News On Ingredients from the Americas

January 11, 2011

10 Crazy Potato Chip Flavors

These days people expect instant gratification. From finding where you parked your car to checking movie times on the go, 'there's an app for that.' In the same vein, no longer do you need to sit down and order a full meal. Now, there's a chip for that!

December 29, 2010

USPB provides help to develop new dehy potato products

Potential end users who learn about U.S. dehydrated potatoes at trade shows and seminars and who decide to incorporate dehy into a product don’t have to go it alone.

December 29, 2010

Frito-Lay se centra en los productos con ingredientes naturales

La división de América del Norte de Frito-Lay dijo hoy que aproximadamente el 50 por ciento de sus productos se elaborarán con ingredientes naturales, incluyendo tres de sus principales marcas: Lay's® potato chips, Tostitos® tortilla chips y SunChips® ...

December 29, 2010

Frito-Lay focuses on products with all natural ingredients

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division today said that approximately 50 percent of its product portfolio will be made with all natural ingredients, including three of its biggest brands, Lay's® potato chips, Tostitos® tortilla chips and SunChips® multigrain snacks.

December 23, 2010

Jan. 1, 2011: 2nd phase of California trans fat ban to take effect

California restaurants must end trans fat use by Jan. 1.

December 19, 2010

Allan Parker: farmers could join endangered species list

Extreme weather patterns wreaking havoc on many parts of the world could put the global farmer on the endangered species list, says an international agricultural expert.

December 13, 2010

Study supports concerns over popcorn butter flavor (diacetyl)

Diacetyl - a chemical used in butter flavoring – may damages the lungs by reacting and forming complexes with amino acids in cell membranes, according to a new US study.

2010 dietary guidelines alliance consumer research

December 13, 2010

Parents Skeptical About Role of Calories in the Diet

When it comes to calories, parents lack a basic understanding of their impact on weight and may even be skeptical that calories are just the latest food and nutrition fad.

November 21, 2010

RDO-Calbee employees win top productivity award from Calbee

Calbee Foods Co. of Japan has awarded its top productivity prize to employees at its United States joint-venture RDO-Calbee Foods.

November 10, 2010

Wendy's launches new Natural-Cut Sea Salt French Fries

Wendy's announces the launch of its new natural-cut fries with sea salt in the United States (nationwide), marking the first complete redesign of the company's classic fries in its 41-year history.

October 23, 2010

Monsanto joins fitfrying.com to highlight qualities Vistive Gold low saturate soybeans

Monsanto has recently joined a partnership, www.fitfrying.com. Fitfrying is a collaborative effort of nonprofit and for-profit companies with a mission to guide industry-wide, healthier frying efforts.

IOM report: Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols

October 13, 2010

IOM: Front of Pack Labels should focus on Calories, Saturated Fat, Trans Fat and Sodium

Nutrition rating systems and symbols on the fronts of food packaging would be most useful to shoppers if they highlighted four nutrients of greatest concern – calories, saturated fat, trans fat, and sodium – says a new report from the Institute of Med...

October 12, 2010

Bunge expands canola processing capacity in Canada

Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG), announced that it plans to more than double the capacity of its canola processing plant in Altona, Manitoba.

October 06, 2010

Bunge Opens Ingredient Innovations Center in Bradley, Illinois

Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG), announced the opening of the Bunge Ingredient Innovation Center (BIIC) for Edible Oils &Carbohydrates in Bradley, Ill.

October 01, 2010

Corn Products International Completes Acquisition of National Starch

Corn Products International, Inc. (NYSE: CPO), a leading global provider of agriculturally derived ingredient solutions to diversified industries, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of National Starch

September 28, 2010

Six new mega-trends and market challenges are demanding product developers’ attention.

Consumers are demanding dramatic changes in the way that food companies formulate, process, and even flavor foods as they continue to look to the food industry for more natural health solutions and increasingly convenient meal options.

September 16, 2010

ARS is breeding more heart healthy (high oleic) soybean lines

Products made from soy oil stand to benefit from two new germplasm lines that produce high levels of oleic acid, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and university scientists.