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Global Food Forums’ Clean Label Website
Global Food Forums’ Clean Label website was founded and is managed by food-industry professionals who have provided product developers with formulation advice for more than 25 years. Our Clean Label website supports food formulators by offering impartial, expert advice on developing natural, simply labeled foods and beverages. Available information includes emerging ingredient technologies, consumer trends, nutrition, regulatory updates, ingredient substitution for conventional products, and more.
We hope you’ll take the time to explore our Clean Label website. Let us know how we can meet your needs.
Claudia O’Donnell, Co-Owner & Peter Havens, Co-Owner
In May 2023, Global Food Forums held its 8th in-person Clean Label Conference. This publication, the 2023 Clean Label Post Conference Magazine, is based on presentations from that event. Clean label products have short ingredient lists with consumer-friendly names....
In May 2022, Global Food Forums held its first in-person Clean Label Conference since the beginning of the Covid19 pandemic. This publication, the 2022 Clean Label Post Conference Magazine, is based on presentations from that event. Clean label products have short...
![Clean Ways to Deal with Challenging Flavors [Presentation]](https://cleanlabel.globalfoodforums.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/10/Considerations-Natural-Flavorings-K.Cadwallader-2022CLC-FEATURE-400x250.jpg)
Abstract: In most cases, flavor is the primary determinant of consumers’ enjoyment and, ultimately, acceptance of food. Going to great lengths to create food products with desirable flavor attributes, companies often achieved this by the judicious use of natural...
A fascinating approach to food scientists’ role in advancing clean label products was presented as part of the Applications Panel at Global Food Forums’ 2022 Clean Label Conference by Jonathan Gordon, Ph.D., President, Glasgow Growth Partners, LLC. In his...
Sodium Reduction Using Taste Modulation When the quest for health combines with a pursuit of clean labels, the resulting formulation challenge means both emerging and underutilized traditional solutions should be considered. Alex Woo, Ph.D., CEO, W2O Food Innovation,...
Thought-provoking comments on the use of “super labels” for communicating corporate sustainability efforts and metrics that arise from tools such as environmental life cycle assessment (E-LCA) were the basis of a presentation by Sean B. Cash, Ph.D., Bergstrom...
![An Approach to Designing Successful New Clean Label Products [Supplier Capability]](https://cleanlabel.globalfoodforums.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/03/InsightsNow-Tofurky-CaseStudy-FEATURE-400x250.jpg)
March 11, 2021 - In this post, submitted by InsightsNow—a company that uses human psychology and behavior in product innovation—a Concept Testing Solution was applied in a case study with Tofurky. The approach assists companies in designing successful new clean label...
![[Ingredient] A Versatile Clean Label Texturizer](https://cleanlabel.globalfoodforums.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/02/Avebe-Texturing-Solutions-Feature-Image-400x250.jpg)
February 23, 2021 — Product developers searching for a versatile clean label texturizer that meets consumer expectations for an all-natural, plant-based, sustainable ingredient have a new option from which to choose. Avebe’s Etenia™, made from potato, offers...
![Equinom First Seed Breeding Company and R&D Center [Supplier Capability]](https://cleanlabel.globalfoodforums.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/10/Equinom-New-R-D-CENTER-400x250.jpg)
October 6, 2020- A press release from Equinom, Ltd., Givat Brenner, Israel, notes that the company is the first seed breeding company to open an R&D center that houses all vital departments together –biochemistry, applications, sensory, and breeding. The new...