The company claims conventional encapsulation methods can mute flavors, require higher ingredient usage, and complicate labeling.

Key benefits of MantroShield include:

• Enhanced Flavor Intensity: The absence of fats and oils allows for a sharper, more pronounced sour flavor.
• Lower Usage Rates: The formulation enables producers to achieve desired flavor profiles with less acid.
• Extended Shelf Life: Improved stability to maintain freshness and flavor for a longer duration.
• Cleaner Labeling: Eliminate added fats to aligns with trend for cleaner ingredient labels.

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The 312MET Premium film is a lightweight, ultra-thin metalized solution designed for high barrier protection against salt, oil, and moisture. The company says these barrier properties eliminate the need for an additional sealing layer, making it highly efficient for converting and versatile for various applications.

This film, when paired with cellulose or paper layers, is one of the market’s thinnest 2-ply home compostable solutions for chips and snacks, the company claims.

Suitable for packaging chips, snacks, granola bars, grains, coffee, and tea, the film offers exceptional freshness and extended shelf life while maintaining an eco-friendly end-of-life.

“Packaging chips in compostable materials has long been a formidable challenge due to their corrosive properties,” says Rodrigo Castaneda, VP/GM TIPA North America. “With our high-barrier film, we’re taking a step forward in reducing plastic waste, while ensuring snack brands and consumers have a viable, thin, high-performance sustainable alternative.”

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Shade Vivid Orange is a water-dispersible color made from non-GMO paprika. It has a high color intensity that allows for cost-effective low usage levels and can deliver bright shades in food products including confectionery, dairy, bakery, and plant-based meat, the company says.

It can be used to replace paprika oleoresin emulsion (E 160c) and Sunset Yellow (E 110) while supporting completely clear and clean label declarations. It is created using physical processing methods and without chemical solvents. As a result, the company says it is classified as a food ingredient rather than an additive in many parts of the world and does not require E numbers. It can be described as “paprika oil” under EU and Chinese regulations and “paprika oil emulsion” in Australia and New Zealand. In the U.S., it is listed as “paprika (color).”

GNT Product Manager Frank Engel says: “There is growing global demand for cost-effective, high-performing coloring ingredients that deliver bright orange hues. We are delighted to now be able to provide an ideal solution in Exberry Shade Vivid Orange. The new color fits perfectly with our commitment to delivering 100% plant based, non-GMO, responsibly sourced coloring ingredients, made using the most natural processing methods possible.”

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Drizzle produces 100% pure, unprocessed, bee-friendly honey sourced exclusively from beekeepers who place their hives away from synthetic pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers. Products include white raw and golden raw honeys; raw honey infused with organic superfoods such as ginger, turmeric, cacao and berries; and craft products such as cinnamon-spiced honey and hot honey infused with spicy crushed chilies — all free of allergens, added sugar, preservatives, artificial ingredients and GMOs.

The line is currently distributed in 1,200 retail stores in Canada and through the company’s online store.

According to Nielsen sales data, honey sales exceeded $1 billion in 2023, marking strong dollar sales growth for the second consecutive year. Organic and raw honey logged double-digit dollar sales gains during 2023, and raw honey accounted for 35% of category volume compared to 18 percent for conventional honey over the same 12-month period.

“Honey fits perfectly into our line of natural sweeteners, and Drizzle Honey adds bonus wellness and environmental benefits by providing raw honey that retains more of its natural nutrients, line extensions with health-boosting superfoods, and sustainable beekeeping practices that are critical to maintaining pollinator populations,” says Michael May, CEO of Wisdom Natural Brands. “It’s an ideal addition to the options we offer to consumers looking for natural ways to sweeten their food.”

Drizzle is a female-founded business that donates 1 percent of profits to pollinator research and protection and achieved Certified B Corporation status in 2019. It was founded by former environmental scientist Aja Horsley, who launched the company as an offshoot of a rooftop beekeeping project.

“We’ve spent the past eight years building Drizzle into a solid presence in Canada, and we knew it was time to expand to the U.S.,” Horsley says. “With its decades-long commitment to natural sweeteners and established distribution of its SweetLeaf products in both natural and mainstream groceries, Wisdom is perfectly positioned to introduce our honey and its unique health and sustainability benefits to U.S. consumers as well as to continue growing our market share in Canada.”

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The company noted that earlier this year, the cost of raw cocoa powder surged to a historic high of nearly $10,000 per metric ton, because of global supply shortages. Severe droughts in West Africa, where most of the world’s cocoa is produced, devastated crops and reduced the global supply of cocoa by almost 11 percent over the past year. The resulting shortages have caused steep increases in the price of raw materials, impacting manufacturing costs for food and beverage brands, and ultimately increasing the cost of products to consumers. In addition to dessert, confectionary and snack categories, cocoa was a featured ingredient in more than 17 percent of sports nutrition beverages and 11 percent of hot beverages launched over the past five years.

“We developed this cocoa powder replacer as a true ‘no-compromise’ solution for amplifying the natural flavor profile of cocoa and producing the same aroma and bold flavor we love in chocolate products while minimizing the amount of raw powder needed,” says Associate Director of Beverage Technology Toshifumi Nozawa.  

The Orange Juice Replacer was developed specifically to provide relief for beverage brands that are impacted by Huanglongbing (HLB) also known as citrus greening. This bacterial disease destroys citrus trees such as oranges, lemons, grapefruit, lime and others, limiting production of fruit or yielding fruit that is bitter and unusable for juice production. Citrus greening is becoming a growing problem throughout the world, including North America, causing supply shortages and extreme price fluctuation that impacts food and beverage manufacturers.

“While our technologies optimize the flavor profile and provide a consistently great taste, they also provide price stability,” says Nozawa. “Climate change will continue to pose serious supply chain disruptions in the future, so our latest flavor technologies can help food and beverage brands continue to deliver the high-quality taste that consumers expect at a consistent and competitive price.”

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Schmid comes to Dorner with has more than 20 years of automation and controls-focused experience. Most recently, he was director of business development at Cybertrol.

“The exciting part of the automation industry is that there are so many facets to it. Everything you come across is unique, and you must draw from experience and use creativity to develop solutions,” Schmid says. “The material handing space is a very attractive part of automation right now. There’s high demand for Dorner products, and I’m excited to be on board and be part of that push to promote the Dorner brand to customers in my region.”

Schmid’s region includes Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and both North and South Dakota. 

“Being able to bring someone onboard with Mark’s diverse background in automation, material handling and HMI and PLC controls is certainly going to benefit our customers in the Upper Midwest,” says John Kuhnz, vice-president of sales, precision conveyance.

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According to the company, the line has been beta-tested with a 50 percent increase in production per employee each hour and decreased labor requirements by two-thirds.

“We’re dedicated to engineering solutions that grow alongside our customers,” says Mike Sherd, managing partner. “We heard from customers who were ready to move away from hand-panning products like loose granola, but not ready to purchase a multimillion-dollar, continuous-belt oven. The FlexFeed Dry bridges that gap perfectly as an affordable solution to shift away from manual production and toward automation.”

The unit delivers uniform trays at a rate of up to 500 trays per hour, the company claims. The line can be configured after a mixer that delivers product straight into hopper, from which the product is kibbled, elevated, metered, and finally spread evenly into baking trays. An optional tray feeder at the front of the line offers further automation, according to Egan. Alternatively, the line can be configured to deposit dry ingredients directly onto a conveyor belt.

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The JET will focus on simplifying the jelly process through its bundled industry expertise. The booth will feature lab equipment for product and process development: WDS lab depositors are suitable for all types of pourable and tearable masses for new and existing depositing processes.

Hänsel´s LAB+ micro kitchen allows for the continuous cooking of confectionery masses for product development and small production quantities.

Jim Nicketta, VP sales at WDS America, says: “Specialized equipment from market segment leaders working together to bundle competencies offers a great potential for many of our customers´ pain points. I look forward to finding solutions for our PackExpo visitors.”

In the chocolate sector, WDS is experienced in merging long-term moulding know-how with modern engineering technologies. The dedicated WDS America Chocolate Team will focus on customized solutions for diverse chocolate moulding technologies — Mono, One-Shot, and Triple-Shot processes, solid masses, striped and marbled, products with plain shells and ingredients.

WDS chocolate manufacturing plants provide capabilities for a variety of chocolate products with an almost infinite combination of shapes, fillings, and colors, the company reports. The paint-free design, and easy accessibility contribute to the implementation of hygienic requirements. EasyClean components enable easy set-up and cleaning in all areas with mass contact.

WDS´ starchless plants are characterized by precise cavity spraying, exact mass depositing and ordered demoulding. The plants offer high efficiency in the production of jellies and gummies, as well as licorice, fondant, cream, marshmallow foam, and similar masses. The company also has a core expertise is the depositing of center-filled products.

WDS serves small to large operations with capacities from 200 kg/h to 7000 kg/h. It reports its lab equipment enables product development and innovative depositing processes. The ConfecECO is the start-up line to produce plain or center-filled products and masses with inclusions in various shapes. The ConfecPRO is a production plant for manufacturers who want to target a medium to high output quantity. The modular design, together with a decentralized electrical control ensures for future expansion. ConfecVARIO is a new machine with a chainless drive system with switch technology.

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According to the company, research shows demand for organic formulations growing, with the global herbal extracts market expected to exceed $8 billion in 2030, up from just $5 billion in 2020.

The company says the PureOrganix series targets three health areas: women’s health, with a gummi and softgel featuring evening primrose oil, for support during PMS and menopause; a metabolic health gummi with apple cider vinegar; and a heart health gummi with flaxseed oil that contributes to the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol levels.

“We meticulously designed our new organic range so our brand customers could quickly introduce first-in-class products with organic ingredients,” says Sara Lesina, general manager Sirio Europe & Americas. “Thanks to our global R&D team, we have successfully created consumer-friendly dosages for some of the most in-demand botanical ingredients, like EPO and apple cider vinegar. We see a significant opportunity for brands to differentiate with organic nutraceutical gummies and softgels, especially for those that come with proven health benefits and formulary excellence.”

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“One big cornerstone of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is the integration of a certain percentage of recycled post-consumer content into plastic packaging. This regulation will have a huge impact on how brands are going to design their packaging and the motivation for this regulation is to reduce the per capita quantity of packaging,” says Simon Huber, managing director Innovia Europe.

“Flexible packaging, being lightweight and highly resource efficient, can help reduce the total amount of packaging being used and has a much lower CO2 footprint regarding transportation than many rigid alternatives. Innovia is working with the whole value chain in initiatives like CEFLEX (Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging) to increase the recycling of this flexible packaging back into film. The inclusion of recycled content in new films is top of the list for much of the industry — moving from a linear to a more circular system,” explains Steve Langstaff, head of recycling.

The extension includes the use of chemical recycled polymer for food contact applications and the addition of mechanically recycled PCR for non-food. Innovia are also working closely with Prevented Ocean Plastic and have developed a film with 30% POP material. In all cases the key functionality of the BOPP remain intact and are comparable to virgin grade materials.

The company notes the environmental credentials of the films can be improved further, by reducing the quantity of fossil-based virgin materials and replacing with bio based polypropylene. In addition, this reduces the carbon footprint of the films further and again with no detrimental effect on film properties, according to the company.

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Blommer notes that global cocoa production is down nearly 11 percent this year, reported by the International Cocoa Organization. Scott Funk, senior vice-president of sales and marketing, says: “As the market value of cocoa butter continues to rise, it is exciting to have a product to offer our customers that provides an economically viable alternative without compromising on quality.”

Elevate coatings, which utilize CBE technology, were formulated to seamlessly integrate with cocoa butter, while exhibiting superior bloom resistance, ensuring a longer shelf life and maintaining the visual appeal, Blommer says. The intentional formulation achieves a chocolate-like sensory experience in both flavor release and meltability.

“With access to the most pioneering and advanced ingredient technologies from our parent company, Fuji Oil Holding Group, we can provide the ultimate and consistent solutions to satisfy our rapidly changing consumer needs. This is a game changer, delivering additional value and affordable indulgence for our customers and chocolate lovers in the U.S.,” says Mark Okita, COO and senior vice-president of commercial.

Elevate represents more than just a product line, the company states, adding it signifies Blommer’s commitment to innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.

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