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      <title>Functional, Nutritious Ingredients for a Healthy Lifestyle</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Pocantico Resources is a fully compliant FDA FSVP importer of record, carefully selecting and continuously monitoring its manufacturing partners across the globe to exacting quality standards.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Gum Acacia and Pea Fiber</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>With many beneficial applications, gum acacia is easily digestible, promotes gut health and is 100% natural.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Agile Food Ingredient Sourcing Options</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>At Tilley Distribution, we provide our partners with agile food ingredient sourcing options backed with research and development that provide solutions.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Innovative, Clean Label Ingredients</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>American Key Food Products (AKFP) has provided the food industry with innovative, clean label ingredients since the 1990s.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>An Industry Leader and Innovative Supplier of Sustainble, Renewable, &amp; Bio-Based Solutions</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Acme-Hardesty has sold ingredients into the Life Sciences segment for over 80 years.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Processing Aids, one way to achieve cost optimization is by using processing aids to improve food yield under a variety of conditions.  </p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Your Trusted Partner for Quality Natural Ingredients</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>American Key Food Products has been providing the American food industry with quality ingredients since the 1990s.</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Trending Ingredients and Techniques For a New Era of Baked Goods</title>
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        <![CDATA[It’s a new era of baking. New ingredients and innovative discoveries in the bakery sector continue to push the envelope when it comes to meeting consumer demands for clean-label, “keto-friendly,” low-sugar, plant-based, non-GMO, and, especially, gluten-free products.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.foodmaster.com/articles/93</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	Today's bakers are priming their ingredient toolbox to meet new trends.
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      <title>Increased Frequency of Natural Gums, Hydrocolloids in Food &amp; Beverage Applications</title>
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        <![CDATA[Gums and hydrocolloids are a diverse collection of polysaccharides that create gel-like formations when in contact with moisture. They are extremely versatile, improving texture, mouthfeel, and physical appearance in foods and beverages. Gums can be used to increase viscosity levels or benefit flow. They are especially prized for increasing stability in an ingredient matrix.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.foodmaster.com/articles/87</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 19:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	Alone or in blends, natural gums and hyrdocolloids are indispensable for many modern formulations.
	PHOTO COURTESY OF: TIC Gums Inc. (www.ticgums.com)
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      <title>Flours &amp; Starches</title>
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        <![CDATA[The global demand for clean-label ingredients has more than 60% of Americans believing natural products are better for them, according to researchers at The Hartman Group. And more than half of Americans claim they are actively seeking “natural” ingredients when shopping for food products.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.foodmaster.com/articles/86</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 19:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	Ancient flours and starches from pulses, seeds, maize, and roots are tomorrow's stars.
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      <title>Hardworking Gums and Fibers</title>
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        <![CDATA[As consumers seek healthier options and greater convenience in prepared and packaged foods, gums and fibers are receiving new recognition as important ingredients for health and biological functions as well as stability and texture. Fibers and gums often provide added health benefits — including improvements in blood sugar regulation, weight loss, and gut health — while lending texture and structure to foods and beverages.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.foodmaster.com/articles/85</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	Fibers and gums are natural workhorses bringing structure, texture and health to complex formulations.
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      <title>The Latest on Current Sources, Future Applications of Gums &amp; Fibers</title>
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        <![CDATA[The “clean label” trend is increasing the reliance on natural gums and fibers for stability, functional properties, quality, and safety. In the process of researching them further, ingredient technologists and product developers are discovering that some of these ingredients are revealing new and highly valued nutritional attributes in a range of food products.]]>
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      <guid>http://www.foodmaster.com/articles/84</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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	Gums and fibers are not only valued as hydrocolloids but for their health benefits, too.
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      <title>Serving all the process industries across the globe</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Serving all the process industries across the globe, ROSS offers experience and production capacity that no other manufacturer of <strong>specialty mixing and blending equipment can match.</strong></p><p><br></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Since 1982, <strong>Advanced Food Systems, Inc</strong>. has been designing and manufacturing functional food ingredient systems for the food processing and food service industries</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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