Ingredient sections are designed as ongoing conversations that update recent ingredient developments in a particular area. As such, it is not uncommon for sections to form the basis or foundation for sections appearing in later issues of Food Technology. However, the past three ingredient installments (July, August, and this one) seem to have an even closer relationship with each other than usual. In fact, they can almost be perceived as a trilogy. This is because, at some level, they all deal w…