ingredient briefs

Dawn Foods recently released the first-ever brioche doughnut mix, for grocery and supermarket bakeries. The doughnut combines everything consumers love about yeast-raised doughnuts, with the richness of Brioche bread. It offers a rich, buttery flavor and dense texture to create a unique doughnut experience. Grocery and supermarket bakeries can now purchase the doughnut nationwide, using the mix to create everything from a brioche honey bun to a savory everything bagel-flavored Bismarck doughnut. 800-292-1362

Allmicroalgae presents two new Chlorella vulgaris powders, which are approved as food ingredients and food supplements by EFSA. As a natural plant-based source of protein containing essential amino acids, the powders are perfect for use in health-promoting foods, meeting consumer demand for a protein punch that doesn’t contain ingredients of animal origin. Yellow Chlorella works well as an egg substitute, while White Chlorella can replace conventional dairy bases such as milk, increasing the protein content of the product. Both Chlorellas are effective texturizing and thickening agents. Yellow Chlorella can also be used as a natural food coloring agent. These products are available dried or as a paste, with variable protein functionality. +351 300 010 873

Puratos USA has announced the newest jewel in its real Belgian Chocolate portfolio for chocolatiers, bakers, and confectioners: Belcolade Selection Amber Cacao-Trace. As the name implies, Amber chocolate features a bright and warm color with a rich flavor experience that starts with a naturally salted-butter caramel boost and finishes with sweet cooked and creamy milk notes. Just like the gem, it is also all natural, clean label, and Non-GMO, with no artificial flavors; it is given time to express taste at its fullest through a slow and gentle conching process. As a result, it offers a complex bouquet and long-lasting caramel taste. 856-665-1650

IFF has announced the launch of Enovera 3001, an enzyme-only solution, as the newest addition to IFF’s range of ingredients for the bakery industry. This new enzyme is from the Danisco range of ingredients that became part of the IFF family earlier this year. Enovera 3001 is a next-generation enzyme-only dough strengthener available to bakery manufacturers interested in label-friendly formulations without trade-offs. It allows industrial bakers to formulate without compromising dough strength, texture or taste. 212-765-5500

Tahitian Gold Co. specialty vanilla products for the food and beverage industry are now Non-GMO Project Verified. All products are produced in compliance with the Non-GMO Project standard. Products include single-species and blended extracts, three-fold vanilla bean pastes, single-fold three bean paste, ground beans, Tahitian vanilla sugar, Tahitian vanilla fleur de sel, and whole beans. In addition to being Non-GMO Project Verified, the products are certified kosher by Kosher Supervision of America. 310-465-0856

International Molasses has introduced CaneRite Panela, an all-natural, free-flowing powder sweetener made from the freshly squeezed juice of the entire sugar cane plant. Unlike conventional “raw sugar” products, CaneRite Panela is unrefined and non-centrifuged, so that it authentically and comprehensively retains all the cane plant’s original flavor and nutritional benefits. Characterized by mellow notes of toffee and caramel, CaneRite Panela’s flavor profile delivers a satisfying, “sweet but not too sweet” taste. 800-526-0180