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... wild flavors has appointed univar to distribute its range of sunwin stevia products, sweetener blends and taste modification technologies in europe and the middle east ... the company says univar’s industry focused sales and marketing teams will complement wild and sunwin’s ingredient knowledge and manufacturing capabilities to increase value for customers ... “univar provides technical expertise in application development, excellence in logistics support, and outstanding customer service to help its high profile client base ... univar’s food technicians develop recipes and formulations for new food and drink products in their dedicated laboratories, enabling customers to sample the effects of the ingredients on finished applications,” it said

... with the uk’s food standards agency preparing to routinely analyse food products for their sweetener content, foodnavigator ... according to data provided by the market researcher mintel, sweetener use has been slowly but steadily increasing since 2004 in the key european markets of france, germany, italy, spain and the uk ... com gives a post-market analysis of the use of a range of different products, including aspartame, acesulfame potassium, isomalt, saccharin, lacitol and erythritol ... sweetener types there are two main categories of sweeteners used in foods and beverages: bulk sweeteners and polyols; and high intensity sweeteners ... bulk sweeteners, including sugars, are also known as nutritive sweeteners, have a technical role in the food as well as sweetening it ... they contribute to the bulk, the texture and the viscosity of foods ... ace-k and aspartame out of the sweeteners examined for this article, the high-intensity sweeteners acesulfame potassium (ace-k) and aspartame were by far the most popular in new food and drink launches between 2004 and 2010 ... in just over six years (2004 to date), ace-k was used in 2225 new products in france, germany, italy, spain and the uk as recorded by mintel’s global new products database (gnpd) ... on the whole, usage increased slowly but steadily from 285 new products in 2004 to 418 last year

... ready-to-drink ambient ldp consumption, for instance, has benefitted from 8 ... 1% and 6 ... 9% compound annual growth rates in the asia pacific, latin america and africa respectively ... dennis jönssonceotetra pak the latest edition of the tetra pak dairy index, released today, shows that factors such as the increase of ageing as well as growing urban and middle class populations, especially in these emerging markets, will impact consumer needs and behaviour in the future ... changing demographics will have an impact on the types of dairy products people consume and how they consume them, providing new growth opportunities for the dairy industry, according to the tetra pak dairy index ... in a presentation given in lausanne, switzerland, this afternoon, tetra pak president and ceo dennis jönsson explained that the 60+ population is the fastest growing market segment in every region of the world due to lower birth rates and higher life expectancy ... indeed, the 65+ category represents about 739 million consumers today and may account for 2 billion people in 2025 ... jönsson said that dairy producers in various countries are offering these consumers, who are in the search of ‘wellness’, products such as milk fortified with calcium, vitamins and minerals that can help reduce cholesterol and protect against osteoporosis ... jönsson adds that the urban population is better educated, more brand conscious and has a higher disposable income than its rural counterpart ... jönsson added that china, which has significantly increased its milk and other dairy product consumption, will have for the first time in its history more people in cities than in rural areas by 2013 ... jönsson went on to say that these consumers with increased purchasing power want and can afford other liquid dairy products, such as flavoured milk, to satisfy new food and drink preferences ... in addition, dairy producers are introducing more and more value-added products such as enriched milk and drinking yoghurt for this growth category

... companies shied away from launches in 2009 as the number of new food and drink products to hit us shelves dropped 30 percent, according to mintel ... food and drink may be essential whatever the economic situation but in 2009 the recession was deep enough to dissuade many companies from putting new products on the market ... biggest decline the 30 percent decline recorded by the mintel global new product database (gnpd) is the biggest decline the tracking system has ever recorded in the food and drink sector ... “in the last decade, mintel gnpd has only tracked occasional, small declines in new product introductions for the us market, never a decline as strong as this,” said mintel analyst lynn dornblaser ... notably, the proportion of new food and drink products to carry an all-natural claim fell from 15 to 13 percent, while organic labels dropped from 12 to 10 percent of launches ... dornblaser attributed this drop in launches to the price gap between natural / organic products and their traditional counterparts ... ethical and environmental claims increased from 9 per cent of all product launches in 2008 to 17 per cent last year ... side dishes were another robust area of the food and drink market ... mintel said this strong performance was most likely due to more people eating in and the introduction of products that offer greater convenience, like vegetable steam bags ... mintel said the number of economy launches increased 72 per cent from 2008 and 2009

... new data indicates that food manufacturers are opting not to invest in new food and drink product launches during the economic down turn, as budgets are cut from r&d to marketing ... the food sector generally fares better in times of recession than non-vital manufacturing sectors, but it does nonetheless take a hit from shifts in consumer spending towards value goods ... now mintel has identified a trend from its global new products database (gnpd) that suggests us food and beverages manufacturers have been playing it extremely cautiously in the first months of 2009: new product launches in q1 2009 are down 51 percent on last year’s q1 ... lynn dornblaser, new product expert for the market researcher, said: “faced with low consumer confidence and reduced spending, many food and beverage manufacturers cut back on product development and new product launches ... ” she said that internal budget cuts affect a range of activities, from the generation of new ideas, to development, to marketing ... an annual trend? despite the grim statistics, mintel points out that new product launches do tend to be slower in the first quarter – but this year the pipeline is slower than most ... the low q1 stats also follow a slow q4 for the food sector ... some sectors have also taken the recession worse than others: non-alcoholic beverage launches were down 56 per cent; chocolate 55 percent; sugar and gum confectionery 64 percent; and dairy products 60 percent ... “now is the time for ideation and innovation for products that answer shoppers’ desires for value, quality and pleasure ... ” mintel’s data is not split out to indicate whether the new products that have been launched are big-brand goods or private label

... a recent new york times article took an in-depth look at the big hype circulating around the small açaí berry that grows in the brazilian rainforest ... 1 superfood, and more than 50 new food and drink products containing açaí were introduced in the united states in 2008 ... however, scientists state that only a few studies have been conducted on açaí, and manufacturers’ marketing tactics are drawing consumer ire and government interest

... the percentage of food and beverage products making ‘natural’ claims is growing in strength in the us, according to the mintel global new products database (gnpd) ... the label claims that are classified as ‘natural’ include no additives/preservatives, organic, wholegrain and all natural ... mintel gnpd said one-third of all us new launches in 2008 highlighted these attributes, which was an increase of 16 percent compared to 2007 ... this compared to new food and drink products which communicated ‘convenience’ on the packaging, which accounted for 18 percent of launches, while seven percent claimed to have ‘ethical and environmental’ benefits ... the natural category was also the most frequently used label claim featured on new food and beverage products globally in 2008, appearing on nearly one in four (23 percent) food and drink launches in 2008, which was a nine percent increase from 2007 ... worldwide, fortified ‘plus’ claims such as added vitamins or calcium fell 20 percent during 2008, appearing on just one in 20 new product launches ... also ‘minus’ claims such as low-fat, reduced sugar and low-calories started to stagnate globally ... lynn dornblaser, leading new product expert at mintel, said: “in the past, low-fat and low-calorie were the hallmarks of good nutrition and dieting, but today, that lifestyle seems passé ... “food and drink manufacturers today realize that natural and pure have become healthy eating ideals, as people look for holistic, genuine nutrition they can trust ... ” global picture mintel gnpd said 12 percent of new food and drink products worldwide highlighted ‘convenience’ benefits, while five percent claimed to take an ‘ethical and environmental’ stance ... dornblaser said: “although convenience and the environment are popular talking points today, these benefits did not receive anywhere near the same level of attention as ‘natural’ claims did

... common preservative sodium benzoate, widely used in soft drinks and other foods, is again at the centre of health concerns after research emerged linking it to cell damage ... professor piper's research, which suggests that benzoate contributes to faster ageing and degenerative diseases such as parkinson's, increases the pressure on soft drinks makers to find alternative ways to preserve their products ... "it is approved for use by the food standards agency and we follow the guidance of the regulatory authorities ... it is used widely in soft drinks and was included in 44 new food and drink products across the uk over the last year, according to data from mintel's global new product database ... and more recently, sodium benzoate was one of seven 'e-numbers' again linked to behavioural problems in children ... piper, an expert in molecular biology and biotechnology, tested benzoate on yeast cells in his lab ... he found the preservative spurred an increase in production of oxygen radicals, or free radicals, which several studies have linked to serious illnesses and ageing in general ... and the body has very successful systems for mopping up 99 per cent free radicals ... over the longer term, this is a major component of why we age and why we progressively lose function ... " professor piper called for new safety tests on sodium benzoate taking into account a growing body of science on free radicals ... and he advised soft drinks firms to put more resources into alternative preservation methods ... "i understand industry concerns about shelf life, but they have to ask - is this [sodium benzoate] completely necessary?" the uk food standards agency (fsa) reviewed professor piper's original 1999 study but found its relevance to humans was "unclear" ... richard laming, of the british soft drinks association, said: " the fsa has assured us that the apparent concerns regarding sodium benzoate have already been investigated and it sees no reason to change its view that sodium benzoate is safe