Ingredients

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Beefing up with protein

May 22, 2012
Meat processors cannot ignore the fact that non-animal-based protein ingredients are gaining steam in terms of protein content and quality.
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Formulation Strategies: Bringing home restaurant quality

May 11, 2012
With the ongoing cutbacks in eating out, dining in is playing an increasingly important role in our eating habits, with ongoing demand for restaurant-style foods that are ready prepared or easy to construct from a limited range of components.
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Beefing up with protein

April 16, 2012
Meat processors cannot ignore the fact that non-animal-based protein ingredients are gaining steam in terms of protein content and quality.
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Meat consumers of the future

April 12, 2012
Processors and their R&D departments must take a closer look at tomorrow’s meat-case shopper and decide if their product mix and makeup meet the ever-changing demand.
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National Provisioner 2012 Top 100 Questionnaire

Due Friday, April 13
February 22, 2012
THE NATIONAL PROVISIONER magazines is conducting a survey of meat, poultry and prepared foods companies.
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Beef flavor: knowledge to savor

February 06, 2012
“My steak tastes good! I like my steak! I don’t like my steak! There is something wrong with the taste of my steak!”
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Binding cost with taste

February 06, 2012
It’s been a year since my favorite fast-food restaurant — Taco Bell — was served with a frivolous lawsuit alleging that the ground beef used in many of its offerings is not real beef. Rather, the legal team said, it is ground beef blended with extenders and fillers.
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‘Fast’ foods from freezer rely on phosphates

January 16, 2012
Premium, chef-inspired frozen meals continue to steal supermarket freezer space from more traditional frozen foods, as these products provide fast, high-quality meal solutions for today’s not-enough-hours-in-the-day consumers. I, personally, am a huge fan.
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Sodium reduction battle lines drawn

December 12, 2011
Many of us wish it would go away, but salt and sodium continue to be hot buttons among most food industry authorities.
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Creating meat and poultry components

November 22, 2011
Not sure about you, but I have been enjoying some very decent hot sandwiches at very unsuspecting establishments, such as mini marts, coffee shops and even — brace yourself — vending machines.
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The FSMA and the meat industry

Tom Egan, vice president, Industry Services/Membership, for PMMI, adds his thoughts on how FSMA will impact meat processers and what equipment suppliers are doing to present more sanitary design options.

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