12 new ingredients from ApuraGreen to zeaxanthin

Clean-label kiwi paste

Stratum Nutrition, a Novus International Business, has created ApuraGreen, a kiwifruit pectin paste ingredient. ApuraGreen is great for baked goods such as bread, cookies, muffins, cakes and other pastries. The composition allows the ingredient to functional as a natural humectant, which makes for softer, fresher products with an extended shelf life, cuts sugar and fat and provides for a clean label. ApuraGreen is a single, natural ingredient from a whole fruit. It is GMO- and gluten-free, and GRAS with no artificial preservatives or additives. It is naturally high levels in vitamins C and K, and dietary fiber. It can be used to replace eggs, dairy products, butter, cooking oils and casein-derived products in baking. As a fat substitute it can effectively replace up to 90 percent of fats. Additional applications include: nutrition bars, juice products, dairy, beverage, fruit fillings and leathers, frozen foods, meat, sauces, gravies and soups.
www.StratumNutrition.com

Drum-dried flake and powder carrots

Van Drunen Farms of Illinois is offering drum-dried carrots in both flake and powder form, making them easy to add to a variety of foods. It can be used as a flavor or to enhance soups, sauces, salad dressings, bakery mixes, baby cereals, instant foods and beverages. Drum-dried carrots are available in both conventional and organic varieties.

Drum-drying is achieved by drying pureed, raw ingredients at relatively low temperatures between two rotating high-capacity drums. This results in a continuous sheet of dried product that is then milled to a final flake or powder format. The product easily reconstitutes and retains much of its flavor, color and nutritional value, and is an economical ingredient choice.
www.vandrunenfarms.com

Fruit and veggie blends

Taura Natural Ingredients' new vegetable blends under the URC JusFruit range offer manufacturers the ability to make natural snacks rich in fruit and vegetable compounds. All ingredients in the URC JusFruit range are 100 percent fruit- or vegetable-derived, including purees and non-deionised juices. URC stands for Ultra Rapid Concentration, a unique process of concentrating the taste, texture and natural goodness of fruit into fruit pieces, flakes and pastes for use in applications such as muesli, cereal or snack bars, baked goods, cereals and confectionery. www.tauraURC.com

Soy-derived veg protein

Supertex is a new specially extruded blend of soy-derived, textured vegetable protein suitable for use in variety of applications. The product is a blend of high-quality, all-vegetable source ingredients, processed via the twin-screw extruder method. The blend's proteins form into a configuration that, upon exit from the extruder, expands into a fibrous structure with the texture characteristic of meat. Made by Solbar of Israel, Supertex is a juicy, meat-like vegetarian option with excellent textural and chewing qualities, superior water-holding capacity, a neutral taste and pale color manufacturers can customize to fit any number of flavor profiles and identities.
www.solbar.com

Natural laxative based on Lactitol

OsmoAid is a new osmotic laxative ingredient by Danisco with better tolerability than conventional laxatives. OsmoAid is a branded version of Lactitol, a disaccharide sugar alcohol known for promoting gut mobility. A sweet-tasting, odorless crystalline powder is also known as a food ingredient. OsmoAid works by lowering colonic pH and stimulating peristalsis; as well as increasing osmotic pressure in the intestinal lumen, resulting in an increase in fecal volume.
www.danisco.com

Juice powder launches

NP Nutra has unveiled several juice powders to its Nutra Flow range of highly soluble ingredients. The new ingredients include Banana Juice Powder, Lemon Juice Powder, Mango Juice Powder, Orange Juice Powder and Strawberry Juice Powder. The new juice powders have delicious, characteristically fruity flavors and are completely dispersible, being designed to make drink formulas flow smoothly and successfully. The Nutra Flow range is perfect for an almost unlimited range of versatile applications, including ice cream, fruit juice, ice tea, soup, yogurt, instant food, flavor packs in tea bags, smoothies, candies, chocolates, flavored milk, fruit cocktails, sauces, salad dressings, etc.
www.npnutra.com

Natural flavors for energy drinks

Comax Flavors has developed a range of new natural flavors perfect for the drink sector. They include grapefruit, calamansi, green apple, dalandan, celmentine, mango, guava, passionfruit, plum, blueberry and lavendar. The company has particular interest in the booming energy-beverage market, recently projected by Packaged Facts to hit $23 billion. Comax Flavors is a family-run company launched in 1977.
www.comaxflavors.com

New natural aroma chemicals

New Jersey-based specialty ingredient company Artiste is expanding its line of natural aroma chemicals to include natural vanillin, 1-Penten-3-ol, 1-Penten-3-one, delta-tetradecalactone and gamma-valerolactone. This is in response to increased demand by manufacturers trying to respond to the new 'naturals' trend, the company said.
www.artiste.us.com

Ingredient for high-protein pet foods

OptiSol 9000 from Glanbia Nutritionals is a new functional ingredient that allows for the inclusion of 50 percent or more meat in low-grain, high-protein extruded pet diets. The ingredient can reduce processing difficulties traditionally associated with the addition of meat to dry extruded pet foods. In palatability comparisons of dog foods, products made with OptiSol 9000 and consumed by dogs were preferred 7:1 to the leading super premium brand. In breakage and kibble durability testing, products made with OptiSol 9000 produced less than 1 percent fines. In digestibility testing with cats, the product made with OptiSol 9000 showed 82.7 percent dry matter digestibility, 88.3 percent crude protein digestibility, 91.2 percent fat digestibility and 88.3 pecent metabolizable energy digestibility. Cat stool testing resulted in over 95 percent normal stools.
www.glanbianutritionals.com

Starch-based texturizing system

PRECISA Cream 10 is a new starch-based optimized texture system that reduces or replaces milk fat in dairy products while enhancing creaminess. Designed by National Starch Food Innovation, the new ingredient has been designed to deliver consumer-preferred texture; be compatible with current processes; withstand high temperature and shear profiles; and maintain product quality throughout its shelf-life. National Starch has designed a demo yoghurt featuring PRECISA with a natural prebiotic soluble fibre.
www.foodinnovation.com

Cargill offers sustainable palm oil

Cargill is now offering palm oil certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to North American food manufacturers. This step by Cargill—the largest North American importer of palm oil—supports the company's goal that the palm oil it imports is grown sustainably. RSPO certification for Cargill's United States refineries follows its European and Malaysian operations, which were certified to offer RSPO products to food manufacturers in 2010. Cargill's palm plantation, PT Hindoli in Sumatra, Indonesia, was one of the first 15 to receive RSPO certification in 2009. The company formed a partnership with Fauna & Flora International (FFI) to assess areas of orangutan populations for future study and conservation, and to share best practices in palm plantation development.
www.cargill.com

New lutein, zeaxanthin offerings

Cactus Botanics, a fully vertical supplier of ingredients, has added Lutein and Zeaxanthin in potent forms to its product list. Lutein is available from 5% to 80% powder, and Zeaxanthin from 10% to 40% HPLC. The ingredients are suitable for dietary supplement, food and cosmeceutical formulations.
www.cactusbotanics.com