Moving on from incremental improvements in Health and Wellness snacking, complete re-imagination of formulas is required to keep the attention of a more educated consumer.
Consumers are seeking snacking options that offer clear purpose. Rather than single ingredient elimination (HFCS-FREE, ALL NATURAL COLORS AND FLAVORS, ETC), consumers are searching more and more for convenient snacking options that cover, in a larger sense, nutritional profile. Does the product have healthy proteins and fats included means much more to consumers in 2020 than eliminating one ingredient for advertising purposes did in 2015, for instance.
With that in mind, Stewart Ingredient Systems continues to stay on the cutting edge of product development inside snacking categories. As a product developer and a manufacturer, SIS is well positioned to co-develop on these high-protein, potentially fatted formulas that attack health and wellness from a more wholistic approach that consumers are striving for in 2020 and beyond.
Begin your project today with SIS by submitting a Sample Request Form or call Ross Stewart today at 312-254-3539!
Summer is ice cream season and what better time to talk about variegates, and Stewart Ingredient Systems’ product offerings in this category.
As we have advertised, and as demonstrated in this space in previous posts, SIS is one of, if not, the longest standing and most experienced Low Water Activity fillings developer and manufacturer in the country. Our experience in this field quite literally goes back to the first introduction into the US market of fruit-filled breakfast cereals more than three decades ago.
“The landscape for prepared foods has been changing rapidly over the past decade, due largely to changes in consumer perception about the healthfulness, nutritional value, safety, and sustainability of prepared foods”. Prepared Foods Magazine, February 2019
Increasingly, consumers are motivated to reduce or eliminate sugar and/or consume alternate natural sweeteners.
Stewart Ingredient Systems, Inc. has been formulating solutions for smaller portions and higher flavor intensity to specifically combat the marketplace reaction over the past 5 plus years to smaller portions and better-for-you options in the grocery aisle. Our products can be found on the shelves today in GMO-Free, HFCS-Free and All-Natural snacking options.
Is your next Health and Wellness/Clean Label project in need of protein fortification? SIS has developed a complete line of plant based protein fortified fillings, toppings, variegates and fruit/vegetable dips with protein addition solely from plant based sources.
At Stewart Ingredients Systems, not only are we looking to produce and sell more product, we’re always looking to reduce inefficiencies and waste. A recent study highlighting the cost-savings that some companies are able to achieve confirms our thinking: “…a British-based food manufacturer achieved a more than 300-fold return on investment by running an audit that revealed seven percent of the food it bought remained in bulk containers after they were emptied.” (Umberto Bacchi/Thomson Reuters)