Podcast: An Emerging Strategy in Functional Foods

How to Jump on the Functional Food Bandwagon without the Cost of Reformulation or New Product Development

Find Out How Functional Beverages
Are Flooding The Globe

Beverages fortified with health-enhancing ingredients constitute a global market worth more than $25 billion and growing. Discover how to tap into this expanding market in a new, complimentary report titled, “Drink Up: How Beverages Are Becoming the Hottest Segment in the Functional Foods Industry.”

Marketplace Review

June 2008 Issue:

Shaking Salt
How the Origin of Salt Can Lower Sodium Content and Enhance Flavor

Food companies are working diligently to lower the amount of salt in their products without risking current flavor profiles, but the task has been an arduous one. Yet, there might be an elegant way out. Regional sea salts can help manufacturers maintain or even improve flavor notes and increase mineral content while lowering total sodium content. (more)

Gluten-Free
Food Companies Are Starting to Take Notice of a Significant Market Opportunity

Innovative food companies are continuing to develop new products and alter existing products to meet demand from a significant population that suffers from celiac disease, gluten intolerance and gluten sensitivity. As more food manufacturers try to market to increasingly narrow yet well-defined niches, expect them to introduce even more gluten-free products. (more)

Nerac Q&A
Dietary Supplement: Current Good Manufacturing Practices and the Impact on Nutraceutical Quality and Business

For years critics and proponents of the dietary supplement industry felt that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was slow in proposing rules for quality and manufacturing requirements to legitimize the industry. Finally, in June 2008, current good manufacturing practices (CGMPs) for the dietary supplement industry took effect. To find out how the new rules will affect the dietary supplement industry, Nerac Food Science Analyst Brenda Van Goethem spoke with Mandy Kraynik, the Marketing Director of Enzymatic Therapy Inc., North America’s leading manufacturer and distributor of dietary supplements and natural medicines. (more)

Don’t Miss Nerac Analysts Presenting at IFT08 Annual Meeting & Food Expo
June 28-July1, New Orleans Morial Convention Center Booth #5200

Make plans to visit Nerac at the upcoming IFT Meeting and Expo in New Orleans! In addition to hosting a booth on the Expo floor, Nerac Analysts will be speaking as part of the overall conference theme “Driving Growth and Sustainability Through Innovation.” Nerac Analysts Scott Lloyd and Natasha Bangel will lead a panel discussion titled: “Nutraceutical Product Development: The Roles of Intellectual Property and Regulatory Pathway Mapping in Successful Commercialization.” (more)