Dairy Foods Magazine
Author: Barbra Harfman
Aaron Iverson, national sales manager, U.S. and Canada for Global Organics, Cambridge, Mass., concurs that inclusions bring the fun and flavor as consumers “dig in” for a surprise. “Inclusions offer the ability to geometrically expand the range of base product lines. Chocolate and/or vanilla base flavors have an almost limitless range of options with inclusions,” he says.
Global Organics’ Category Manager of Fruits and Vegetables Christine Campbell explains: “Organic inclusions can reemphasize a clean label product and boost the organic appeal. Inclusions like organic fruit purees or organic chocolate chips indicate that the ingredient is free from chemicals and GMOs. When a brand uses organic inclusions, it can further substantiate a clean label claim.”
In addition to offering many organic, clean-label inclusions for dairy applications, Global Organics’ most popular organic fruit purees are berries, tropical fruit and stone fruit like strawberry, blueberry, mango, guava, cherry and peach. The company also offers organic dark chocolate chips and chunks that are ideal for ice cream since they are soft and have the perfect texture to provide the right melt and flavor delivery, notes Linnea Halter, marketing coordinator.
The company also provides Class 1 caramels, free of added sulfites, ammonia and 4-MEI, a compound formed in the browning of certain foods, she adds.
