It’s time to get au naturel with your baking. Natural colors and flavors are one of the challenges of clean label or natural baking. So let’s dive in to taste and see! We start with one of the most storied flavors: vanilla. Daphna Havkin-Frenkel is a biologist and food scientist, as well as owner and [...]
What if there was a cheaper, healthier way to give a cocoa taste to your baked goods?? In the baking industry, cocoa powder is an essential ingredient. The U.S. is in the top five cocoa consuming countries in the world reaching 463k tons per year. Consumption per capita oscillates around 5.5 pounds a year. On [...]
Natural Colors What are Natural Colors? Natural colors are food additives derived from natural sources and are used to dye foods and beverages. Also called exempt colors, these pigments are safe for consumption according the the FDA. They come from a variety of sources, such as: Fruits Vegetables Seeds Leaves Minerals [...]
Turmeric What is Turmeric? Turmeric comes from the root of the Curcuma longa plant—a member of the ginger family. Known as “Indian Saffron,” the root has a peppery, warm, bitter flavor with a ginger-orange aroma. Turmeric has been used for centuries as a herb and spice. Today it it is most well-known [...]
