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Functional ingredients benefit dairy products

May 7, 2015

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.

Suppliers develop new fruit preps, fruit inclusions for dairy foods

April 7, 2015

Agrana Fruit U.S. developed five new combinations of steel-cut oat fruit preparations specifically for Greek yogurt.

Inclusion Technologies' natural nut-free inclusions that mimic nuts

March 20, 2015

Inclusion Technologies created an all-natural, non-GMO version of its 100% nut-free Nadanut nut analogs.

Inclusions elevate dairy foods

Kimberly Decker

February 7, 2015

Formulating with fruit, nuts and chocolate helps dairy processors create innovative foods based on consumer needs. Inclusions can even solve processing issues, like avoiding chalkiness in calcium-fortified yogurts.

Ingredients

Herza makes individual chocolate mixes for ice cream

July 16, 2014

Herza now offers individual mixes of small chocolate and glazed pieces that can be used in ice cream.

How fruits and nuts make dairy foods even better

Kimberly Decker

February 10, 2014

Fruits add color, fiber, vitamins and taste to yogurt, ice cream and beverages. Grains also add fiber and play an important role in formulating inclusions. As for nuts, they are a nutritional powerhouse in their own right.

Nuts, fruits and inclusions for dairy

Kimberly Decker

February 12, 2013

Kimberly Breedlove, director of research & development at Pecan Deluxe Candy Co., Dallas, knows that a truly transcendent inclusion is worth hunting for. When one really hits the mark, she said, it “should make you want to dig around to find each piece and eat it first. It can be that little welcomed surprise you get when taking a bite of your favorite ice cream that makes you smile and brag about it to your friends and family.”

Milk

Milk’s got it, so let’s flaunt it

Milk has 9 essential nutrients, but not everyone knows

Karen Giles-Smith MS, RD

October 18, 2012

Milk has nine essential nutrients, but not everyone knows that. It's time to bust the myths associated with milk, including the one saying whole milk is the only milk containing vitamin D.

Fruit inclusions

Blueberries are there for the picking. Dairy processors add them to drinks and desserts

The many versatile and year-round available formats offer many production-friendly options.

August 29, 2012

Blueberries are easy to formulate for dairy products from ice cream, yogurt and frozen desserts to cheesecakes, smoothies, drinkable yogurts and milkshakes.

Black currant derivations: PL Thomas

June 8, 2012

PL Thomas is the exclusive North American sales and marketing representative for black currants under an agreement with New Zealand-based Just the Berries (JTB), a grower and processor of black currant derivations (Ribes nigrum L).