Diamond’s ingredients business has a new division name

July 6, 2012

Blue Diamond Almonds’ ingredients business is transitioning its name from Industrial Products to Blue Diamond Almonds Global Ingredients Division. It’s the largest division within Blue Diamond Growers, which is expecting revenues this year to approach $1 billion.


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