PreGel, a Gelato manufacturer, will be launching a new range of ice cream mixes for wafers and cones, made with Tate & Lyle’s Ice Cream Rebalance™ 022 Solution Set. The new recipes, which will be in shops and ice cream parlors this Spring, have been specially created for consumers who want to reduce their calorie or fat intake, while still enjoying the full flavor of traditional PreGel gelato. The extended product range will include mixes for low-fat, no-added sugar gelato catering for the United States, Australian, South American and UK markets and mixes for low-fat, reduced-calorie gelato for the European market (UK excluded). Rebalance 022 comprises a mixture of Splenda® Sucralose and other Tate & Lyle ingredients that help maintain texture and sweetness.

Tate & Lyle PLC
800/526-5728
www.tateandlyle.com

WILD’s Colors From Nature® line of natural colors encompass a range of choices, from pink through red to purple, yellow through orange to brown, and various shades of green. With emphasis placed on naturalness for food products, the appearance of color plays a vital role in the perception within each item. WILD’s technical expertise and support capabilities, along with continual testing of the Colors From Nature® in numerous applications, ensures product developers of obtaining the best color for each product.

WILD Flavors, Inc.
859/342-3526
www.wildflavors.com

Forbes Chocolate provides many flavor and sweetener combinations. These are primarily targeted at the school milk market, which requires variety as well as special sweetener formulations to meet schools’ nutritional requirements.

Forbes Chocolate
423/892-5398
www.emcagroup.com

New technology for low-fat, soft-serve or ice cream that could pass for premium high-fat ice cream, reduced-sugar beverages and improvements in acidified protein beverages are the new healthier products offered by FMC BioPolymer. The company claims that the ingredients can help dairy producers develop or enhance products.

FMC BioPolymer
215/299-6000
www.fmcbiopolymer.com

Philadelphia-based Sweet Ovations LLC has launched its new e-commerce website: www.sweetovations.com, which features the company’s line of smoothie bases and coffee syrups. Plans to expand the site’s offerings to include products from the firm’s frozen dessert, bakery, refrigerated dairy and food service lines are scheduled for 2006. The company’s smoothie bases contain real fruit. In addition to smoothies, the bases are widely used in bar mixes, fruit milk shakes and in baking applications. Flavors include raspberry, margarita, peach, strawberry, banana, mango and more.

Sweet Ovations LLC
215/613-2133
www.sweetovations.com