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Nutra Solutions March 15, 2006 Marcia A. Wade	Moving Fiber off the Shelves Numerous studies have provided indisputable evidence that additional fiber in the diet helps to reduce coronary heart disease. Since fruits and vegetables are mostly water, eating those types of foods is only one method by which to increase fiber.
Food Processing Mark Anthony	Inulin: The 'In' Fiber Inulin, a naturally derived, healthful food fiber, occurs naturally in many common foods. Now, food manufacturers are learning how to process inulin as a functional food.
Food Processing August 2006 Mark Anthony	Digestive Health's New Phase The gastrointestinal tract is one of the body's first lines of defense against disease. The more we understand and encourage healthy g.i. tract balance, the better we'll be able to protect ourselves from disease.
Prepared Foods June 2, 2006 Marcia A. Wade	Fiber du Jour Fiber, in its many forms, is influential at abating and controlling a number of chronic diseases. Dietary guidelines do not differentiate between soluble fiber and insoluble fiber, but manufacturers will need to understand their benefits and disadvantages.
Food Processing April 2011 Mark Anthony	Soluble Fibers: Prebiotic Boon to Health Fiber is breaking out of its "wood-chip" image with its attraction as a prebiotic component and the functional gateway to digestive health.
Prepared Foods July 1, 2006	Matter of Support Lifeway Foods' new Probugs(TM) line is a no-spill organic whole milk kefir product for kids that contains 10 live and active kefir cultures (most yogurts have two or three types) that give a healthy boost to the digestive and immune system.
Prepared Foods May 2009	R&D: Healthy Endeavors, from Pre- to Probiotics Speakers at an R&D Applications Seminar series offer formulation solutions in an area of growing popularity: probiotics, prebiotics and dietary fiber.
Prepared Foods October 2007 Elizabeth Mannie	Article: Formulating Foods and Beverages for Enhanced Immunity Many ingredients have been found to enhance immunity and are popping up in new products on store shelves everywhere. Some of the more common ingredients are discussed here.
Prepared Foods May 6, 2007 Elizabeth Mannie	Formulating Tasteful Nutritional Products From probiotics to soy isoflavones, the challenge is to maintain a product's health benefits while providing products that please consumer taste buds.
Prepared Foods April 1, 2006 Marcia A. Wade	Fixing the Fiber Gap As the country becomes more aware of its fiber deficiency, manufacturers are looking at ingredients such as inulins, resistant maltodextrins, beta-glucans and pectins to efficiently fill the fiber gap.
Prepared Foods October 2007 Daniel Best	Article: Glossary: Dietary Fiber's State of Confusion A focus on the meaning of prebiotics, digestible and indigestible carbohydrates and crude, total, insoluble and soluble dietary fiber.
Prepared Foods June 1, 2005	Fruity Fiber with FOS Frutalose L85, a 100% GRAS, natural chicory root extract with both prebiotic and low-calorie sweetening capabilities, is five times sweeter than conventional native inulin powder. And, as a liquid, it is easier to handle and incorporate into formulations.
Prepared Foods April 1, 2005 Lauren Swann	Ingredient Challenges: Formulation Challenge: Shaping Sweet Success for Reduced-sugar Foods Sugared-down products have risen in just about every category where sugar can possibly be altered, and food formulators have many new options for "sugaring down" their products. But when using these ingredients, careful attention to nutrition labeling is critical.
Food Processing June 2010	Ingredient Round Up: Fiber We get to the bulk of the matter with this month's ingredient round up.
Food Processing September 2011 Mark Anthony	The New Look of Fiber Fiber, as a natural dietary component, continues to garner attention, and as a versatile food additive it can enhance the attraction of almost any product.
Food Processing October 2012 Mark Anthony	Understanding Polydextrose and How It Works Lengthen shorter chain polymers of different sugars and you get this designer soluble fiber.
Prepared Foods June 6, 2007 Claudia O'Donnell	The Biotics As the success of probiotics grows in the North American market, the use of prebiotic fibers is also expanding.
Prepared Foods January 1, 2007	Essential Facts on Functional Fibers The optimal use of dietary fiber ingredients depends on understanding a variety of aspects -- ranging from their definitions to issues in the formulation and processing of foods
Prepared Foods April 9, 2007 Elizabeth Mannie	Sweetening Functional Foods - April 2007 The best type of sweetener for functional foods on labeling and nutrient requirements, product characteristics and functionality requirements.
Food Processing July 2007 Mark Anthony	Eating away at cholesterol Many people are turning to foods before they try drugs to lower their LDL cholesterol, and the food industry is well-armed to respond.
Food Processing July 2012	Food Processors Looking at the Whole (Grain) Truth About Breakfast Cereal Despite what seems to be a perpetual war on carbohydrates, it's hard to escape this enduring tradition.
Food Processing September 2012 Ann Juttelstad	Fiber Finds New Health Benefits Fiber's use as a prebiotic has been shown to increase calcium absorption.
Prepared Foods February 2, 2007	Prebiotics to Projects -- February 2007 Developing flavored cheeses for children, integrating prebiotics in products and making the product development process more efficient were just a few of the topics at a recent R&D applications seminar.
Food Processing August 2008 Mark Anthony	The new view of fiber When we laud the benefits of fiber, we are really talking about different fibers, each with distinct characteristics.
Prepared Foods June 1, 2005 Leslie Skarra	Fixing Formulas with Fiber There are two main reasons why fiber is included in food formulations today: for a functional effect in a food system or for a human physiological effect. Product development approaches for these two goals are very different.
Food Processing March 2011 Mark Anthony	Fiber: Out of the Rough Most Americans were not about to embrace foods from whole grains. This image is changing.
Food Processing April 2006 Kantha Shelke	The New Diabetes Formulation Paradigm The recent trend of developing diabetes-specific products that are mainstream and safe enough for regular consumption could transcend all healthy food and beverage categories.
Prepared Foods February 3, 2006 Marcia A. Wade	Mother Hubbard's New Cupboard Insights into the "rhyme and reason" behind ingredients used to formulate and market weight control products.
Food Processing April 2009 Kantha Shelke	Consumers Adding More Fiber to Food and Beverage Diets Packaged foods and beverages touting fiber showed double-digit growth in each of the past five years and netted $3.5 billion in 2008, a 15.5 percent increase over 2007.
Prepared Foods July 1, 2005 Mary Ellen Sanders	10 Myths About Probiotics Interest in probiotics is increasing, but most Americans do not understand their contribution to health. Often, the amount of probiotics in products is not specified, further confusing consumers.
Nutra Solutions January 9, 2008 Ginny Bank	R&D Application: Prebiotic Bone Support A healthy intestinal microflora can extend to health benefits far beyond digestive health, including enhanced immune function, improved heart health and increased mineral absorption.
Prepared Foods September 2008 Claudia O'Donnell	Article: Emerging Healthy Ingredients: Staples to Stars A few surprises surfaced in the i2008 Prepared Foods' R&D Trends Survey: Functional Foods.
Food Processing December 2009	The Next Wave: Wellness Food Trends for 2010 Our annual look at the future of better-for-you foods.
Prepared Foods May 1, 2006 Lauren Swann	Whole Truths from a Grainy Trend The Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance document for comment in February 2006 to assist manufacturers with what the FDA considers appropriate food label statements regarding whole-grain content.
Food Processing September 2013 Rory Gillespie	Are Fiber-Fortified Beverages The Next New Trend? Beverages manufacturers are adding in an ingredient that once was relegated to baked goods and grains.
Nutra Solutions May 1, 2006	Nutritional Nuances A 2005 food industry conference featured seminars on issues such as vitamin interactions, probiotic benefits and soy protein use.
Food Processing February 2009	New Directions in Healthy Baking Any way you bake it, filling consumer demand for healthy baked goods takes the cake.
Food Processing August 2010 Mark Anthony	Building Healthier Desserts Processors have been trying for nearly a generation to bridge the gulf between the reality of dessert and the concept of health.
Nutra Solutions March 11, 2007 Amanda Archibald	NutraSolutions' New Products Annual -- Dietary Fiber/Prebiotics Fiber may have been upstaged or overshadowed by its carbohydrate cousin, whole grains.
Food Processing April 2012 Dave Fusaro	Functional Ingredients: Consumers Reach for Fiber Research indicates consumers understand and want fiber-containing products.
Food Processing June 2007	Ingredient Round-Up: Fiber Beverage fibers... Tapioca and water soluble fibers... Resistant starch and cereal solution sets... etc.
Food Processing February 2013 Stuart L. Cantor	Bakery Product Trends Emphasize Healthier Eating The variety of baked goods ranges from low-fat rolls, artisan breads and fiber-enriched cookies to decadent designer cakes and pastries.
Nutra Solutions December 1, 2007	Nutra Solutions' Ingredients for Health Guide A guide with statistics on health condition prevalence and market size -- as well as commercially available ingredients that assist in production formulations -- is provided.
Food Processing March 2013 Mark Anthony	Study Suggests High Dietary Fiber Related to Low Levels of Insulin Resistance in Women Consumers can add insulin resistance as an increasingly important concern along with obesity and type 2 diabetes; however, food processors can add fiber and resistant starch to help counter that concern.
Prepared Foods May 4, 2007	Abstracts Fair trade certification... Banish bitterness in meat and poultry... New summer soy coolers... Blackberry flavor blasts... New findings on supplements and colon cancer;... etc.
Food Processing October 2008 Mark Anthony	Ingredients for Healthy Indulgence The smart strategy for processors intent on tapping the healthy indulgence market is to focus on the ingredients consumers equate with indulgence, yet deliver healthy profiles to the foods and beverages they enhance.
Food Processing April 2007	Ingredient Round-Up: Sweeteners Maltitol scores 90%... Polydextrose, lactitol... Just for yogurt... Sweeten with raisins... Powdered natural sweeteners... Specialty sweetener blends... Better energy... etc.
Nutra Solutions June 1, 2005 Keating & Leigh	Multi-talented Ingredients: Tout Bene A decade ago, the concept of "functional foods" seemed distantly futuristic, even faddish. Today, multifunctional health positions are energizing the functional foods marketplace.
Nutra Solutions March 5, 2005 Archibald & Wade	The Definitive Dietary Fiber Dietary fiber interest increases across the board... Whole grains struggle for popularity... Low-glycemic claims assisted by fiber use... etc.
Science News July 28, 2007 Janet Raloff	A Gut Feeling about Coffee People's gut microbes digest fiber from coffee in a fermentation process, making beneficial compounds.