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Creators Briefs
Fruitier top notes
A&B Ingredients imparts a line of tropical
from-the-named-fruit flavors from Brazil that allow processors to recapture
these flavor top notes lost through pasteurization of juices. The proximity
of the fruit orchards to the processing site ensures that the extracts
contain the freshest and most balanced flavors. Tropical extracts,
including banana, guava, passion fruit, coffee, tangerine, mango and cocoa
are available from A&B Ingredients, which represents Duas Rodas, the
extract producer, in the United States. — A&B Ingredients Inc.,
24 Spielman Road, Fairfield, N.J. 07004; 973/227-1390; abingredients.com.
Natural colors
D.D. Williamson offers a broad spectrum of natural
colors, and distributes natural color blends through its strategic
partnership with ColorMaker. At the Natural Products Expo West, in Anaheim,
Calif., D.D. Williamson and ColorMaker will demonstrate the following:
Organic Certified Class One Caramel Color for
use in 100 percent organic beverages.
Cost Effective Natural Color Blends featuring
caramel color combined with natural colors for enhanced visual appeal in
beverage and dairy applications. Both liquid- and powdered-natural color
blends will be displayed in numerous shades of red, orange, yellow, green,
blue and purple.
Elderberry Juice Concentrates and Annatto
Extracts representing new product lines acquired from Artemis International
and Dinesen Trading Co. — D.D. Williamson & Co. Inc., 1901 Payne
Street, Louisville, Ky. 40206; 502/895-2438; caramel.com.
Exotic fruit juice
Pure Fruit Technologies will be showcasing several new lines of potent exotic fruit juice-based
nutritional supplements at Natural Products Expo West. Each new line
combines a distinct blend of nutrients to deliver unique health benefits
including increased energy and stamina, enhanced cell regeneration and
improved digestion. The company also will be extending its Mango.xan
product line. Mango.xan is made from the mangosteen fruit and other pure
fruit juices and is high in xanthones, an antioxidant. — Pure
Fruit Technologies, 333 W. River Park Drive, Provo, Utah 84604; 866/464-6738; mangoxan.com.
Natural red
LycoRed Corp. received FDA approval for the use of
Tomat-O-Red, natural tomato lycopene, as a food coloring. The approval
allows LycoRed to market natural lycopene as a colorant for foods and
beverages. The natural colorant provides various shades of red. Tomat-O-Red is ready-to use,
highly stable under a wide range of temperatures and the color does not
shift with changes in pH. The color is available as a liquid dispersion or
a cold-water dispersible powder. Tomat-O-Red can be used to color a variety
of beverage products, including dairy. Tomat-O-Red is produced with lycopene extracted from non-GMO, lycopene-rich
tomatoes. —
LycoRed Corp., 333-A, Route 46 West, Suite 230, Fairfield, N.J.
07004; 877/592-6733; lycored.com.
Passion fruit flavors
Robertet Flavors Inc. introduced new passion fruit
flavors that add exotic flair to new product developments. The flavor
profiles include: Passion Fruit, Passion Fruit Grape, Passion Fruit Mango
and Passion Fruit Orange. Robertet Flavors utilized natural aromatics to
recreate the flavor profiles. — Robertet Flavors Inc., 10 Colonial
Drive, Piscataway, N.J. 08854; 732/981-8300; robertet.com.
Organic certified
X Café LLC is now
able to offer organic coffee in extract form. The company recently was certified organic by Organic Certifiers, an
accredited firm under the USDA National Organic Program. This certification
allows X Café to provide organic coffee extract by special customer
request in either bag-in-box for beverage or totes for ingredient use. Any
coffee available as an organic may be converted to liquid form at X
Café’s recently certified facility. The shelf-stable products
include 30-to-1 to 50-to-1 ratios, Medium Roast and Dark Roast, caffeinated
and non-caffeinated versions. In addition,
proprietary custom blends are also available. — X Café LLC, 104 Merriam Road, Princeton, Mass.
01541; 877/492-2331; x-cafe.com.
Natural sweetener
Ventana Health Inc.
launched Zsweet, an all-natural, zero-calorie sweetener approved by the
FDA. The sweetener provides another alternative sugar substitute. Zsweet
flows, measures and tastes like sugar without an unpleasant aftertaste. It
is made with a blend of erythritol and food extracts commonly found in
fruits and vegetables. Zsweet does not use herbal extracts or dietary
supplements and does not chemically alter any
ingredients. — Ventana Health Inc., 616 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente,
Calif. 92672; 949/369-6515; zsweet.com.