Separating the true triumphs from the latest fads in food flavor and color innovation.Every flavor and color chemist is hard at work on products that will please our palettes and our eyes, respectively. What have those working in naturally derived food additives been up to most recently? The Flavor Challenge...
2011 has been another ride on the financial roller coaster. Anyone who has not felt the tremors, bumps and absolute death drops of the economy is extremely lucky. The same is true of small and large businesses alike, even though there are some rays of hope breaking through the cloudy...
Consumer attention is finally focused on the sweetener revolution.It is an exciting time to be involved with the sweetening of our foods and beverages. Chief among the factors driving change is the movement toward healthier foods, which for many consumers starts with how they ate sweetened. Manufacturers big and small...
Tips for marketing to those with food sensitivities. About 12 million Americans have food allergies (1). That’s roughly the populations of New York City and Los Angeles combined. Throw in the number of Americans with intolerances to gluten (at least three million) and lactose (40–50 million), and we’d more than...
Point-of-sale systems and other modern technology can help strengthen connections with your customers.It’s hard to stay ambivalent about technology. Either you love it and can’t get enough of it, or you dislike the change it brings, and the way its newness encroaches on our lifestyles. Many are at least fearful...
The motto for private label success: “Know Thyself.”An investment into private label is partly a bid to expand the unique brand that a store is, in essence, already providing to its community. Exclusive product offerings give customers a chance to take home with them the quality, the values and the...
How to make gourmet foods translate into high-end sales for your store.One in five shoppers seek out gourmet foods when grocery shopping (1). Though you may not see yourself as a gourmet store per se, it’s likely that shoppers see your products as upscale and expect you to offer high-end...
A guide to the special nutritional needs of children.The road to good health starts during childhood when good habits for optimal wellness are formed. But, any parent can tell you that embedding these behaviors in a child isn’t always easy. Every generation has known children to be fussy eaters, but...
Functional foods and diet tips for the 21st century brain.Lots of things are hard to do on an empty stomach, and thinking is foremost among them. For one thing, you can’t keep your mind off finding something to eat. Worse still is that without the proper dietary nutrients in sufficient...
Hard facts about why it’s worth it to go organic. The organic industry is perhaps one of the most dynamic markets in the food industry today, as it grew 8% in 2010 to $28.6 billion in sales even during a down economy (1). While sales are climbing, so too is...
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