Designing Dairy Inclusions for Stability in High-Acid Food Systems
Maintaining texture, flavor, and structural integrity in acidic applications requires dairy inclusions to be developed around the conditions they will encounter throughout processing, handling, and shelf life.
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Designing Dairy Inclusions for Stability in High-Acid Food Systems
Maintaining texture, flavor, and structural integrity in acidic applications requires dairy inclusions to be developed around the conditions they will encounter throughout processing, handling, and shelf life.
Input Cost Index: Diesel Is Up 71% in a Year
Diesel is up 71% in a year, and the FIE Input Cost Index now includes it. See how input costs changed this week’s score and what to watch next.
Larger Scale Recalls: What Food Industry Executives Must Know & Do
A single supplier can bring many brands into one recall. Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink, explains how to map your supply web, practice a full recall with partners, and share clean data fast.
Food Exec Brief: UPF Labels at $14.2B, Food Prices Rising Another 7%, and GLP-1...
A new study puts a $14.2 billion floor on mandatory UPF labeling costs, excluding import and agriculture losses. The World Bank is projecting another 7% climb in global food prices in 2027. And Danone’s supply chain buckled under GLP-1 demand the company saw coming but couldn’t keep up with.
Your “Rigorously Tested” Claim Is Only as Strong as Your Supplier Spec
Texas built its Gerber case on the difference between label claims and internal test records. The FDA has now identified the document that governs both: the supplier specification.
Companies Are Closing Plants and Cutting Jobs Based on These Four Figures
PepsiCo, Nestlé, and Campbell’s disclosed five U.S. plant closures in the past two months, covering customers with production from other plants in the network. See the criteria that determines what closes.
Input Cost Index: Ocean Freight Jumped 5% in a Week While Grain Reached a...
Ocean freight rose 5% while soybean prices reached a two-month low. See how grain, beef, dairy, and freight impacted this week’s Input Cost Index.
