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Plant-based Milk Formulations Trends

Pour Me Up Plant-based Milk Formulation Trends

Consumers have access to every spectrum of the rainbow when it comes to choosing a plant-based milk. This category exploded beyond the original rice and soy offerings. Now, the market offers plant-based dairy options derived from oat, almond, macadamia, hazelnut, coconut and hemp to a name few. Besides the myriad of beverage bases, this category continues to milk the money tree by launching new innovative products addressing consumers needs and concerns. Some of these plant-based milk formulation trends revolve around nutrition, organic status, label transparency and sustainability. Plant-based Milk Formulations: Pumping up the Protein Because animal-based dairy milk innately contains…

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Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber is an Egg Reduction Solution that is clean label

Egg Reduction – A Half Dozen Solutions

Replacing eggs again? Haven’t we boogied to this Chicken Dance already? Egg replacement is not a new phenomena in the food world. For instance, replacement technologies have gussied up ingredient  portfolios for over two decades now. These egg reduction solutions were peddled in the market for various reasons. Years ago, cholesterol earned a bad rap. So, consumers demanded healthier products minus the egg. Then, the Avian flu plagued the flocks driving an egg shortage. Next, the plant-based food wave eliminated any animal-based ingredients including egg. And now, the market is back to grappling with the Avian flu again. Among the…

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Natural Food Ingredients Dominate the SupplySide West show

Natural Food Ingredients Nabbed the Show at SSW

The SupplySide West show, which started its life as a supplement expo, significantly grew in size again this year. For over a decade now, I have trucked around the show floor, looking for the latest and greatest in natural food ingredient technologies. Before, I wandered around with chunk heels cursing the traditional business attire expectations. Today, I traded my pumps in for dressy sneakers to help me reach the finish line which was beyond aisle 8100! After circulating around the show floor, I captured some insight that is worth a share. Mainstream: Pure, Holistic and Natural Food Ingredients With the…

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citrus fiber in oat milk improves the mouthfeel, stability and food labeling

Citrus Fiber in Oat Milk: Clean & Sustainable

A popular meme showing a coffee sipper ordering a sugar-free, fat-free, dairy-free and water-free drink is handed a cup of “air” emphasizes consumers’ desire for extreme customization. But this comical anecdote is not too far from the truth. Coffee shops jumped on the customization bandwagon years ago. Today, they personalize each disposable cup with a Customer’s name and fill it with tailored contents. Because of this customization, foods like plant-based milks found a home in the baristas arsenal of coffee condiments. Among these plant-based options emerged oat milk. The Oat Milk Enthusiasm in Words Oat milk started its craze in…

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Frozen desserts like ice cream uses citrus fiber to improve texture and stability over shelf-life

Frozen Desserts: Smoothing Out the Texture

It is one of the many nostalgic memories that many Earth dwellers have had since childhood – eating ice cream. And if you reside in the USA, you most likely recall the infamous Baskin-Robbins 31 Flavors ice cream shop. This frozen dessert joint sold a flavor for every day of the month. But ironically, many lickers defaulted to their favorite flavor or flavors if given the choice. Today, ice cream not only comes in different flavors but also bases too. Originally, milk was the starting base. However, frozen desserts now can be churned using plant-based milks like oat, almond, coconut…

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Soft-baked Cookie - Citrus Fiber Improves Soft Texture and Shelf-life

“C is for Cookie” as in Soft-baked Cookies

“C is for cookie and that’s good enough for me.” These satirical words stem from the iconic Cookie Monster. Though he originated in the USA, this monochromatic blue puppet is recognized all around the kiddie world preaching the good word about cookies! These delicious, sweet morsels come in a variety of flavors, shapes and sizes. They are available with candied toppings, filled with sweetness, enrobed with chocolate or come in different textures. One popular bakery format hot out of the oven includes soft-baked cookies. Soft-baked Cookie Challenges Bakers Face Baking soft cookies comes with an array of challenges. Bakers are…

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Clean Label Food - Citrus Fiber

Clean Label Food & Beverage: 2023 Top Searches

Food trends come and go, however, clean label is here to stay. Although clean label suggests just that, the definition is highly subjective and carries a myriad of meanings. To some this term implies familiarity, naturalness and simplicity. And to others it refers to sustainable and environmentally friendly. Regardless of the clean label food definition, this movement has affected most food and beverage categories to some degree. Citri-Fi Citrus Fiber  – Clean Label Food & Beverages Citri-Fi is produced from byproduct of the citrus juicing industry. The clean process, which is free from chemical modifications, is one piece of the…

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Upcycled Citrus Fiber - Citri-Fi

Top 5 Facts about Citri-Fi® Upcycled Citrus Fiber

The True Citrus Fiber Pioneers – Fiberstar, Inc. The Fiberstar team takes pride in being the upcycling citrus fiber forerunners. For over 20 years, Fiberstar’s expertise revolved around creating value-added products from plant-based fibers, specifically citrus-based fibers. This technology evolved years before other food ingredient companies jumped on the bandwagon after noticing the value that citrus fiber brings to the food and beverage market. The 20-year mastery in citrus fiber technology and dedicated passion built a solid foundation for converting side streams into value-added ingredients. Because of this, Fiberstar produced a line of citrus fibers that fit today’s paradigm –…

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Formulating with Citrus Fiber

6 Ways to Formulating with Citrus Fiber

Look at a food product’s label and you will be daunted at how many food ingredients are listed. Some are your classics found in grandmother’s pantry. Others struggle to roll off the tongue easily. And then some ingredients read like hieroglyphics dug up from an Egyptian crypt. Regardless, formulating with citrus fiber and/or other natural functional ingredients can help clean up food labels which improves the product’s image. The market demands more natural ingredients that create high quality healthy food products with a long shelf-life. Using the words ‘natural ingredients’ and ‘long shelf-life’ in the same sentence is an oxymoron…

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Citrus Fibers Improves Stability and Mouthfeel in Plant-based Beverages

Strip the Stabilizers – Plant-based Beverages

In previous articles crafted about plant-based beverages, the topics focused on types of plant milks, food ingredient usage and processing methods. Yet, none honed in on the clean label trend. Simplified food labeling continues to be a hot topic especially in plant-based milks like oat milk and almond milk. Some manufacturers tout their homemade style processing which uses no stabilizers. At the same time, stability and texture tend to be compromised. In the 1980’s, finding a sludge of chocolate at the bottom of a milk glass created Cheshire smiles on every kid’s face. Today, finding a slug of particulates at…

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