Five years ago, sustainability meant reducing packaging material. Now, the clean label trend has taken on the mantle of sustainability, and its definition includes natural ingredients, decarbonization and recycling under the banner of clean labeling.
The definition of clean label is evolving to include not only natural ingredients but also decarbonization, reductions in virgin plastic packaging, cleaner processing, energy efficiency and more.
With cocoa prices rising nearly 400% over the past decade, this solution helps brands maintain product flavor and performance while navigating pressures — from supply disruption to evolving consumer demand for cleaner, simpler ingredients.
The company has created a clean-label alternative of the ingredient in hopes of negating supply-chain issues and encouraging consumer purchases with clean-label statements.
Consumers may discard the stems of mushrooms when they prepare salads, or use them in cooking, but startup Chinova Bioworks has found a way to make use of the fibrous stems of white button mushrooms.
High pressure processing’s advantages leave food and beverage processors with two choices to achieve an end product that has been HPP’d—use a toller or buy the equipment.