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Clean Label Challenges

Clean Label Challenges

While the clean label concept is hot and trendy, it is not officially defined by any government agency, leaving it open to interpretation. Clean label claims can range from express statements, such as “nothing fake” to implied claims like “small batch;” to lists of...

Socius Ingredients GLYLOID Tamarind Seed Gum

Socius Ingredients GLYLOID Tamarind Seed Gum

Socius Ingredients - GLYLOID® Tamarind Seed Gum: Used in Japan for 50-years, it has now been recommended by the NOSB to be added to the organic exempt list (7 CFR 205.606) in the USA. The Global Food Forums Technology Snapshot Advisory Panel selected this ingredient...

Clean Label Moves Toward Sustainability

Clean Label Moves Toward Sustainability

Innova’s database contains 130 million records. Over 500,000 products from 90 countries are added each year. Using this tool, Mindy Hermann, MBA, RDN, Innova Market Insights, delves into the evolution of clean label as clean label moves toward sustainability, the...

Nexira Baobab Powder

Nexira Baobab Powder

Organic Baobab Powder is a Superfruit high in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Though the fruit is new to the North American market, it has a long rich history and tradition of consumption across Africa for its health benefits and nutritional value.The Global Food...

Ingredion NOVATION Prima Functional Native Corn Starches

Ingredion NOVATION Prima Functional Native Corn Starches

NOVATION PRIMA® 309 and 609 certified organic functional native corn starches can help you meet consumer preferences for simplified, organic labels and create products with sensory and label appeal — even when processing conditions are harsh. The Global Food Forums...

Ingredient Labeling, Regulatory Risk & Consumer Confidence

Ingredient Labeling, Regulatory Risk & Consumer Confidence

March 27, 2018 — In dealing with clean food and beverage package labels, “we are really dealing with consumer perceptions,” said Lauren Swann, MS, RD, LDN, President of Concept Nutrition, Inc. This spells opportunity, she proposed in her presentation “Ingredient...

Managing a Clean Label Supply Chain

Managing a Clean Label Supply Chain

March 29, 2018 — “As you have all probably come to realize by now, we are dealing with a clean label market that is still quite immature,” said Will Lennon, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Imbibe, a beverage development company. “This means that pricing hasn’t yet...

The Clean Label Influence on Restaurant Menus

The Clean Label Influence on Restaurant Menus

The Clean Label Influence on Restaurant Menus Approximately 50% of U.S. consumers' food expenditures are allocated to food eaten away from the home. The foodservice and restaurant industries also function as important trend leaders. Lizzy Freier and Aimee Harvey,...

Emerging Clean Label Laws

Emerging Clean Label Laws

February 23, 2017 – Chip English, Partner, Davis Wright Temaine LLP, gave a presentation on food and beverage regulations and emerging clean label laws that evoked recent drone videos of food and beverage entrepreneurs blithely surfing the waves while oblivious to the...

Driving Value via Clean Label Claims

Driving Value via Clean Label Claims

Alan Rownan, Research Analyst with Euromonitor International, Inc., presented a data-laden status report on global clean label food trends and driving value via clean label claims, followed by a surprising interchange at the end. In his presentation titled "Increasing...