AFS News
Big Opportunity for Hemp Heart Oil
Let this sink in for a moment. In only a little over a year after passing the 2018 Farm Bill, the US had issued nearly 20,000 licenses to grow hemp, and firms had committed over 500,000 acres of land to its use. By the end of 2019, the 479% growth in licensed acreage was almost entirely 1 dedicated to targeting only one part of the plant - The aerial leaves and buds used to extract phytocannabinoids for CBD products. While that market...
Tech Experts Launch Free-Flowing Curcumin
Downtime… The Struggle is Real Working with traditional curcumin ingredients can be a manufacturer’s nightmare because turmeric causes caking in production lines and stains equipment. In fact, due to the drastically lengthier cleanup times, some companies refuse to take on turmeric projects altogether. Production runs involving traditional turmeric extracts can incur post-production clean times that are 5 to 6 times longer...
Applied Food Sciences Gains Non-GMO Project Verification
Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS) has taken the next step in demonstrating transparency by getting four of its core ingredients Non-GMO Project Verified. The company’s PurCaf organic caffeine headlines a list of sustainably sourced offerings. PurCaf Organic Caffeine –...
AMATEA Guayusa Tea Extract – Applied Food Sciences Caffeine Leaf?
Article by: Supplement Police Guayusa or ‘Ilex guayusa’ as it is commonly referred to as in the amazon rainforest, is a species of tree from the family of the ‘holly genus’ plants. In terms of specific regionality, the leaves are naturally found as well as cultivated...
Winning in the Early Stages of Craft Spirits
While many beverage brands will succeed or fail within their first two years, whiskey will be slowly aging in barrels. To have success in craft spirits, a now nearly four-billion-dollar industry, it is worth the wait. For up and coming Longtucky™ Spirits, the solution for this waiting game is to perfect the tasting room experience by creating a memorable environment and delicious, bright...
Don’t Sleep on Organic, Soluble Turmeric
PurTurmeric™, an innovative, superior quality turmeric extract, yields a complex flavor and full solubility for simple formulation. Look for this new ingredient from Applied Food Sciences (AFS) at BevNET Live and IFT, 2018. Trending TurmericOrganic Certified & Non-GMOHighly Water SolubleShelf...
Ingredient Manufacturer Announces Non-GMO Project Verified Caffeine Ingredient
Austin, TX – Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS) takes the next step in demonstrating complete transparency by getting four of its core ingredients Non-GMO Project Verified. The company’s PurCaf® organic caffeine headlines a list of innovative and sustainably sourced offerings by AFS. PurCaf® Organic Caffeine – a 95% caffeine extract from organic green coffee beansPurTea™ Organic Caffeine – a 90%...
Industry News
5 Notes from Vitafoods Europe 2019
Europe has a lot to offer the natural products industry and at the Vitafoods Europe Show held every year in Geneva, Switzerland, many of the latest EU innovations are on display. For Applied Food Sciences (AFS) participating in this show is an important avenue to...
Promera Sports Announces New & Advanced Formulas for the Only Natural Product Line in Sport Nutrition
ProMera Sports, arguably the sports nutrition industry’s most innovative company with its history of molecular development and new category creations (e.g. Patented Creatine HCl®, Alpha-GEE®, ALPHA RECOVERY PLUS™ for the treatment of DOMS and exercise induced inflammation and other significant innovations), has become the only...
Organic, functional innovation essential for energy drink and shot growth
During the past decade or so, the energy drinks and shots category has experienced solid growth. In 2016, wholesale dollar sales for energy drinks grew 7.3 percent to $7.8 billion, according to Roger Dilworth, senior editor at New York-based Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC). Energy...
AFS issues Patent for Producing Guayusa Extract
AFS is pleased to announce it is the exclusive owner of U.S. Patent #9345707, a process patent that covers the production of enriched natural guayusa, from a single source plant, containing antioxidants, amino acids and caffeine. The purpose of this process patent is to create a highly water soluble energy ingredient for a healthier application of caffeine,...
Three Steps to Achieve Transparency in Beverages
When it comes to beverages, the full concept of “clean" goes beyond incorporating natural ingredients into a formula. It aligns more with demonstrating the transparency of the product as a whole. This is because the premise behind “clean label" is consumers are skeptical of what manufacturers say about their products, so transparency is needed to build trust....
Applied Food Sciences Joins the UNPA as its Newest Executive Member
Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS), an Austin, Texas-based ingredient supplier of novel organic and functional extracts designed for food, beverage, and nutritional supplements, is pleased to announce being accepted as the newest Executive Member of the UNPA. The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) is an international association of forward-looking companies dedicated to providing consumers with natural health products of...
An eGuide to Supply Chain Stewardship, Going Beyond Sustainability
The concept of "stewardship" may seem like an esoteric or cutting-edge noun to the supply chain, but to the consumer it is an increasingly important verb—a corporate ethic—characterized by social, environmental and ethical accountability. In today's market consumers want quality products with healthy ingredients produced with a values-driven mindset; not because it’s en vogue, but because it’s the right thing to do. In this...
New Kava Extract Focused on Addressing Safety Concerns
Safety concerns have long dogged the kava Piper methysticum market, but Applied Food Sciences (AFS; Austin, TX) has introduced a new kava extract that it says is produced with special concern for top safety issues surrounding kava production. Its new Kavoa kava extract is designed for the relaxation, stress relief, and sleep-support markets. Read the full article at Nutritional Outlook
The Return of Safe Kava – White Paper
New Extract for Relaxation, Reduced Stress, and Sleep Traditionally, kava is consumed as a beverage obtained through the infusion of ground kava root and/or rhizome in water. Today several extracts standardized in the biologically active constituents kavalactones...
How Applied Food Sciences’ green tea extract is unlocking organic energy drinks
According to a recent Mintel report, energy drinks are not slowing down, in fact, they are expected to have excellent growth through 2019. Part of the reason energy drinks remain one of the only categories in beverage to continue sustained growth is that they are...
Applied Food Sciences Inc. Opens State-of-the-art Innovation Center
Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS) demonstrates a commitment to innovation in food, nutrition and life sciences with the grand opening of a Midwest-based Innovation Center in Iowa City, Iowa. The Austin-based company, Applied Food Sciences, is a natural ingredient supplier specializing in botanical extracts for food, beverages and supplements. The newly opened Research and Development Center, is...
AFS Opens State-of-the-art Innovation Center
Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS) invests in the University of Iowa choosing its BioVentures Center (BVC) to be location for the company's newest branch for plant-based ingredient innovation. AUSTIN, Texas - Jan. 19, 2017 - PRLog -- Applied Food Sciences,...
3 Reasons Energy Drinks will continue to dominate the shelf
In 1987, an energy drink was sold for the very first time in its home market of Austria. The original beverage, at the time called Krating Daeng, was actually a Thai energy drink marketed to truckers, farmers, and construction workers. It wasn’t until Austrian business man, Dietrich Mateschitz, drank this formula to cure his jet lag that Red Bull finally “got its wiiings” and a new category...
Applied Food Sciences Reveal New Kava Product
After more than a decade of some negative attention, Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS), along with other industry experts, have set out to set the record straight about the safety and efficacy of Kava, an ingredient well known for it’s anti-anxiety benefits. The KAVOA kava extract is AFS’s newest...
Green tea extract makes a splash in the energy drink market
Energy drinks are big business. And, despite setbacks in recent years, are still popular among Americans, with projected growth of 52% from 2014-2019, according to data from market research firm, Mintel. In 2015, energy drinks took up 6.2% of the total US soft drink launches, according to Innova...
Applied Food Sciences Secure Patent for Producing Guayusa Extract
28 Mar 2017 --- Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS) has announced it is now the exclusive owner of a process patent that covers the production of enriched natural guayusa, from a single source plant, containing antioxidants, amino acids and caffeine. Guayusa is a...
Beverage Expert Applied Food Sciences Makes Breakthrough with two new Launches in Organic Ingredients
Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS) has taken the next step in their organic offerings, introducing two new organic ingredients PurGinger™ organic ginger extract and Pur-C™ organic vitamin C extract at the upcoming BevNET Live conference December 5-6 in Santa Monica,...
Why Experts are Now Saying this Herb is Not Only Safe, but Needed Now More Than Ever!
Applied Food Sciences sets the record straight about kava at SupplySide West with the release of their newest ingredient KAVOA™ kava extract for relaxation, stress relief and sleep support. After more than a decade of some negative attention, Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS), along with other industry experts, are setting the...
Why Experts are Now Saying this Herb is Not Only Safe, but Needed Now More Than Ever!
Applied Food Sciences sets the record straight about kava at SupplySide West with the release of their newest ingredient KAVOA™ kava extract for relaxation, stress relief and sleep support. After more than a decade of some negative attention, Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS), along with other...
The Next Standard of Kava Could Raise the Bar on the Relaxation Market
Experts at the International Conference on Kava in Honolulu, Hawaii, say Standardization in Quality is the Key to a Successful Future for Kava. Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS) recently attended the International Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii on Kava (KAVA2015) where the state of the industry for kava sold within the US and...
Archive News
New Kava Extract Focused on Addressing Safety Concerns
Safety concerns have long dogged the kava Piper methysticum market, but Applied Food Sciences (AFS; Austin, TX) has introduced a new kava extract that it says is produced with special concern for top safety issues surrounding kava production. Its new Kavoa kava...
An eGuide to Supply Chain Stewardship, Going Beyond Sustainability
The concept of "stewardship" may seem like an esoteric or cutting-edge noun to the supply chain, but to the consumer it is an increasingly important verb—a corporate ethic—characterized by social, environmental and ethical accountability. In today's market...
Applied Food Sciences Reveal New Kava Product
After more than a decade of some negative attention, Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS), along with other industry experts, have set out to set the record straight about the safety and efficacy of Kava, an ingredient well known for it’s anti-anxiety benefits. The KAVOA...
Why Experts are Now Saying this Herb is Not Only Safe, but Needed Now More Than Ever!
Applied Food Sciences sets the record straight about kava at SupplySide West with the release of their newest ingredient KAVOA™ kava extract for relaxation, stress relief and sleep support. After more than a decade of some negative attention, Applied Food Sciences,...
The Return of Safe Kava – White Paper
New Extract for Relaxation, Reduced Stress, and Sleep Traditionally, kava is consumed as a beverage obtained through the infusion of ground kava root and/or rhizome in water. Today several extracts standardized in the biologically active constituents kavalactones...
3 Reasons Energy Drinks will continue to dominate the shelf
In 1987, an energy drink was sold for the very first time in its home market of Austria. The original beverage, at the time called Krating Daeng, was actually a Thai energy drink marketed to truckers, farmers, and construction workers. It wasn’t until...
Green tea extract makes a splash in the energy drink market
Energy drinks are big business. And, despite setbacks in recent years, are still popular among Americans, with projected growth of 52% from 2014-2019, according to data from market research firm, Mintel. In 2015, energy drinks took up 6.2% of the total US soft drink...
How Applied Food Sciences’ green tea extract is unlocking organic energy drinks
According to a recent Mintel report, energy drinks are not slowing down, in fact, they are expected to have excellent growth through 2019. Part of the reason energy drinks remain one of the only categories in beverage to continue sustained growth is that they are...
New Organic Green Tea Extract Designed for Energy Beverages
Applied Food Sciences’ New Ingredient, PurTea™, to Debut at Engredea in Natural Products Expo West
The Next Standard of Kava Could Raise the Bar on the Relaxation Market
Experts at the International Conference on Kava in Honolulu, Hawaii, say Standardization in Quality is the Key to a Successful Future for Kava. Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS) recently attended the International Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii on Kava (KAVA2015)...
Demand for Natural Botanical Energy Ingredients in Beverages on the Rise
Applied Food Sciences’ PurCaf™ Certified Organic, Non-GMO Caffeine ingredient creates “buzz” at BevNet conference; preps for InterBev June 10-13 *This article has been updated Nov, 2020 to reflect the most accurate information. The demand for natural ingredients...
Natural Botanical Energy Pioneer Trumps Synthetics for Energy Drink Formulations
Consumers are demanding natural and organic ingredients, non-GMO foods and beverages, and that demand is now driving energy drink formulation, with companies who have been using synthetic ingredients searching for alternatives.
AFS Will Unveil New Botanical Energy Line at NEXT Innovation Summit
Applied Food Sciences, Inc. (AFS), a science driven ingredient, and food technology company is set to unveil its line of botanical energy solutions at the NEXT Innovation Summit presented by Nutracon. The launch ties into the trending demand for consumers searching...
What Your Pet Needs More of to Remove Harmful Toxins
Did you know Glucarate is naturally found in your pet's diet? In fact Glucarate is also already present in your dog's body. The problem is that in today's toxic world our pets simply don't get enough of the Glucarate they need to combat the harmful toxins, pollutants...
What Veterinarians are Linking Nearly 3/4 of all Canine Disease to
Our pet's have it rough in today's toxic world. Every day we walk our best friends by signs posted in our neighborhood next to sidewalks and parks that say "Warning Pesticide Use!" Meanwhile, even in our own homes, every bottle of cleaning solution says "Caution Keep...
