Tired after working out? Drink a little protein. Overweight? Fiber might help. Digestive issues? Try probiotics. By adding functional ingredients, formulators of dairy foods and beverages can make health-related claims.
Coffee and tea are the original functional beverages. They’re packed with antioxidants and other functional ingredients that serve to stimulate, relax or purify. Dairies formulate their own nondairy beverages and combine tea and coffee into dairy-based products.
Beneo will feature new formulation options impacting blood sugar control, weight & energy management, digestive health and more at this year’s IFT Food Expo, June 21-24 in New Orleans.
Arla Foods Ingredients launched Nutrilac Hi-Pro Improvers, a range of functional milk proteins that boosts protein levels in dairy products to as high as 10% without negatively impacting taste and texture.
Dairy processors add functional ingredients like protein, probiotics and fiber to create beverages for weight control, gut health and disease management.
If you need an icebreaker to use at a dairy-industry gathering, try this: “Functional foods: passing fad or future of the business?” It works wonders at sparking discussion.
PowerCap is an all-in-one product developed by Fortitech as a convenient way to deliver nutrients, flavors, colors, stabilizers and sweeteners in one complete powdered solution.
New Yo-Mix Greek from DuPont Nutrition & Health is a five-species yogurt culture blend that gives dairy processors a simpler, more efficient and consistent way to culture Greek-style yogurt.