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COLL ABOR ATIONS that will be put into soda, resulting in a Cargill already had experience creamy float. “We’re getting close,” said with cryogenically made ice Freeman. “Picture this – a local movie cream beads – and some pattheater selling beads to consumers to ented technology to loan out pour into their soft drinks for an instant – when approached by upstart fizzy float. That’s exciting news for the company MolliCoolz. category, and Cargill continues to help us push new ideas forward,” he said. vives digestion. Bush was A similar situation – a vendor-devel- looking for just such an apoped concept awaiting a food processor – is plication as Stash Tea. under way at Stash Tea Co. (www.stashtea. “I had never thought of com), Tigard, Ore. It should result in an the idea, never even heard early 2008 launch of the first probiotics in of the possibility of using prohot tea, the first probiotics in any biotics in tea, until I met Mike,” ocessing possiblyapplication.4-9/16” x 4-7/8” with photo 300 dpi nonrefrigerated recalls Lisicki. “There were some technical At March’s Natural Products West Show, issues to work through, especially how to President/CEO Thomas Lisicki met Mike handle the probiotic, and we had to work Bush, vice president of business development through labeling, was it natural and koat Ganeden Biotech (www.ganedenlabs. sher, how to manufacture the product. I com), Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Ganeden flew to their laboratory in Florida to get a had a patented probiotic – Ganeden BC30 better understanding of it. (bacillus coagulans) – that is dormant when “Early next year, Stash Probioteas should dried and kept at room temperature. But be on the market,” Lisicki promises. heat, such as the hot water used in making The same probiotics may be in a cetea, activates the bacterium, which also sur- real bar – if Tsudis Chocolate Inc. can Madison, Florida Excellent, 192,000 sq. ft., one-story building on 48 acres • • • • Refrigerator/freezer space with floor drains Ceiling heights to 22’ clear Twenty tailgate doors and one drive-in door One 2-ton crane; rail served by CSX find a retailer interested in its prototype product. “As a contract manufacturer, we’re always trying to differentiate ourselves and offer our marketing company and their retailers a product that’s innovative,” says Peter Tsudis, president/CEO of the Pittsburgh firm. He believes a cereal/nutrition bar with probiotic benefits will be a hit for the right marketer. “Ganeden Biotech had to tell us how to process with the probiotic. We of course need to heat syrups and ingredients in our manufacturing process, but we couldn’t heat the probiotic above 95°F without activating it [and that would have been too early in the probiotic’s life]. Their people came out to Pittsburgh to get an understanding of our operations, and they helped us design the manufacturing process. Then we made a batch, sent it to their lab and, sure enough, enough of the bacteria survived to have a positive impact on your digestive system.” Now Tsudis is marketing the probiotic cereal bar to retailers and branded product marketers in hopes of a contract for next year. Go to the grain experts Tyson Food Service knows chicken, all right, but the R&D folks are not experts in breadings and batters. So when the goal was to develop chicken patties and nuggets with whole grain breading, they turned to an ingredient division of ConAgra Foods Inc. “We wanted our school foodservice customers [to be able] to serve whole grain products,” says Barbara Jirka, customer marketing manager for Tyson Food Service, (www.tyson.com/foodservice), Springdale, Ark. “Kids are discriminating customers, so the challenge was to find a nutritious whole grain product that has the taste, color and texture kids like.” WWW.FOODPROCESSING.COM • Two-story office space featuring private offices, conference rooms and a training room • Strategically located, the property provides convenient access to Interstates 10 and 75, Tallahassee and Tallahassee Regional Airport For complete details contact: 1201 pEAchtREE StREEt, N.E., 400 coloNy SquARE SuItE 1020, AtlANtA, GA 30361 404-892-4100 • FAx: 404-892-1765 • E-MAIl: INFo@BINSWANGER.coM WoRldWIdE covERAGE WWW.BINSWANGER.coM 40 • FOOD PROCESSING OCtObER 2007 BINSWANGER http://www.ganedenlabs.com http://www.ganedenlabs.com http://www.tyson.com/foodservice http://WWW.BINSWANGER.com http://WWW.BINSWANGER.com http://WWW.BINSWANGER.com http://www.foodprocessing.com

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