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Consumer interest in clean label or natural ingredients continues to rise. Approximately 50–75% of consumers believe that products with natural ingredients or fewer ingredients — or foods with other attributes such as better nutrition, environmental sustainability or ethical sourcing — qualify as clean label. Consumers are lately paying more attention to the labels, lists of ingredients, nutritional values and claims. The clean label ingredients can be identified as emulsifiers, stabilizer, and thickeners (EST), flavor, preservatives, colorants, and others. They are applicable in various industries including bakery & confectionery, dairy & frozen desserts, beverages, oils & fats, snacks, meat products, and others. Clean label is a growing opportunity globally owing to the health concerns over adverse health effects of artificial ingredients and increasing consumer awareness on the use of consumer-friendly ingredients that are natural, organic, allergen free, non-GMO ...

Sesame seeds are one of the oldest known oilseeds in the world and also the healthiest ones. These seeds grow in pods and are derived from sesame plants. Due to the presence of abundant vitamins, minerals and antioxidants in them, they are widely used in many cuisines and recipes across the world and are hence very popular too. Due to their high demand, there are a lot of sesame seed manufacturer and exporter companies, based in high yield areas of the world. But not all sesame seed manufacturer are at the same level of expertise and experience. The following are some of the qualities, characteristics, and signs which define an excellent  sesame seed manufacturing company . •  A Great Infrastructure Besides being located in high sesame seed cultivation or yielding area, a good sesame seed manufacturer is one which has a great infrastructure in place. This includes a fully automated processing plant certified by ISO, state of the art machinery, latest technological equi...

Maize prices are on the boil on reports of the lower crop in the Kharif 2018 season. With the prices at an all-time high, the poultry-feed and starch industries, which rely heavily on this grain, are facing tough times. Shortage of raw material has led to high production costs and under-utilization of capacities with the starch industry fearing the shutting down of plants. The maize crop has been hit by drought and pests leading to the shortage.  Maize, popularly known as corn is one of the emerging food cash crops & third largest cereal in the country after rice and wheat. As per the second advance estimates of kharif production released by the government in February, production of maize is expected to be 27.80 million tonnes in 2018-19, down from the previous year’s 28.72 million tonnes. The infestation of the dreaded pest Fall Army Worm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda), coupled with weak monsoon rains witnessed in key producing States such as Karnataka and Telangana h...

Top Food Trends for 2019 2019 begins, a year that promises new and interesting trends in the food and beverage industry, driven by technological innovations and the consumers growing demand for new flavor experiences, greater transparency, and healthier products. While last year was all about unicorn food, glitter lattes and broccoli coffee, this year, non-dairy ice cream, plant-based proteins, Asian spices & cuisines are expected to be huge. The food experts opine that in 2019 will stand out the simple and natural ingredients made with unprocessed and real products. In view of the emerging health food fad, we foresee the following diet & nutrition trends to be trendsetters in the months & years to come: Organic foods People have grown extremely health conscious and realized the benefits of eating natural food, especially organic, non-processed and genetically modified food. The focus is now on fresh, seasonal and local produce. Plan...

HL Agro Products, one of the established players in the manufacturing of food ingredients in India, today announces its programmed exhibit at the forthcoming edition of IFT Food Expo in New Orleans, USA. HL Agro will join a league of 1200 exhibitors to display its manufactured range of sesame seeds , corn starch & corn sweeteners at the Booth space 5235, over Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA between June 2 – June 5, 2019. IFT’s Annual Event and Food Expo is one of the largest events of the food industry that brings   together science of food professionals from around the globe representing all segments of the science of food profession—research and design, ingredients, safety and quality, technology, equipment, processing, packaging, manufacturing, suppliers and buyers, policy makers, and academics with the intention to inspire and transform collective knowledge into innovative solutions to help advance global food & beverage industry. Participa...