Consumers’ interest in natural and organic products along with products that are labeled with simplified ingredient lists are driving the development and increased use of shelf-life extenders.
In December of 2015, Papa John’s International Inc. announced that its grilled chicken pizza toppings and chicken poppers would consist of poultry raised without human or animal antibiotics and fed on a vegetarian diet by summer 2016.
The use of antimicrobial and antioxidant ingredients is growing in meat and poultry products because of the need for longer and more dependable shelf life along with increasing the safety of food products.
Hormel announced a companywide clean label initiative to simplify the ingredient statements of many of its retail products through the removal or replacement of ingredients.
This new antimicrobial for use in raw meat and poultry products protects against the three systemic failures leading to E. coli and Salmonella outbreaks.
Ready-to-eat (RTE) protein producers are more frequently being asked to deliver clean-label products by their retail, club-store and foodservice customers