Issue Archive

Drink Your Grains
Lactose- and dairy-free beverages are experiencing a considerable increase in demand by health-driven consumers.

Well Noted: You eat what you are
The DNA of diet and other new trends from the American Dietetic Association conference.

Food Biz Kids: The tiniest of crackers
‘Fun to play with but better to eat.’

Category Report: Meating of the minds
Beef — It’s <I>still</I> what’s for dinner.

Product Spotlight: A calorie-burning cola?
Elite FX combines spiced-up flavors with vitamins and a ‘proprietary thermogenic blend’ to produce Celsius, a carbonated soft drink it claims can burn calories.

Rollout: December's most interesting new food products
A look at holiday products: new beef cut; Jones' unusual soda flavors; Eagle dessert in a kit; brown sugar Splenda; Ore-Ida frozen roasted potatoes; a gift for Fido; a better butter wrapper.

From the Bench: Stabilizers
This quartet of ingredients doesn't play jazz, but its members sure can mellow out a feisty food formulation.

Take Heart
According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly one million Americans per year die of CVD. That’s more than 40 percent of all deaths, at a rate of nearly two per minute.

Regulatory Issues: Natural acrylamide in food faces FDA scrutiny
Are warnings for acrylamide in foods informative, premature or preempted?

Processor of the Year: Tyson plants reflect 'most admired' reputation
Tyson's heritage remains in evidence despite super-sized growth.

Processor of the Year: Tyson Discovery Center cooks up the future
Tyson’s soon-to-be-completed research, development and training facility is a $52 million commitment to continuing product excellence.

For the Floor: Packaging Materials
A new, DuPont-sponsored survey found that nearly three quarters of U.S. consumers (72 percent) are willing to pay more for improved food and beverage packaging that guarantees freshness. This roundup of packaging materials will help processors meet consumers' expectations.

2005 Processor of the Year: Tyson Foods
Despite the pitfalls of the animal protein market, North America’s biggest food processor for years has been adding value to meats, tightly running its plants and staying close to its Arkansas values.

Making tampering evident
From tapes and bands to light-emitting polymers, tamper-evident features protect products (and processors) from tainting and sampling.

Editor's Plate: Why a processor of the year?
Are you finding ways to add value to your product? Have you wrung the inefficiencies out of your plants?

Market View: Marketing 101: The final chapter
After about 100 columns, John Stanton is retiring. Will you take up his crusade against brand erosion and bean counters?

Regulatory Issues: Bioterrorism recordkeeping essentials
This month, FDA expects food companies to start “one-up, one-down” recordkeeping.

Food Creation: Creation Trends: Fishing for new experiences
Americans’ love for seafood can be stretched to new varieties with a little education and some care in processing.

Power to the Purple
Berries have bounced their way into cereals, energy bars and beverages. Check out how far they’ve come when it comes to being a favorite healthful ingredient.

Aspartame popular among food processors
Weight and health concerns continue to propel the market for low-calorie sweeteners, with a host of recent global product launches showing the popularity of sugar replacer aspartame in new sugar and sweetener formulations.

California AG sues fast food, potato chip firms over acrylamide
California's Attorney General sued fast-food giants McDonald's, Burger King and KFC and the makers of several popular potato-chip brands August 26, alleging that they have failed to warn California consumers about the dangers of acrylamide.

An ugly quarter for food companies
Tyson, Kraft and Sara Lee all were impacted by rising costs.