Food Processing - April 2008 - (Page 36)

INGREDIENTS V8’s Vegetable Juice and new High Fiber version contains about four times the amount of lycopene found in a medium-sized red tomato. As yet there is no tangerine tomato sauce. Nuts about antioxidants Research presented at the Society for Neuroscience in November of 2007 indicated the protective effect of walnuts on aging rat brains was partly due to the alphalinolenic acid (ALA) content, the shorter chain omega-3 fatty acids characteristic of plants. Often overlooked is that walnuts are also a rich source of omega-6, the ﬁ rst described family of essential fatty acid. And while there is no shortage of omega-6 in the modern diet, many of the richest sources are also loaded with trans fatty acids. Campbell’s V8 line “The good fat in has been successful in walnuts [omega-3 driving home the need and omega-6 essenfor daily servings of tial fatty acids] causes vegetables. The more them to oxidize more recent V8 V-Fusion adds quickly than other a serving of fruit. types of tree nuts, so you often will not see walnuts in items that require a shelf life longer than 12 months,” says Michelle McNeil, marketing director of the California Walnut Board & Commission (www.walnuts.org), Folsom, Calif. Walnuts contain a variety of other compounds that may contribute to their overall antioxidant activity, including melatonin, ellagic acid, gamma-tocopherol, carotenoids and polyphenolic compounds. Will walnuts follow the trend of other nuts into the milk category? “I have not heard that a walnut milk will be coming to the U.S. domestic market however; walnut milk is a popular item in South Korea, one of our export markets,” continues McNeil. She does point out recent walnutty retail products including Cranberry, Walnut & Gorgonzola salad dressing from Trader Joe’s and Caramel Nut Cereal from Post. “A personal favorite is the Butternut Squash Ravioli from Lean Cuisine with a walnut cream sauce,” she adds. Alpha-linolenic acid is the form of omega-3s found in the increasingly popular organic roasted ﬂax seeds, another trendy member of the nut and seed category, and a favorite for all vegetarian applications. Flax seeds are also rich in lignans, plant chemicals known as phytoestrogens, which are similar to soybean isoﬂavones and may act as potent antioxidants. Omega-3s can be found in other trendy places. Decas found them in the seeds of cranberries. OmegaCran oil is expeller process cold-pressed from the seeds of the cranberry via a pro- We Rent Solutions Cooling Heating Dehumidiﬁcation Rental Experts We keep food processing plants running at peak capacity. Don’t let temperature or humidity control problems degrade production rates or quality. Our engineers speak your technical language. Chillers Cooling Towers Pumps Heat Exchangers Air Conditioners Spot Coolers Air Handlers Dehumidifiers Heaters Boilers Generators 800-586-8336 CarrierRentals.com 36 • FOOD PROCESSING APRIL 2008 We are the rental cooling, heating and dehumidiﬁcation experts. WWW.FOODPROCESSING.COM http://www.walnuts.org http://CarrierRentals.com http://CarrierRentals.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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