Ingredients for Dairy Processors

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An all-in-one drink mix from Fortitech combines nutrients, flavors, colors, sweeteners and stabilizers into a single market-ready powder.

Quark and other fresh cheese manufacturers can boost their capacity without increasing their milk consumption or investing in extra equipment with the Choozit Fresh starter cultures from DuPont.

D.D. Williamson now offers certified organic annatto extract in powdered form, a portfolio extension to its certified annatto extracts in liquid form.

Roquette America’s newest formulation is chocolate enhanced with Nutralys pea protein.

Pressure from public health authorities to reduce sodium in the food supply continues to grow. There are many sides to the debate. Though dairy foods in total contribute only 11% of the sodium in the U.S. diet, the dairy industry has recognized the need to address these concerns and has been taking action. Being proactive helps the industry identify solutions that make sense for the food supply, the dairy business and consumers’ health and taste preferences.

It’s getting harder to stroll a city block without landing in front of yet another frozen yogurt outlet. These brightly colored, sleekly designed shrines to soft-serve bliss are sprouting like spring grass, adding oomph to what some have described as the latest renaissance for a category that was all but written off not long ago.

“Not Too Sweet” Tea from Honest Tea, Bethesda, Md., has 40% less sugar and calories than the leading brands of sweet tea.

In our February column we discussed the importance of digestive health as the basis of all good nutrition and the role ice cream products could play in terms of providing probiotic (consumption of “live and active beneficial” bacteria) and/or probiotic friendly (that is, prebiotic) mix ingredients. We reviewed delivery of probiotics via active culturing and/or cold inoculation.

New creations from Sensient Flavors enable manufacturers to offer ice creams that fit with seasonal consumer preferences. Sensient’s concepts reflect typical seasonal flavors.