Food Processing - April 2008 - (Page 33)

INGREDIENTS PHOTO: MELISSA’S/WORLD VARIETY PRODUCE Resea rch conducted at Anthocyanins and rela Michigan State Un ted phyiver- tochemicals hav e sent many foods sity fou nd tar t cherries, the through an im age transformaones we stuff into che rry tion. Decas Cranb err y Products pies, contain the hig hest (w w w.d eca scr an be rr y.c om), concentrations of ant hocya- Carver, Mass., has been supnins 1 and 2. These un ique plying cranberr ies for decades, ant hocya nins act like popu lar back when we only thought pain medication, hinder ing the ability of the m around Thanksgivin of the Cox I and II enz g. ymes to conver t Their If you can identify image began to change arachidonic acid to infl when some can become tren its variety, even the simple spud ammator y prosta- do dy. ctors started recommend gla nd ins, wh ich may ing cranberr y explain why some jui ce for urinar y tract infect people find tar t cherrie ions. s ease the pain of When ant hocya nins ma art hritis and gout. de ant iox ida nt Ra spb err y and Blackb err y Comm isnews, the cra nberr y im In add ition, tar t cherrie age cha nged for- sion (w ww.oregon-b err s are among ever. De ies.com), Corcas now supplies 40 -50 nature’s richest sou rce s of natura l mela- lbs million val lis, Ore., supplies detai led gu ide s . of cra nberries and cra ton in, a chemical pro nberr y prod- on the select ion and use duced also in the uct of not on ly s to consumers, retailers, pineal gla nd of ver teb food proces- ras pb err ies and blackb err ies rate an imals. Me- sor but als o of s and other customers latonin acts both as a pro ma rionb err ies , boyse each yea r. tective ant iox inb err ies , and loA similar transformatio dant and a sleep aid, hel n occurred ga nb err ies , all wit h sim ila r ping to reg ulate wit proper tie s h pomegranates when circad ian rhy thms. the word of its to blueb err ies. role in preventing pla Ta rt cherries are now que formation in Americans aren’t rushin ma king reg u- cardia g in hordes to c vessels hit the air ways. lar appearances in juices Pomegran- the produce aisle just yet. Healt , jams and raw ates hy trends went from an exotic Mi food bars. For exa mp ddle Eastern in the use of fru its and veg le, a popu lar fla- fru etables, suit to a trendy juice. An vor in the La ra Ba rs lin early advocate, per or not, are insepa rable eup (by Denver- Po from the apm Wonderful LLC (w ww based Hu mm Food s Inc .pomwonder- plicat ion. “Consumers are ., ww w.larabar. ful.co increasingly m), Los Angeles, is no com), a raw food com w the largest demand ing hea lthy beverages bination of dates, gro in convewer of pomegranates in nuts, and tar t cherrie nient, easy-to-use for the U.S. s, is appropriately mats,” says Za mResea rch presented at named cherry pie. Th mer. In response, Fu the 37th ane Cherr y Ma r- nual tureCeut ica ls and meeti ng of the Society ket ing Institute (w ww for Neuro- other ingred ient ma nufacturers .choosecher ries. scienc now find e in November of 20 com), La nsi ng, Mich., 07 suggests it necessary to develop high-t is promoting tar t the ech nutraadd ition of both wa lnu cherries as a “super fru ceutical beverage formu ts and blueit” wit h vast po- ber lat ions. ries to the diet might red tentia l outside of the pie “Consumers [want to] uce the loss . derive the benof cog nit ive bra in fun ction that occurs efits from fruits, vegetable s and grains in wit h disease and agi ng . The study on handy snacks that don’t req uire refrigerablueberries, conducte d by researchers tion or clean up,” she say s. As a result, appliat the Un iversit y of So uth Florida and cations also are being dev eloped in breakthe UDSA Hu ma n Nu trit ion Lab at fast cereals, bars, confection-t ype products Tu fts Un iversit y in Bo ston, fou nd sup- and snacks (including rec ently introduced plementi ng the diet of aged rat s wit h fruit- and vegetable-fortified chips). 2 percent blueberry ext ract for eig ht weeks resulted in ma int ena nce of neu- ‘Yo u coulda had a vegetable ronal con nections tha ’ t are associated Th e dark fru it and berry wit h you nger bra in cir craze is invadcu itr y. Two per- ing some unexpected places cent blueberry ext ract . The att racis the equ iva lent tio n to V8 juices always of add ing about a ha lf-c has been that up of blueber- nin e out of 10 Americans ries to a person’s da ily don’t meet the diet. recommended daily int U. S. Highbu sh Blueb ake for vegetables err y Council and fru it. “I cou lda had a (w ww.blueb err y.org), V8,” rem inds Folsom, Ca lif., con sumers there is an eas ma int ain s an exten siv y, conven ient While their health messag e list of foo dser- and e isn’t widely known, tart painless way to get hea vice rec ipe s and indust cherries have the most lthy vegetaria l applic ation s ble anthoc yanins 1 and 2, and s into the diet. are finding their way into for blueb err ies , from more applications. smoothies to sauCa mpbell Soup Co.’s sages and wi ne s to tea ne w V8 V-F us. The Oregon sio n line (w ww.v8juice.com ) Ca mden , PHOTO: CHERRY MARKE TIN G INSTITUTE www.foodprocessing.com April 2008 food processing • 33 http://www.decascranberry.com http://www.oregon-berries.com http://www.pomwonderful.com http://www.larabar.com http://www.pomwonderful.com http://www.larabar.com http://www.choosecherries.com http://www.choosecherries.com http://www.blueberry.org http://www.v8juice.com http://www.foodprocessing.com

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Food Processing - April 2008 Contents Editor's Plate NewsBites The Trends Rollout Food Biz Kids Consumer Taste Test - Indulgent, Superpremium Chocolate...at 3 Calories a Pop Cover Story - Annual Capital Spending Report - To Build or Not to Build? Ingredients - Trendy Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables Plant Operations - iPlant: Assessing the State of Automation Plant Operations - Your Sanitation Can Be Greener Packaging - For Which Oven? MRO Q&A New Supplier Products Toops Scoops

Food Processing - April 2008

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