Topic “food ingredients” — Exporter Magazine

Major food manufacturers including giants like Sara Lee, Kraft, and ConAgra have been raising prices as commodity costs have soared in recent months – but if a company can provide cheaper alternative ingredients that offer additional benefits, now could be the time to attract new business, the report said. Part-baked frozen bakery products allow bakers to fulfil demand for freshly baked bread at short-notice by rebaking a partially baked product to form colour and crust. Two of the new functional systems under Cargill’s Asian ingredients brand, Protex CF 6205 and Protex CF 6206, are intended for use in Mochi buns and donuts, Japanese delicacies traditionally made from pounded and shaped glutinous rice but which can also be made from rice flour. The firm behind a new breed of microscopic salt crystals that can help manufacturers slash sodium and retain their clean label status is conducting its first trials on cheese, according to Foodmanufacturer.co.uk.