Global Food Forum’s (GFF) core customers are food technologists, such as product formulation R&D at food and beverage companies and application technologies at ingredient vendors. GFF focuses on three key global trends: food proteins, clean labels and sweetener systems. GFF’s in-person conferences, webinars and hundreds of web-based articles/videos provide practical and impartial formulation advice and insights into emerging ingredient technologies, consumer trends, nutrition and regulatory updates.
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Our webinars provide product developers with insights into key consumer and food product trends, newly developed ingredients and technical formulation issues.
The FDA has long known of heavy metals, notably lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury, in foods such as those made for infants and young children. The agency revealed its first draft guidance titled “Closer to Zero” in January 2023. FDA’s “Closer to Zero” heavy metals...
It’s commonly understood that humans perceive five basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami. However, sensory scientists now believe there are many more fundamental tastes in the perception of food. Additionally, taste perception is far more complex in other...
According to IFIC’s 2022 Food and Health Survey, 43% of consumers want to purchase food and beverages produced in a manner that minimizes carbon footprint/climate impact. Due to the importance of this topic, three bonus presentations on sustainability will be...
Global Food Forums' 2022 Protein Trends & Technologies Seminar, (October 25-26) is the industry’s only in-person product development event solely dedicated to protein ingredients. Click the link above for more conference details including speakers, technical...
Global Food Forums' 2022 Clean Label Conference, (May 24-25) will offer on-trend information for food product developers and others involved with the food and beverage industries. Click the link above for more conference details including speakers, technical...
Global Food Forums and its related websites (Clean Label, Protein Trends & Technologies and Sweetener Systems) again provide an annual list of "top food trends lists" with a 2021 Top Food Trends addition. Here we offer a look at various predictions for 2021 and...
Nexira continues to set the pace with science backed health and wellness ingredients. As the world leader in acacia (Arabic gum), Nexira began work five years ago to generate data necessary for dietary fiber status for acacia. On December 21, 2021, the Food and Drug...
Equinom, Ltd., Givat Brenner, Israel, is the first seed breeding company to open an R&D center that houses all vital departments together –biochemistry, applications, sensory, and breeding. The new center will enable these departments to work and communicate...
A Protein Product Sampling Station of new, creative foods, beverages and supplements was scheduled to take place on May 20, 2020 during the 2020 Protein Trends & Technologies Seminar's "Technical Program: Formulating with Protein;" however, the seminar was...