Summer Staple Ingredients

Quinine

Elisabeth Anderson, Jinpeng Li

July 22, 2019 - Summer Staple Ingredients

As summer heats up, let’s take a look at an ingredients in some of our favorite beverages; quinine. Updated: May 28, 2020 As warm weather season kicks off, and you reach for your favorite drink, did you know it could contain quinine? What is…

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Anti-Caking Agents

Elisabeth Anderson

July 15, 2019 - Summer Staple Ingredients

With summer humidity in full swing, let’s take a look at a group of ingredients that help keep our foods fresh; anti-caking agents. Summer humidity isn’t the only need for anti-caking agents, these compounds help keep our cheese, salt, sugar, flour, and…

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Pectin

Elisabeth Anderson

July 8, 2019 - Summer Staple Ingredients

As summer fruit season swings into full gear, let's take a look a summer ingredient that can help you enjoy summer all year long; pectin. Ever wonder how jam, jelly, and other sweets get their thick texture? Pectin is the active ingredient…

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Pea Protein Isolate

Elisabeth Anderson

June 24, 2019 - Summer Staple Ingredients

It’s not just hotdogs and hamburgers hitting the grill, meat alternatives continue to have a broad consumer reach. With the bursting market of meat alternatives, we'll take an updated look at a key ingredient found in these products: pea protein isolate. Updated:…

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Zinc Oxide

Elisabeth Anderson

June 17, 2019 - Summer Staple Ingredients

In this post, we’ll be exploring zinc oxide, a common ingredient we use all summer. As summer heats up, we’ll spend the next few posts exploring different ingredients that make our summer fun and safe. In this post, we’ll be exploring zinc…

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What are GRAS ingredients?

Elisabeth Anderson

June 10, 2019 - Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Summer Staple Ingredients

In this post, we'll discuss one legislative element that works to safeguard our foods: Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) ingredients. As we've discussed in Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and state that any ingredient added to food must undergo evaluation for approval by…

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