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DuPont Addresses Guar Shortage
Guar gum is widely used in various food applications such as beverage, bakery, culinary and ice cream, due to its low cost-in-use and good performance offered to ﬁnal users. However, there has been an unprecedented surge in demand for guar, which has resulted in substantially higher prices, and food formulators are increasingly looking for alternatives. DuPont has a wide range of solutions to help in food applications.

AIB Appoints Latin America Director
AIB International announces the appointment of Scott James to the position of director of Latin America Business Development for

Puratos Unveils New Website

JAMES

AIB International.

James joins AIB after a distinguished career of service of 29 years with the United States Air Force. Puratos is pleased to announce the Before retirement from the Air Force, launch of a brand new website. Visit www.puratos.us for new and exciting ideas from recipes to technologies, as well as a full tour of Puratos’ new innovative marketing research tool — the Sensobus. The new Puratos website is a one-stop shop for bakers, patissiers, chocolatiers and food developers to discover new ideas, recipes and technologies, He is certiﬁed as a Safe Quality Foods (SQF) Consultant in 16 food categories. In addition to numerous awards, decorations and much Check out the site’s “My Puratos” section, which allows you to save your favorite information — such as recipes and searches — for quick and easy access. James will lead promotion, marketing and overall support of AIB’s existing and new programs, products and services as they relate to food safety inspections and auditing, food safety education, food labeling, and baking science The new Puratos website will be updated regularly with new recipes, videos and demonstrations. Also keep an eye on the news section He will be based out of Panama City, where he resides, and will travel extensively across Mexico, Central and South America. for updates on the state-of-theart Puratos manufacturing facility currently under construction in Pennsauken, NJ. and technology education and technical services. Visit the Nutrition section to ﬁnd out how Puratos is approaching health and wellness through new innovative products and concepts. continuing education, James earned an MBA in business/human resource Management in 2006. along with the latest news and events about Puratos. James’ ﬁnal position was Director, Medical Enlisted Personnel/Public Health Manager — Air Force Special Operations Command. During his career, James had supervisory and hands-on food safety sanitation consultant and audit experience in more than 2,500 facilities around the world.

The current high demand of guar has generated a lack of guar availability for food applications, and the current shortage is likely to continue, according to Adrian Zingg, global product manager, Guar & LBG at DuPont Nutrition & Health. “As a result of that shortage, guar prices have sharply increased, reaching tenfold the levels just 18 months ago, and we expect demand to continue to grow in the future,” he says. DuPont Danisco hydrocolloids encompass the widest range of hydrocolloids in the food industry. Products include alginate, carrageenan, cellulose gum, guar gum, locust bean, microcrystalline cellulose, pectin and xanthan gum, as well as customized solutions/blends of hydrocolloids, emulsiﬁers and enzymes. A wide series of guar gum alternatives has already been developed. Alternative solutions are offered across a broad range of industries and applications and with cost savings of up to more than 50% for 1:1 substitution solutions.

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