A natural red color is derived from lycopene extracted from tomatoes.
November 11, 2016
Shoppers would pay up to 47% more (or $2.20 a package) for flavored milk colored by natural ingredients, according to a survey by a supplier of natural colors.
There was a bumper crop of naturally derived blue colors at this summer’s IFT Expo. Suppliers tell how they help dairies formulate with clean-label colorants that also perform effectively in application.
The consensus following this year’s Institute of Food Technologists’ annual meeting and expo in Chicago is that the trend driving current food and beverage development is clean labeling. But you already knew that.
Dairy processors are adding spicy peppers, herbs and other botanical ingredients to dairy foods. What’s going on? Our panel says consumers’ desire for more flavor, more stimulation and more experience is behind the trend.
If there’s a universal truth we can all count on, it’s that America’s three favorite ice-cream flavors will always be vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. Right? Wrong. Per the International Dairy Foods Association, Washington, D.C., our top three picks last year were vanilla, chocolate and butter pecan.
DDW offers EmulsiTech Beta-Carotene Liquid Color Emulsion for use in a range of applications including milk-based drinks such as smoothies and flavored milk drinks for kids.
Sethness’ new red-toned Class I powdered Caramel Color RT198 with a hue index of 6.0, provides a unique red-tone to a variety of food applications that require a reddish-brown appearance.