As consumers increasingly seek out clean label and effective ingredients, botanical extracts are becoming essential ingredients in new food & beverage recipes. Botanical extracts are recognized for their nutritional or health benefits and provide unique organoleptic properties. In food products, plant extracts are used in beverages, dairy products, meat products, bakery and confectionery, not just for marketing and naturalness but also to provide health effects.
Botanical extracts and plant-based ingredients can be used to create functional food and beverage that meet consumer demand for both health benefits and a natural ingredient list.
Botanical extracts are used in a wide range of beverage and food applications. The most popular categories for botanical extracts are beverages, whether hot (tea, infusions) or cold, followed by the sports nutrition, with a multiplicity of recipes and formats (Liquid, powder, gel, etc.).
For beverages in particular, manufacturers need beverage-friendly botanicals to enhance functional beverages with uniformity, solubility, neutral taste, stability, and clinically backed benefits.For these applications, numerous health benefits are found.
The use of plant extracts in beverages is often related to their specific health properties, such as energy, immune system enhancement, skin health, concentration, relaxation, etc. The effects of the extracts are often supported by clinical trials.
In addition to extracts that provide specific health benefits, healthy image plant extracts are also used in beverages to provide general health and wellness, such as the well-known ginkgo, bilberry, ginseng and green tea.
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