#TBT A Look Back at the Co-Creation of the Food Coloring Business
November 22, 2016 4:23 pm Leave your thoughts#TBT A Look Back at the Co-Creation of the Food Coloring Business 2016-11-22 10:17:44 Beginning in the late 19th century,... Learn More
Categories for Market Trends
8 Foods You Would Never Guess Were Artificially Colored
November 21, 2016 4:25 pm Leave your thoughts8 Foods You Would Never Guess Were Artificially Colored 2016-11-21 14:34:08 Plenty of foods that appear inherently colored are actually... Learn More
Color of Food Guides our Brains
November 14, 2016 3:54 pm Leave your thoughtsColor of Food Guides our Brains 2016-11-14 11:38:53 Like an upside down traffic light in our brain, color helps us... Learn More
Naturally Coloring the Beverage Industry
November 10, 2016 7:25 pm Leave your thoughtsNaturally Coloring the Beverage Industry 2016-11-10 13:00:00 With a growing interest in getting back to nature, consumer demand for natural... Learn More
Are Autumn Leaves the Next Source of Natural Color?
November 7, 2016 3:55 pm Leave your thoughtsAre Autumn Leaves the Next Source of Natural Color? 2016-11-04 07:44:11 Finnish Researchers may have found a new use for... Learn More
Food Colors Market to Reach $3.75 Billion by 2022
October 19, 2016 6:34 pm Leave your thoughtsFood Colors Market to Reach $3.75 Billion by 2022 2016-10-19 17:05:00 The global food colors market is expected to hit... Learn More
Spirulina Algae: Next Natural Food Trend
October 18, 2016 4:02 pm Leave your thoughtsSpirulina Algae: Next Natural Food Trend 2016-10-18 10:45:02 Named as one of the next hot food trends by The Wall... Learn More
Certasure and Food Safety
October 17, 2016 1:08 pm Leave your thoughts
Why Blue Foods Are Perceived Less Natural
October 10, 2016 5:31 pm Leave your thoughtsWhy Blue Foods Are Perceived Less Natural 2016-10-10 11:49:13 Blue foods sometimes seem unnatural because they raise suspicions of artificial,... Learn More
Big Brands Clean Up Portfolios for Consumers
October 10, 2016 2:05 pm Leave your thoughtsBig Brands Clean Up Portfolios for Consumers 2016-10-10 13:06:31 Packaged Facts projects that the retail market for natural and organic... Learn More
Natural Colors Linked to Positive Health Effects
October 5, 2016 9:56 pm Leave your thoughtsNatural Colors Linked to Positive Health Effects 2016-10-03 08:52:02 Color plays a large part in our enjoyment of food, which... Learn More
Many Food Companies are Cooking Up New Natural Recipes
September 28, 2016 5:00 pm Leave your thoughtsMany Food Companies are Cooking Up New Natural Recipes 2016-09-21 14:28:40 Food companies across the globe are dropping artificial colors,... Learn More
Transparency And Food Colors
September 27, 2016 8:59 pm Leave your thoughtsAccording to Nielsen’s 2016 Global Health and Ingredient sentiment survey, 75% of consumers around the world are concerned about the... Learn More
SweeTARTS Launches Five New Custom Colored Gummies Shaped as School Mascots
September 20, 2016 3:58 pm Leave your thoughtsSweeTARTS Launches Five New Custom Colored Gummies Shaped as School Mascots 2016-09-20 10:56:52 SweeTARTS launched five new custom college SweeTARTS... Learn More
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Continues Research on the Safety of Titanium Dioxide
September 20, 2016 3:01 pm Leave your thoughtsEuropean Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Continues Research on the Safety of Titanium Dioxide 2016-09-20 08:16:59 EFSA has said white food... Learn More
A Deep Look into Spirulina: an Emerging and Popular Natural Color Source
September 1, 2016 5:17 pm Leave your thoughtsA Deep Look into Spirulina: an Emerging and Popular Natural Color Source 2016-08-31 14:17:33 The demand for Spirulina in the... Learn More
Does Mac&Cheese Lead the ‘Free-From’ Trend?
August 19, 2016 3:59 pm Leave your thoughtsDoes Mac&Cheese Lead the ‘Free-From’ Trend? 2016-05-27 07:18:48 More consumers, especially millennials, are saying they want “free from” products, or... Learn More
Why Wegmans Removed Artificial Colors in their Icings
August 19, 2016 3:42 pm Leave your thoughtsWhy Wegmans Removed Artificial Colors in their Icings 2016-06-27 11:35:47 Wegmans has changed its icing, replacing artificial color with those... Learn More
Food Companies Are Not Phasing Out Artificial Colors Fast Enough for Some
August 16, 2016 4:05 am Leave your thoughtsFood Companies Are Not Phasing Out Artificial Colors Fast Enough for Some 2016-06-27 10:42:44 Tasting the rainbow, as the Skittles... Learn More
Heinz Removing Artificial Colors from Pickles
August 16, 2016 3:52 am Leave your thoughtsHeinz Removing Artificial Colors from Pickles 2016-07-13 22:24:20 Kraft Heinz moves to stir things up in the pickle aisle with... Learn More
Kraft Launching Jell-O Line Without Artificial Colors
August 16, 2016 3:18 am Leave your thoughtsKraft Launching Jell-O Line Without Artificial Colors 2016-08-01 10:56:57 Kraft is launching a new Jell-O line with no artificial colors... Learn More
McDonald’s Removing Artificial Colors from Iconic Chicken Nuggets
August 16, 2016 3:14 am Leave your thoughtsMcDonald’s Removing Artificial Colors from Iconic Chicken Nuggets 2016-08-02 05:00:00 McDonald’s USA announced a number of moves across its menu... Learn More
Natural Colors ‘Upsurge’ in 2016 Market Share
August 16, 2016 2:39 am Leave your thoughtsNatural Colors ‘Upsurge’ in 2016 Market Share 2016-08-12 14:01:32 Lingering consumer health concerns about artificial dyes combined with a more... Learn More
Consumers Are Influenced by the Color of their Food
August 10, 2016 4:48 pm Leave your thoughtsConsumers Are Influenced by the Color of their Food 2016-08-10 07:08:16 While some companies are trying to add a little... Learn More
2016 Food Color Trends
August 9, 2016 4:04 pm Leave your thoughtsCleaner, Simpler Ingredients As IFT attendees witnessed in Chicago, the overarching trend on display was the move to cleaner, simpler... Learn More
Can Natural Color Help Cereal Sales?
July 13, 2016 2:54 pm Leave your thoughtsAccording to General Mills CEO Ken Powell, “nearly half of U.S. households are making the effort to avoid artificial flavors... Learn More
Mars Makes a Bold Move
July 8, 2016 2:23 pm Leave your thoughtsUnless you were vacationing in Antarctica or Easter Island, you undoubtedly heard the announcement from Mars, one of the world’s... Learn More
Are Consumers Reacting to Natural Color Announcements?
May 21, 2016 8:56 pm Leave your thoughtsAt Sensient, we do a fair amount of consumer research, primarily to help us identify and prioritize research and development... Learn More
Rationale Behind Certasure
January 14, 2016 6:53 pm Leave your thoughtsTypically I like to write about key industry issues, consumer insights, and other news rather than anything specific to Sensient.... Learn More
The Absence of Standards That Define Natural Colors
November 15, 2015 8:37 pm Leave your thoughtsOn November 10th the Food and Drug Administration invited public comment on whether they should define what is ‘natural’, and... Learn More
Mondelez Commits to Removing Artificial Color by 2020
September 29, 2015 7:24 pm Leave your thoughtsSpeaking at a conference earlier this month, Mark Clouse, Chief Growth Officer at Mondelez made some intriguing comments. He identified... Learn More
What Does It All Mean? Kraft, Nestle, and Hershey Go Natural
May 15, 2015 3:22 pm Leave your thoughtsKraft has certainly been in the headlines of late. Just as the rumble regarding the Kraft-Heinz merger subsided, the company... Learn More
Dunkin’ Donuts Drops Titanium Dioxide
March 15, 2015 5:29 pm Leave your thoughtsWith the recent declaration by Dunkin’ Brands that they are removing Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) from their powdered donuts, we have... Learn More
Implications of the Nestlé Decision
February 15, 2015 5:57 pm Leave your thoughtsBy now, just about everyone in the food business is aware of Nestle’s recent announcement to remove artificial flavors and... Learn More
Simple Ingredient Trend
January 22, 2015 6:16 pm Leave your thoughtsAccording to Neil Howe and William Strauss, credited with coining the term “Millennials,” the generation includes those born between 1982... Learn More