IFT and Process Expo: One Time, Two Shows

DSM Nutritional Products Inc. focused on its 12 Health Benefit Solutions – Defy your Age, Empower your Mind, Nourish your Beauty, Essentials for Women, Strengthen your Bones. Shape your Body, Flex your Joints, Upgrade Your Vision, Essentials for Life, Enhance your Immunity, Guard your Heart, and Power your Performance. Also, its Quali-Blends custom-designed premixes shorten time to market.

Dow Wolff Cellulosics showcased three new products. Methocel Gluten Replacement, which allows development of gluten-free products without sacrificing taste or texture. Available for the first time in the U.S.,this ingredient eliminates many technical problems associated with gluten removal. Methocel Fat Replacement replaces trans- and saturated fats with healthier liquid oils, such as olive or canola, allowing formulators to reduce the fat content by up to 60 percent. And Clear+Stable allows manufacturers to use less cellulose gum in formulations, yet still achieve the stability needed. It also improves protein protection in acidified milk and soy drinks, and enables customers to lower the overall cost of their formulations by reducing the number and quantity of ingredients.

EnWave Corp. a few days after IFT announced a "research and development agreement" with Nestec Ltd., a subsidiary of Nestlé SA of Switzerland. The agreement involves EnWave's nutraREV food dehydration technology. Although further details were confidential, EnWave officials were excited at the prospect of working with "the world's largest food and beverage company." EnWave's nutraREV technology performs continuous high-speed drying in a low temperature vacuum environment.

Esha Research demonstrated its Genesis R&D SQL software, which automates numerous product development tasks regarding, nutrition information, labeling, analysis and more. It can automatically generate a label complete with ingredient and allergen statements, as well as supplement facts, aggregate, dual declaration and the new child label. It also includes a database of more than 37,000 foods and food items, including raw materials, additives and ingredients.

French's Flavor Ingredients highlighted its flavor enhancement ingredients including prepared mustards, Worcestershire sauce, Rochester sauce, barbecue sauce, Cattlemen's BBQ Sauce, Frank's RedHot Cayenne Pepper Sauces, French Fried Onions and Potato Sticks, and Mustard Flours. And French's Cattlemen's Master's Reserve Collection, made without starches, gums, artificial colors or fillers, offers authentic regional flavor from America's barbecue capitals – Memphis, Kansas City, Texas. Mississippi, Kentucky Carolina and Louisiana.

Ganeden Biotech revealed its patented probiotic strain GanedenBC30 will be used in yogurt covered raisins made by confectioner Tropical Nut & Fruit,Inc.

Brazil's Gelnex opened a new plant (its third) producing bovine gelatine. The plant, which was designed to maximize the use of clean and renewable energy sources, minimize the company's greenhouse gas emissions and reduce use of petroleum-based electric power generation, is located in the northern Brazilian city of Araguaína. Solar energy is used to generate a significant amount of the plant's electricity demand, to heat water used in processing and in offices. A unique innovation at the company's Itá plant is the generation of electricity by diesel engines powered by pork fat, a by-product of the gelatin production process. According to Felipe Chaluppe, vice president, sales and marketing, all three of its plants take advantage of location and advanced technology to reduce energy demands, enhance water conservation and use renewable resources. This newest plant uses all the latest technology such as solar photovoltaic systems, solar water heating, wastewater recycling, and use of renewable biomass fuels. Gelnex achieved Silver Certification through the prestigious Brazilian GHG (GreenHouse Gas) Protocol Program, fully compatible with the norms of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the methods of quantification of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

GLG Life Tech Corp. launched BlendSure, the first blended stevia-based sweetening system that combines specific glycosides such as rebaudioside A and pure stevioside together to deliver sugar-like sweetness while providing a favorable cost. BlendSure can be used in food, beverages and as a tabletop sweetener, and it can be combined with other natural sweeteners. It meets the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) international standard for stevia extracts and is on track for GRAS approval by the end of the year.

Infused Dried Vegetables from Graceland Fruit have up to a two-year shelf life and superior rehydration and cooking performance. Among available options, broccoli is ideal in dry soups, rice mixes and boxed dinner kits; dried cubed carrots have the taste and color of fresh carrots and make the grade for pasta dishes, rice mixes and dry soups; and whole kernel sweet corn is perfect for dry soups, breads and stuffing mixes.

News from Grain Processing Corp. is its exclusive alliance with Enreco Inc. to offer Sterling Choice flaxseed ingredients. Flaxseed, an oilseed with stability in manufacturing, is nutritionally dense and provides fiber, antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids in foods and has a guaranteed shelf life of 24 months.