Regulatory Issues: Navigating the health claim maze
FDA’s recent guidance focuses only on the process for evaluating evidence supporting a health claim.

Toops Scoops: Health and wellness take center stage
Wellness is no longer about reducing risk factors, but about bringing about a better quality of life, we heard at the IFT Show.

Editor's Plate: The loneliest guy at the IFT show
The Chinese pavilion at the IFT Food Expo was like a ghost town.

Power Lunch: Reform, don’t just renew, the farm bill
This country needs a farm bill that reduces excessive taxpayer-funded subsidies to wealthy farmers and eliminates agricultural market distortions.

Rollout: September's best new products
The latest new food products for Septemer include Tyson's Chicken Any'Tizers, a yogurt drink just for kids and a cola with a buzz. Read on for more, including web exclusives.

IFT Meeting & Food Expo: Beds, belly dancers and baobab
A near-record crowd sampled ingredients healthy and exotic.

Kraft’s cost-cutting model
Many Top 100© processors have been cutting fat from their manufacturing as part of formal manufacturing initiatives for a decade.

The changing fortunes of food manufacturing
The food industry may not be ready for lights-out automation, but some next-generation manufacturing models are taking hold.

Move to earth-friendly packaging
A new generation of packaging materials makes it difficult not to go green.

Sustainability: The new imperative
Pack Expo, Process Expo and two other shows will pack the Las Vegas Convention Center Oct. 15.

Another combo of shows pairs meat and dairy
The biennial show of the American Meat Institute and Intl. Dairy Foods Assn. will be Oct. 24-27 in Chicago.

Product Spotlight: A decadent rice cake
Quaker takes the health halo of rice cakes, adds other grains and drizzles it with chocolate to create Mini Delights.

Food Biz Kids: Sweet, crunchy, sticky – maybe good for you
Our panel of eighth-graders think Raisin Bran Crunch Cereal Bars are 'kind of s’mores-esque.'

Equipment Round-Up: Lubricants
September's equipment round-up features lubricants, including heat transfer fluids, white mineral oils, new gear oils, and synthetic lubricants made especially for canning.

Ingredient Round-Up: Fruits, nuts & vegetables
September's Ingredient Round-Up features fruits, nuts and vegetable ingredients, including cranberry, soybutter and green tea ingredients. Read on for the latest formulations from Kalsec Inc., Robertet Flavors and many more.

Trusting your senses
No processor can afford to be wrong creating a new product. It pays to gather unbiased data in the form of sensory evaluation.