Passion Fruit
The yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims F. Flavicarpa) is thought of as having one of the finest flavours of any fruit and is extremely […]
FOOD AND DRINK
Z-Trim – Gluten free meatballs and all that
A colleague who was visiting the IFT in New Orleans this year visited Z-Trim’s stand (Z-Trim, Mundelein, Ill. USA). What do they make I asked […]
Buckwheat: A Crop Coming Back Into Fashion
Buckwheat (Family: Polygonaceae ) is a valuable food crop that is eaten and used as an ingredient similar to cereals. It is all about the seed […]
Lucuma Has Potential To Rival Stevia And Luo Han Guo Fruit
Lucuma (Pouteria lucuma) is a subtropical fruit and has suitability as a natural sweetener for the product developer looking for alternatives to sugar. The dried […]
Monk Fruit Or Luo Han Guo Fruit – A Modern Sweetener
The monk fruit offers the product developer a relatively new natural high intensity sweetener. Monk fruit is a small, sweet melon found mainly in China […]
The Market For Ready-To-Drink (RTD) Juice Products
Ready-To-Drink (RTD) juice products are increasing in consumption and value because of our increasingly hectic lifestyle. They are also viewed as sophisticated products because they […]
The Challenges Of Reducing Salt In Food
High sodium or salt consumption is a major contributor to high blood pressure or hypertension (Buemi et al., 2012), which is a leading cause of stroke, […]
Bonito Flavouring
Certain fish stocks have been used for centuries to build up flavours and add tastiness to savoury products. The Japanese use katsuo-bushi or katsuobushi which […]
Larch Arabinogalactan For Immune Support
Larch arabinogalactan is a new immune-enhancing polysaccharide and source of dietary fibre obtained from Western Larch trees (Larch occidentalis). It is over 98% arabinogalactan, a […]
Beta-glucan is recognised for its heart health benefits globally.
♦ Beta-glucan recently received EFSA recognition for its health benefits. The hypercholesterolaemic effect of dietary soluble dietary fibre is well known (Davidson et al., 1991). […]
Prebiotics: The Benefits
Prebiotics are claimed to have great therapeutic benefits. They are food ingredients that are not digested directly in the gut but are selectively fermented by microorganisms – […]
Methylsulphonylmethane (MSM) – An Ingredient For Improving Joint Health.
Sports nutritionists have long known that methylsulphonylmethane (MSM) intake benefits those suffering the debilitating impact of joint pain. MSM has both anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties […]
Caper (Capparis decidua)
Caper (Capparis decidua) or Kurel and Pinju in Hindi, is well known to many in both the UK and India. Capers are commonly found as […]
Guayusa – The New Tea?
Guayusa tea is brewed from the leaves of the Ilex guayusa. This tree from the Amazon, especially Peru and Ecuador belongs to the holly genus […]
Matcha – Green Colour For Product Development
Matcha powder is one of those intriguing Japanese ingredients which to Western eyes could soon catch on as an ingredient in culinary circles. Wasabi which […]
Red Yeast Rice and Monacolin K
♦ Monacolin K is a key active in red yeast rice. ♦ It has an EFSA 13.1 health claim and is part of an Article […]
Food Colours From Monascus purpureus
The production of natural colours by fermentation is now well established industrially. Natural being the operative word. Now that food additives such as the synthetic […]
Mangosteen – A Fruit For Product Development
Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L. (GM)) is a popular East Indian fruit from the tropics. The fruit is globular in shape with a purple-brown rind (pericarp) […]
Cherries – Great Juice -For Alleviating Muscle Pain And Inflammation
Cherries have long been a popular fruit, not only when fresh but as a processed fruit for desserts and in the USA, marketeers are steadily […]
Quinoa – A New ‘Ancient’ Food
The Incas, many moons ago ate quinoa as a staple. To them this was the ‘mother grain’ or the ‘gold of the gods‘ as they […]