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2004 Innovation Awards: A pageant of products

The past 12 months may have been a tough timeframe for new product introductions, but there were some real beauties among those that dared to come to market.
Post Date: 12/08/2004
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If you must replace sugar...

Despite lingering debate over sugar’s role in obesity, the food industry is on a tear to reduce or replace sugar in many applications.
Post Date: 11/12/2004
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Time to change your oil

There are good fats and bad fats; next year, trans fats are going to be very bad.
Post Date: 10/30/2004
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Creation Trends: In setting taste trends, U.S. regions are greater than the sum of their parts

Contributing Editor Marc Halperin guides us toward an appreciation of regional U.S. cuisines "from the redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters"
Post Date: 10/15/2004
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Rollout: Best of the new food products

New products from Kellogg, General Mills, Campbell, Frito-Lay, Yoplait and Red Baron.
Post Date: 10/08/2004
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Hydrocolloids: Gum control in a low-carb world

Formulators turn to hydrocolloids for their useful functional properties without contributing to "net carbs."
Post Date: 10/06/2004
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A Sauce for Every Lifestyle

For every consumer niche--low-fat, low-carb, organic, even kids--processors can create a sauce, <I>if</I> they have the right ingredients and technological know-how<BR>
Post Date: 09/10/2004
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Savory Savior

Savory flavors, exotic salts can add the variety lacking in foods for dieters
Post Date: 09/08/2004
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The yin and yang of emulsifiers

Perfectly whole, in the Chinese sense of the word, their dual nature helps reformulate for low-carbohydrate and trans fat-free claims.
Post Date: 07/05/2004
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Sauce for the goose and gander

Consumers demand bold flavors and brush-and-go simplicity
Post Date: 04/05/2004
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Food Biz Kids: "I'm swimming in heaven'

Our 7th and 8th graders review Gordo's Cheese Dip
Post Date: 04/02/2004
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In a nutshell...

Product developers and consumers alike are discovering there's oil in them thar' nuts
Post Date: 03/12/2004
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2003 Product Innovation Awards

Our look back at the best food products from the past year
Post Date: 12/15/2003
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Rollout: December 2003

New products from Fresh Express, Kellogg's, Walkers, Heinz, Betty Crocker and General Mills
Post Date: 12/15/2003
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Rollout: October 2003

New products from Folgers, Kellogg's, Lay's, Family Time Snacks, Ruiz Foods and Hellmann's/Best Foods
Post Date: 10/15/2003
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Packaging and culinary relevance

Aseptic enhances the quality of hollandaise sauce and creme brulee while providing optimal shelf stability
Post Date: 09/15/2003
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MarketPulse

Hispanic food shopping patterns and statistics
Post Date: 09/15/2003
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Food Biz Kids: Off the hizzle fo' shizzle

Looks sophisticated and tastes really, really good
Post Date: 06/15/2003
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Salad days for upstarts

Ken and Annie move up, while Unilever's Best falls short
Post Date: 05/15/2003
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