Maintaining Quality for Soy-Based Functional Beverages

With the demand for new soy-beverage products surging, ingredients that give beverages an improved nutritional profile, stable taste and textures, and longer-lasting freshness are particularly important for maintaining product quality. Clearly, the use of innovative, high-quality ingredients is crucial to the development of functional beverages, enabling the creation of products that are not only associated with health and well-being, but also address the primary function of a beverage: refreshment and enjoyment. The added value offered by novel soy ingredients, combined with good drinking quality, can help ensure success in a very competitive marketplace.

Higgins is the director of strategy and business development for protein solutions at DuPont Nutrition & Health. Reach her at 314-659-3484.

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