Paul Graham, president of Symrise Flavors North America, Teterboro, N.J., announced the launch of Califormulations, a new concept offering a dedicated suite of product development services to beverage entrepreneurs. Based out of Symrise’s Laguna Beach, Calif., beverage development center, Califormulations gives entrepreneurs access to a fully equipped beverage lab that specializes in rapid prototyping with a staff of beverage technologists and utilizes processing capabilities such as hot-fill, cold-fill, carbonation, homogenization and more, the company says.

The 2017 Fi Europe Innovation Awards were presented Nov. 28, 2017, by Fi Europe & Ni, which is organized by UBM plc. and Food Ingredients Global, at Messe Frankfurt, Germany. There were 10 Innovation awards categories, plus two Start-Up Innovation Challenge categories. A total of 17 companies were shortlisted in the Fi Europe Innovation Awards and an additional 10 in the Start-Up Innovation Challenge. The following were among the 2017 Innovation Awards winners: Alberts won the Future of Nutrition Award for its automated smoothie machine, Europe’s first fresh smoothie vending machine; and Arla Food Ingredients received the Performance Nutrition Innovation Award for its taste-neutral whey protein isolate. The following were the Start-Up Innovation Challenge winners: Chromologics won the Best Innovation Award for its ChromoRed water-soluble, natural red pigment; and Alver received the Best Natural Ingredient Award for its Golden Chlorella.