How Icon Foods Steers Brands Through the New Nutrition Frontier At SCIFTS and again at EXPOWest, the food and beverage industry won’t just be trading samples and business cards—they’ll be navigating the tectonic shift that’s reshaping how products get made, labeled, and loved. With the launch of the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the Read more…
Trade Policy Just Changed the Formulation Playbook (Again) Summary In The Erythritol Reckoning, Part II, Thom King moves beyond last week’s science debate and into the economic earthquake now reshaping formulation strategy. With final antidumping and countervailing duties of up to nearly 200% on Chinese erythritol, what was once a dependable, Read more…
Summary RTD coffee has moved beyond convenience and into its second act: function-first formulation. Today’s bottled brews are expected to deliver protein for satiety, fiber for balance, adaptogens for focus, and low sugar without sacrificing drinkability. But coffee is a demanding matrix, acidic, polyphenol-rich, and unforgiving when sweetness or mouthfeel Read more…
SteviaSweet™ RA99M v. RA60, RA80, and RA95 Summary SteviaSweet™ RA99M represents a next-generation advance in steviol glycoside sweetening, combining high-purity Rebaudioside A and Rebaudioside M to deliver a cleaner, more sugar-like taste than traditional Reb A grades such as RA60, RA80, and RA95. This white paper compares the four options Read more…
Why Frozen Cottage Cheese is the Next Legit Platform, and How to Formulate it Without Screwing it Up Summary Frozen cottage cheese, or “FroCo*,” is emerging as a serious new platform in frozen desserts, driven by the convergence of protein-forward eating, sugar reduction, GLP-1 behavior shifts, and clean-label expectations. Rather Read more…
Summary Hydrolysis may sound like a lab term, but it’s one of the cleanest design tools in modern formulation. This white paper explains how controlled enzymatic hydrolysis transforms traditional guar gum into FibRefine™ HG, a low-viscosity, water-soluble fiber that delivers prebiotic benefits without the thickness, slime, or off-notes that often limit Read more…
Aspartame, Sucralose, Ace-K v. MonkSweet™ MV50, SteviaSweet™ RebM, and SteviaSweet™ RM95D A formulator-to-formulator field guide, sensory, stability, synergy, and the real-world gotchas that show up at scale. Summary In a market where sweetness is easy but a true sugar-like experience is increasingly hard to deliver, The Sweetener Cage Match steps beyond ingredient Read more…
Riding the Wave of GLP-1, MAHA, and Consumer Demand Summary Clean label sugar reduction has moved from trend to expectation, driven by the cultural impact of GLP-1 therapies and the growing “Make America Healthy Again” movement. Today’s consumers still want indulgence, but with fewer calories, smarter metabolic positioning, and transparent Read more…
Formulating the Next Wave of Non-Alcoholic Beverages Summary Soluble tapioca fiber, also known as tapioca-derived resistant dextrin, is emerging as a quiet hero in modern formulation, delivering fiber functionality that holds up under the real-world pressures of heat and acidity. In this white paper, Thom King explores the chemistry behind Read more…
Formulating the Next Wave of Non-Alcoholic Beverages Summary All of the Buzz, None of the Booze isn’t just a catchy phrase—it’s the blueprint for the next wave of non-alcoholic RTDs. As sober-curious consumers drive double-digit growth in NA beverages, formulators are being asked to recreate the full cocktail experience—aroma lift, mouthfeel, Read more…