Pre-dusts are critical components to any batter and breaded food product. They are the primary interface between the substrate and coating and these systems play a key role in optimizing coating adhesion.

Today, practically everything—from nuggets to vegetables to wings—is breaded, battered, and glazed. Such treatments can add additional color, flavor, and texture and, sometimes, even add a boost in nutrition or extended shelflife.

Clasen Quality Coatings, Inc. has changed its name to Clasen Quality Chocolate, Inc. (CQC). CQC is a privately-held company based in Madison, Wis., that supplies a wide variety of chocolate and confectionery coatings to food manufacturers and private label grocery brands across the country.  

The addition of coatings to foods is more than structural. Batters and breadings are used to enhance the whole eating experience, and perhaps even add some unexpected twist.

Discover new breading and batter ingredients for food formulations.

Cargill’s line of BatterCrisp® starches are the backbone of breadings and batters that deliver the crispy, crunchy textures consumers’ desire. 

Batter and breaded frozen food products are widely consumed both in restaurants and at home. Such products are usually accompanied with a variety of dipping sauces to add flavor and visual appeal.

Mantrose-Haeuser has expanded its range of Plant-based Certicoat® anti-sticking polishes for gummy vitamins, fruit snacks and other functional gummies. 

A coating uniquely embodies all the key traits in a finished food product—texture, appearance, flavor, and even, in most cases, aroma. With the increased demand for clean-label nutritious foods, developers are leveraging food coatings as a way to take those attributes and build healthfulness into texture in products designed to meet such requirements.

The new, naturally derived preservative is not the first clean label mold inhibitor to reach the market, but it is the first to equal the performance of calcium propionate without adversely affecting product flavor.

The reactor will expand the company’s maleic anhydride capacity ahead of anticipated long-term growth in the global acidulants market. It further integrates Bartek’s upstream raw material production with its downstream finishing capacity.

The Firmament Group, a provider of tailored debt and equity capital solutions to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced an investment in Citrus Extracts, LLC.

Prayon, a world leader in phosphate chemistry, will build a new factory and boost the company’s production of food grade sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP). This project is part of Prayon's growth strategy in several sectors (food additives, water treatment, industrial applications), and it will support the group's development worldwide. 

Innophos will return as a presenter at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Event and Expo from July 11 – 13, 2022 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, IL. IFT22 is one of the largest events of its kind bringing together thousands of attendees, including scientists, food professionals and exhibiting companies from around the globe.

Looking ahead to 2030, the food and beverage color palette will almost exclusively contain vibrant, naturally-derived hues that offer clean-label charm, as consumers continue to seek better-for-you products.

Florida Food Products, LLC (“FFP”), a leading innovator, formulator, and producer of natural, clean label ingredient solutions, announced the issuance of a new patent granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its rice bran extract marketed under the VegStable® Plus brand.

Bascom Maple Farms, the trusted source and supplier of 100% pure and organic maple syrup and maple sugar, is hosting IBIE 2022 attendees this week in Las Vegas. Visitors to IBIE booth #7026 can sample a beautiful array of great-tasting natural and organic maple syrups and sugars.

ERYTESSE™ Erythritol has 70% the sweetness of sucrose and a similar temporal profile, with zero[1] calories[2]. It can be used in a range of categories, including beverages, dairy, bakery and confectionery.

Having developed a proprietary method for producing low-cost tagatose from plant-based starches, Bonumose is at the forefront of using enzymatic processes to make rare sugars at scale. Starting in mid-February, ASR Group will have tagatose available for initial shipments and samples.

An internationally patent protected breakthrough in stevia technology, this addition expands Tate & Lyle’s ability to help customers solve stevia solubility issues in food and beverages and helps deliver on consumer demand for healthier and tastier, sugar and calorie reduced products. 

PalmAgility® 600 series compound coating fats (pictured) are a new line of patent-pending, specialty fats designed for a variety of applications including fillings, drizzling, enrobing and bottoming for bakery, snacks and confectionery products. 

At the onset of the business,Bill Dickinson and his small team were focused on ingredient trading, offering buy and resell services along with inventory management expertise.

This year’s Queen’s Choice nods are representative of a robust new product development boom, with cereals, bakery and snacks leading sweetened-with-honey releases this year, followed closely by sauces and seasonings

Made by Sleep Walk Chocolate in collaboration with Chef Rick Bayless, each bar boasts a unique flavor profile, but are all made of imported organic cacao from Tabasco, Mexico.

Deep Indian Kitchen's new Kati Street Wraps deliver a unique toasted texture and a vibrant, rich flavor experience - just like the Katis made famous by street carts in India and Indian restaurants in America.

Each month, California-based flavor manufacturer T. Hasegawa USA publishes a report detailing emerging consumer trends in CPG food / beverage and foodservice menus.

In addition to its original slow-simmered bone broth, the Nona Lim lineup now includes soups, fresh noodles, stir-fry kits and the latest Instant Noodle Bowls and Heat & Serve Meat Entrees.

The company unveiled its new logo and spoke further about the rebranding to a live audience. Simultaneously, the company launched a new website at www.Insignia.gg.

The new manufacturing facility will produce Asian-style foods, primarily for Schwan's #1 Korean food brand bibigo, using state-of-the-art automated production lines. 

Sno*Melter Mats are simple to install, energy efficient and environmentally friendly.

The Loading Dock Safety Gate keeps your workers safe while your dock runs efficiently.

The Ion Air Cannon eliminates static electricity and cleans at distances up to 15 feet, with no moving parts.

Stub-EASE is designed to reduce tripping, slipping and falling injuries on conduit stub-ups by safely removing stub-ups from a raceway.

The non-oscillating Safety Yellow Air Circulator meets OSHA safety standards and has a hinged guard for easy cleaning.

The ToughStripe Floor Tape Applicator makes applying 2-inch vinyl and all 2- to 4-inch ToughStripe tapes a breeze.

FOUNDATION is a platform system designed to raise workers to ergonomic work heights while providing a safe and stable floor.

The Rack Supported Roly pallet-flow safety gate uses dual, counter-balanced gates to secure the ledge and keep employees out of the flow lanes while the lane is being replenished with pallets.

HEAVYDUTY 20 is an OSHA-compliant anti-slip coating that provides high traction and durability for industrial areas. This eco-friendly, two-component epoxy system contains 100% solids – with no solvents or volatile organic compounds – and polymer grit to give the coating long-lasting added traction.

These custom configured elevating work platforms provide workers with a safe, stable platform that can be positioned at heights of just a few inches to several feet. They are also well suited for picking items from the multiple levels of a horizontal carousel.

The 3DNeuroNET Engine’s AI-based platform allows employers to assess the physical movements of their workers, and provides insights “through easy-to-assess outcomes and form factors.”

Curb is Modere’s clean supplement that supports natural GLP-1 production to help control appetite and hunger for both immediate and long-term weight management support.

With a sustained growth of over 70% (3-Yr CAGR), adding 18,000 new points of sale, and sustainability investments to its integrated structure, Solely has broken barriers in the healthy snacking landscape in 2023 and proved its journey is just getting started.

Prepared Foods speaks with Susan Guerin, CEO of World Finer Foods, Inc. and Cutting Vedge, Inc., makers of burgers, meatballs, crumbles, and sausage replacers from artichokes.

“Cultivating the next generation of culinary innovators is both a privilege and a passion. Working on the competition with the students at IIT, sponsored by the Washington Red Raspberry Commission, has been a rewarding journey,” said Zal Taleyarkhan, Corporate Research Chef, Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations.

As an alternative to traditional fruit servings, Fruit Pearls® makes it easy for consumers to keep healthy snacks on hand and reduce food waste versus highly perishable products.

Keeping food safe (70%) and the use of pesticides (60%) are top concerns when considering how food is grown. Nutritional content, use of agricultural technology, environmental sustainability, animal welfare, and farm workers welfare were other listed concerns consumers factor into their purchase decisions.  

Bolthouse Fresh Foods will carry on the century-old legacy of Bolthouse Farms as a leading supplier of fresh carrots to retailers across North America, with nearly 700 million pounds of carrots sold annually. 

Almonds are a key ingredient that can help broaden dietary options in snack products through their wide variety of forms that help introduce new flavor experiences and offer many health benefits.

The company has a broad and ambitious approach to expanding regenerative agriculture, working with partners spanning the value chain, connecting farmers to end customers, technology providers and technical experts.