AugustAugust 2011, Volume 65, No.8

Features

At The Forefront of Food Science

MARY ELLEN KUHN
The 2011 IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo® was easily the year’s most outstanding opportunity for exploring new products, exchanging ideas, and acquiring fresh scientific insights.

Food Expo Highlights Clean Labels and Functional Foods

A. ELIZABETH SLOAN
If discussions, presentations, and exhibits at IFT’s Annual Meeting and Food Expo in New Orleans are an indication of things to come, then consumers are going to be a healthier and happier bunch.

Innovations Address Food Industry Needs

BOB SWIENTEK
Four companies demonstrate practical advancements in packaging, food safety, sanitation, and shortening products.

Reborn on the Bayou

DONALD E. PSZCZOLA
Traditional formulation strategies—whether they involve alternative sweeteners, salt replacers, or systems to reduce saturated fat—are finding new energy and direction in a wide variety of previously unexplored ways.

Focus on Functionality

KAREN NACHAY
Ingredient suppliers exhibited new and innovative ingredients with plenty of functional benefits to help formulators develop foods and beverages that meet consumer demands.

Nutritional News From the Big Easy

LINDA MILO OHR
From new protein sources to innovative sodium reduction technologies, ingredient companies put health in the spotlight at the Annual Meeting & Food Expo.

Focusing on Food Safety & Quality at Food Expo

NEIL H. MERMELSTEIN
IFT’s 2011 Food Expo featured a wide variety of exhibits on all aspects of the food industry. Here are brief descriptions of many of the exhibits related to food safety and quality.

Exploring Processing Advances at the Expo

J. PETER CLARK
New equipment options and valuable poster sessions make for an informative 2011 Annual Meeting & Food Expo.

Packaging Ideas & Innovations In the Spotlight

AARON L. BRODY
Sessions, posters, and exhibits at the 2011 Annual Meeting & Food Expo target important issues and address industry needs.

Assessing the Safety of Nanomaterials in Food (Online Exclusive)

Rosetta Newsome
A review and analysis of the scientific literature on the safety of food-related nanoscale materials found that there is a need for a minimum set of physicochemical parameters to characterize test materials, a method to assess the quality and reliability of the studies, and further food- and health-related research.

Columns

Robert Gravani
It’s All About the Journey
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
by Robert B. Gravani
IFT
Policing Ourselves: Is GRAS Robust Enough?
FOOD, MEDICINE AND HEALTH
by Claire L. Kruger, Nancy Booth and A. Wallace Hayes
IFT
The Convergence of Multimedia on the Net
PERSPECTIVE
by Jerry Bowman