July 2010

Food Technology MagazineJuly 2010, Volume 64, No.7

Features

Bridging Generational Food Divides

A. ELIZABETH SLOAN
Mature consumers, Baby Boomers, and members of Gen X and Gen Y all display distinctive attitudes and behaviors related to food, and savvy product developers and marketers must address those differences in order to succeed in the marketplace.

Feeding the Future

ROSETTA NEWSOME
New IFT scientific review explores the role food science and technology play in nourishing the world’s growing population.

Getting Creative With Hydrocolloids

TED A. RUSSIN
The growing trend of integrating science into the culinary kitchen is pushing the boundaries of food ideation in both the restaurant and retail food spaces.

Microwave Technology Sterilizes Sweet Potato Puree

DAVID PARROTT
North Carolina farmers successfully commercialize aseptic production of non-acidified sweet potato puree using continuous microwave processing.

Columns

Marianne Gillette
Feeding Tomorrow
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
by Marianne Gillette
IFT
Reshaping Agricultural Research
PERSPECTIVE
by Molly Jahn
IFT
IFT Comments on Food Research Grants
SCIENCE & POLICY INITIATIVES
by Will Fisher
IFT
IFT Honors Burr, Boyd With Science Awards
IFT SCIENCE AWARDS
by Toni Tarver
IFT
Can Diet Help Treat Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome?
FOOD, MEDICINE & HEALTH
by Daya Perkins, Larisa Yedigarova, & Roger Clemens
Donald Pszczola
Take the Next Emerging Lane
INGREDIENTS
by Donald E. Pszczola
Linda Ohr
Powering Sports Performance
NUTRACEUTICALS
by Linda Milo Ohr
Neil Mermelstein
Sensory Developments and Challenges
FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY
by Neil H. Mermelstein
J. Peter Clark
Nonthermal Processing on the Front Burner
PROCESSING
by J. Peter Clark
Aaron Brody
Enhancing Food Safety With Packaging
PACKAGING
by Aaron L. Brody