Inside the Formulations: Real Cheese Sauce Versus Vegan Cheez Sauce

Agile Kitchen, Dairy Ingredients, Ingredient Trends

We’ve decided to give you a peek behind the curtains of these formulas to inspire you to develop new products or improve existing formulas with traditional and vegan cheese sauces.

Navigating Ingredient Supplier M&A Activity

Agile Kitchen, Industry Trends, Ingredient Trends

M&A activity, including divestitures, partnerships, and agreements remain a driving force in the food and beverage industry landscape.

Bluegrass Ingredients is Your Trusted Cream Cheese Powder Supplier

Agile Kitchen, Dairy Ingredients, Industry Trends, Ingredient Trends

Trust is a major part of the supply chain. Unfortunately, consolidation and contraction in the dairy ingredient marketplace has severed once trusted relationships. We’re seeing this first-hand with cream cheese.

New Food Product Development Trends in 2023

Agile Kitchen, Dairy Ingredients, Industry Trends, Ingredient Trends, Non-dairy Ingredients

New Year, new ideas, new trends, new excitement!

Capturing Greater ’Share of Calories’ Amid Shifting Trends and Tightening Budgets

Agile Kitchen, Dairy Ingredients, Industry Trends, Ingredient Trends, Non-dairy Ingredients

In today’s economic environment, most consumers are placing an increased focus on cost.

What’s Really Going on in the Plant-Based Foods Category

Agile Kitchen, Industry Trends, Ingredient Trends, Non-dairy Ingredients

When food historians look back and write the story on plant-based foods, the years 2022 and 2023 will be notable chapters.

5 New Product Applications for Oat Milk Powder

Agile Kitchen, Industry Trends, Ingredient Trends, Non-dairy Ingredients

The rapid rise of oat milk has surprised even the most seasoned food industry trend experts, who anticipated movement toward this plant-based alternative but did not expect mass market acceptance so quickly.

What Product Developers Need to Know About Sustainability

Agile Kitchen, Industry Trends, Ingredient Trends

It is time to think beyond just the eating experience and sensory attributes. Sustainability 2.0 is significantly different than sustainability 1.0, and Bluegrass Ingredients is here to help.

Fruit Powders: Even Better Than the Real Thing?

Agile Kitchen, Ingredient Trends, Non-dairy Ingredients

The popularity of fruit-flavored products has posed several challenges for research and development teams at food and beverage manufacturers.

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