Formulating the Guilt Out of Frozen Confections “Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them…” When William Arthur Ward penned these words, food manufacturers were exploring new realms of opportunity. Consumers were reveling in a new Read more…
Natural Sweetening Compounds Working Together At Icon Foods, we specialize in crafting sweetening systems in a range of particle (mesh) sizes. Natural sweeteners often deliver sweetness quickly and dissipate rapidly, leaving unpleasant afternotes. We’ve taken the guesswork out of the Read more…
All About Allulose Allulose is a rare sugar that occurs naturally in wheat, figs, raisins, and jackfruit (5). On a compelling note, brown sugar contains approximately 71.1 mg/100 g allulose—also referred to as D-psicose, a low-energy monosaccharide sugar. It Read more…
Current Market Trends There’s no doubt about it, inulin is the leading prebiotic fiber in the industry, but scarce sources, tariffs, fuel costs, and hindered transit routes have driven the price up astronomically. Unfortunately, this trend is expected to continue Read more…
The Fight for Flavor Consumers want products with fewer calories, reduced sugar, and a low glycemic impact—with the same great taste as the artificial alternatives. No problem, right? Food developers have been forced to search for innovative food ingredients that Read more…
History of Erythritol Erythritol… By now, I’m sure you’ve heard of this sugar/sucrose alternative, but how familiar are you with its origin? If you’re well-versed in all things erythritol, then you have probably been keeping an eye on the growing Read more…
Has the price of inulin given you the blues? Icon Foods has the perfect solution for you. The inulin market is still in a free fall. Just how much are you willing to pay for inulin? Double the current price? Read more…
It wasn’t even the Super Bowl, but the Jan. 23 AFC divisional round playoff game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium will go down as one of the greatest of all time. In the Read more…
Icon Foods, a globally respected natural-ingredients supplier with more than 20 years of experience supporting the growth of clean-label, healthy food and beverage production, is pleased to announce significant promotions within, and an addition to, its industry-leading team of innovative Read more…
The search for the perfect sugar substitute is far from over, but Icon Foods has tapped into two natural extracts, CitruSweet and ThauSweet, that offer the latest advances in the alternative-sweetener arena. The problem with non-sugar sweeteners is often this: Read more…