Pom Wonderful introduced a 100 percent pomegranate juice concentrate for use as an ingredient.  

 Roquette America is known for its creativity in developing beverage products with its innovative vegetable-based product platform, according to the company.  

Eagan, Minn.-based Biothera’s Wellmune WGP ingredient was found to offer a 40 percent reduction in upper-respiratory tract infection symptomatic days in long-distance runners, according to clinical research presented at the American College of Sports Medicine. 

 DD Williamson and ColorMaker Inc. invite attendees at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting and Food Expo, June 25-28 in Las Vegas, to visit The Color House at booth 1551.  

 The peer-reviewed journal Nutrition published the results of a study that found that students at the U.K.’s Southampton University Medical School who took Wellmune WGP, an immune health ingredient marketed by Biothera, Eagan, Minn., for 90 days reported fewer days of cold and flu symptoms than their placebo-controlled classmates. 

 California Custom Fruits and Flavors is a custom ingredient innovator and supplier that develops products with its customers’ particular requirements and applications in mind, the company says.  

 Tate & Lyle, Decatur, Ill., launched its new Beverage Optimize formulation service in the United States.  

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) will host its annual meeting and food expo June 25-28 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.