Asia Food Journal speaks to Michelle Lee, Regional Marketing Leader of Greater Asia of IFF’s Nourish business division to get her insights on the ingredients space and what is on the horizon in 2022. How does the food and beverage market look like in 2022? What are the overarching consumer and industrial trends, growth opportunities that players in the industry should watch out for? The food & beverage industry is undergoing major transformation, driven by changing consumer … [Read more...] about Greater focus on ‘better-for-you’ food driving innovation in ingredients space
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Sweegen to bring brazzein sweetener to market
To contribute to creating better-for-you, reduced sugar products, Sweegen is commercialising its high-intensity sweetener, the Ultratia™ brazzein. Brazzein is 500 to 2,000 times sweeter than traditional sugar. This ingredient does not have any calories, making it a great alternative to artificial sweeteners and older generation variants like stevia. Sourced from the fruit of Oubli, a West African climbing plant’s fruit, which is found sparingly in nature. Sweegen utilises a proprietary … [Read more...] about Sweegen to bring brazzein sweetener to market
Lycored’s Lycomato™ protects against oxidative stress
Lycored’s standardized tomato extract was found to have positive effects in fighting oxidative stress, according to a study conducted in Israel. Human dermal fibroblasts were exposed to oxidative stress by researchers, which resulted in cell death and lower pro-collagen secretion. What they found was that those that were pre-treated with Lycomato™ had reduced growth of the MMP-1 enzyme, which is responsible for collagen damage, by 50%. The ingredient also boosted pro-collagen secretion, all … [Read more...] about Lycored’s Lycomato™ protects against oxidative stress
