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August 10, 2020

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Dual-purpose industrial hemp cultivars show the best potential for coproduction of biofuel and bioproducts, according to University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment study.

In the study led by Jian Shi, UK assistant professor in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, the dual-purpose cultivars that had the best biofuel potential, which uses the stalk, also produced grain.

In a previous study, Shi’s team showed that hemp has biofuel-producing potential comparable to other bioenergy crops like kenaf, switchgrass and sorghum. Those results were published in Bioresource Technology Journal.

“The biofuels market fluctuates, much like the hemp market, so it is very important for the crop to have coproducts to help offset potential losses when the market trends downward,” Shi said. “Hemp has more potential for coproducts than other current biofuel feedstocks.”

In his most recent study, Shi’s team evaluated 11 hemp cultivars from all over the world. They planted cultivars at UK’s Spindletop Farm and at Robinson Center for Appalachian Resource Sustainability under the leadership of the late David Williams. The cultivars included six that produced fiber only and five that produced fiber and grain. The study explored each cultivar’s ability to produce biofuels, how each performed with a laboratory pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis, which is designed to enhance biofuel yields, and projected economic returns.

All dual-purpose cultivars had higher economic returns than the fiber-only cultivars. The top performing cultivars were Bialobrzeskie from Poland and NWG 331 from Colorado. Bialobrzeskie had estimated returns from the sale of the grain and projected biofuel production of $1,564 per hectare, and NWG 331 had estimated returns of $1,482 per hectare. NWG 331 had the highest biomass yield and the second highest grain yield of all cultivars. Bialobrzeskie had the highest grain yield.

“These combined evaluations show that industrial hemp has significant potential to become a promising regional commodity crop for producing both biofuels and value-added products,” Shi said. “Further research is needed into the crop’s agronomic practices, post-harvest processing, biofuel conversion and other potential hemp coproducts.”

As part of the project, Shi partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory. The laboratory is home to a DOE-funded Biomass Feedstock National User Facility and feedstock supply and logistics research and development center. Researchers at UK and INL plan to assemble a sample collection and characterization of the hemp biomass cultivars in the future. This collection would add to the existing collection of more than 7,500 biomass samples as a resource available to other academic researchers and industry professionals across the United States.

Shi’s study was published in the American Chemical Society’s Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering journal. It is available online at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06145.

This article was originally published on Hoban Law Group, and appears here with permission.

This article is authored by managing attorney, Garrett Graff.

Finished products containing hemp-derived ingredients are becoming increasingly popular as a myriad of products have and continue to enter the market since the passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (“2018 Farm Bill”).  The 2018 Farm Bill reserved regulatory authority over finished products that contain hemp-derived ingredients to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), where FDA generally regulates products based upon the product type and intended use. Unfortunately, at this time, the FDA has not issued specific regulations for products that contain hemp-derived cannabidiol (“CBD”).

Hemp Products

Finished products are not a category of their own; rather, finished products that contain hemp-derived ingredients fall under existing regulatory lanes for conventional products. Specifically, finished products are typically either a food, a supplement, a cosmetic, or a drug. Drugs impose the highest standard and require products to successfully complete clinical trials for efficacy purposes. At this time, FDA-approved Epidiolex is the only approved prescription drug. FDA asserts that ingredients in FDA-approved drugs are precluded from being included in other products such as foods and cosmetics; FDA’s draft regulations purportedly attempt to address this potential conflict between conventional product types and pharmaceutical forms.

However, not all ingredients derived from hemp face the same regulatory obstacles as CBD products. The FDA has recognized hulled hemp seeds, hemp seed protein, and hemp seed oil, as generally recognized as safe (“GRAS”). GRAS ingredients do not require additional approval prior to inclusion and pursuant to FDA regulation, including labeling.

Hemp, CBD and Federal Regulations

In the absence of federal regulation of CBD products, some states, like Colorado, have implemented product safety standards to regulate products that contain hemp-derived ingredients. Although this has created a patchwork of governing regulations, this has allowed for manufacturers of CBD products to produce and sell finished products that contain hemp-derived ingredients. However, the collective hemp industry is seeking FDA guidance to create a uniform and well-regulated federal framework.

Hemp and the FDA

The FDA has turned to researchers and stakeholders regarding the appropriate regulatory approach. In doing so, the FDA held a public hearing in 2019 and requested public comment regarding the safety and efficacy of CBD. Although CBD-related research has been stifled, researchers are exploring answers to the FDA’s questions to guide regulations, including potential drug interaction, dosage, uses, potential side effects, and potential impact on vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, women who are pregnant, or who are breastfeeding, and children.

The FDA has compiled information and has created a website dedicated to the FDA’s current understanding of cannabis-derived compounds. The FDA has opened the public docket indefinitely to allow for additional comments concerning particular topics the FDA seeks guidance on. Fortunately, the FDA has issued guidance on cannabis-related research and the drug approval process. Collectively, the FDA is taking the much-needed steps towards promulgating regulations for CBD products; however, there is no estimated time for when the FDA will issue rules.

Since the current regulatory environment continually evolves, we encourage businesses and researchers to contact the Hoban Law Group to discuss your particular needs regarding CBD products.

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It would take a major reshaping of global agriculture to generate enough material to replace petroleum-based plastic with plant-based ones. Circularity has to be the end goal.

To solve our climate crisis, there’s no doubt that we need to change the way we create - and dispose - of everyday things. Nonrenewable fossil fuels are used to make a nearly endless list of items, from plastic forks to styrofoam packaging to synthetic fabrics to steel and concrete. Not only do these products require limited resources and significant amounts of energy to produce, they can be nearly impossible to get rid of. Our recycling system is inadequate, these materials take thousands of years to break down, and so our planet continues to fill up with trash.

As a solution, plant-based items and biomaterials have flooded the market. Companies are creating shoes and cellphone cases, cutlery and to-go containers, and even entire buildings out of plants. On paper, it sounds like the answer. Plant matter is biodegradable or can be composted, and biomaterials such as wood, corn, hemp, and cotton can be grown over and over - and these products often have smaller carbon footprints than their fossil fuel counterparts. A shirt made of polyester, a type of plastic now found in about 60% of clothing garments, has a footprint of about 12 pounds of CO2, while a shirt made of cotton has one of around 9 pounds. With more than 100 billion items of clothing produced each year, that difference can add up.

But the surge of plant-based products can also feel like just another environmental trend. Can making everything plant-based really save us from climate catastrophe? The answer is a bit more complicated than making sure everyone chooses a compostable fork over a plastic one.

The wave of plant-based products is not purely greenwashing - it’s a necessary transition, says Mathis Wackernagel, founder and president of Global Footprint Network, a sustainability research group that each year calculates Earth Overshoot Day, the date by which humanity has used up its annual allotment of Earth’s resources. “There is no other future than a regenerative future, whether we like it or not,” he says. By regenerative, he means we need to live off what we can renew, and we can’t renew fossil fuels. “Everything has to be plant-based in the end.”

But switching to a world of plant-based products won’t be easy. We can either make it a rapid transition, which Wachernagel says will come with “short-term pains,” but which will leave us with a bigger regenerative budget (as in, Earth will be able to produce more biological materials) for the future. Or we can slowly transition to plant-based products, take our time experimenting and perfecting them - but the more time we waste, the more dramatic climate change will be, and the less the Earth will be able to produce for us in the future.

Those short-term pains may be as innocuous as the inconvenience of your compostable spoon losing its integrity in your yogurt - but that’s a trade-off we need to live with. “Maybe [we] need to rejoice if the spoon gets a little wobbly,” says Wachernagel. “We need to get joy from the fact that I can put it in my own compost bin.”

Wanting a spoon made of plant material to be as durable as plastic is possible, but there’s another trade-off: It’s harder to compost. A more stable spoon is made out of bioplastic, and most compost facilities can’t handle bioplastics, says Ray Hatch, CEO of recycling services company Quest. They require high temperatures and expensive equipment, and there are only about 100 such facilities in the U.S.  “The perception of the bio-based form is that they’re all the same, and they’re truly not,” he says. “[Bioplastics] have to be separated and treated separately, and if they go to the landfill, they won’t compost. They’re just as polluting and they’ll sit there like any other type of plastic.”

Simply banning single-use plastics in favor of compostable or biodegradable packaging isn’t a complete solution to our waste problem without the waste infrastructure to take in those new materials. Switching what we make things out of also doesn’t address our issue of excess - that we are making so many things in the first place. In 2018, the world produced 359 million tonnes of plastics. Are we ready to handle that same volume of plant-made material? “As we go out of carbon, we will put much much more demand on the rest of the planet,” Wackernagel says. “There’s not an abundance of plant matter we can just tap into.”

Experts are already concerned about how we can adequately feed our growing population, especially if we can grow enough fruits and vegetables for everyone. Asked if we currently have enough space to grow all the plants we’d need to make everything out of biomaterials, plus to feed our world, Carson Meredith, director of the Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute, says he’s not sure - but that doing so would come with other costs. One would be having to devote more of our land to agriculture, and that will most likely require taking away land from livestock. Land dedicated for pasture grazing and for crops for animal feed accounts for 77% of global farming land, yet livestock produces 18% of the world’s calories and 37% of its total protein.

If we grow more crops, we also need to be conscious of how we’re growing them. Does that farm operate off of renewable energy? What about all the emissions and other environmental effects of fertilizer, which is necessary to grow plants quickly but can, if made of nitrogen, deplete soil of nutrients and contaminate drinking water and damage aquatic life. This is another cost of that switch, Meredith says: changing our industrial agriculture infrastructure to best grow that many plants (though all that energy and fertilizer use does depend on what type of plant you’re growing).

Plant-based items are a welcome development as a transition away from plastic, Meredith adds, but we have to be careful about how we forge our vegetation-filled future. Transitioning to a world with more products made of plants has to happen alongside other initiatives, from innovations in circular production to how to best use bio-waste to making sure we have compost facilities to biodegrade these objects.

Instead of a one-to-one swap of plastics to plant-based materials, we need to change the entire processes for making and disposing all the products we use throughout our life. Our current waste stream is linear, meaning we take resources, convert them to a product, and then that product ends up in a landfill, and new products continually make that same, straight journey. “We need to make it circular,” says Meredith. If products were produced in a closed loop, where at their end of life they were reused, repaired, or repurposed rather than sent to a waste facility, those materials go further, potentially leading to less energy and CO2 than continually extracting and refining new raw materials - even if those raw materials are plants.

For consumers who want to buy plant-based items that have the biggest benefits for the planet, Meredith warns to watch out for clever labels - how much of that product is actually made of plants, and how were those plants sourced? “If it’s a forest-based material, you want to make sure it’s a sustainably managed forest,” he says. Some research may require a bit of work, but still, if given the choice between paper or plastic, he says, choose paper.

In California this summer, as the state of 40 million people faced raging wildfires and an unprecedented health crisis, hemp industry advocates worked to broker a deal with the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom, marijuana interests and other stakeholders to pass legislation that would have made CBD lawful in beverages, food and supplements.

Ultimately, lawmakers adjourned before the state Senate considered a sweeping piece of cannabis legislation. The failure to get a bill to the finish line in the nation’s largest state economy marked disappointment for an industry operating under a cloud of regulatory uncertainty, due largely to years of state and federal policies proclaiming hemp-based CBD cannot be added to food, beverages or marketed in a dietary supplement.

‘Political system let us down’

The absence of state regulations has “stifled” the marketplace, said Jonathan Eppers, founder and CEO of Vybes, a CBD beverage company based in West Hollywood, California. Many large retail chains - think the likes of Walmart - remain reluctant to carry ingestible CBD products.

Chains are seeking “standardization and direction from the state, what’s acceptable, what’s not acceptable,” Eppers said in an interview. “This includes labeling, dosage requirements [and] lab testing. All those things don’t currently exist in California.”

The hemp-based CBD industry came close to getting what it wished for: a regulatory framework that would have legitimized ingestible products. A summer of distractions and obstacles - including a global pandemic, wildfires, reported political infighting and opposition to the legislation by certain factions of the hemp and marijuana industries - got in the way.

“This weekend, our political system let us down,” the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, which represents large CBD brands, including Charlotte’s Web, wrote in a Sept. 1 update on its website. “Due to intra-party fights that had nothing to do with our legislation, the state Senate leadership refused to allow a vote on our legislative language, despite the governor’s endorsement and the overwhelming bipartisan support for hemp farmers and our industry.”

‘Silver lining’

Industry sources revealed myriad reasons for a bill failing to get through the California State Legislature, including a fairly simple explanation - lawmakers simply didn’t have enough time to take up the matter by the time it had been fully negotiated between various stakeholders, including Newsom’s office.

Complicating the negotiations, the legislative proposal covered a wide range of topics, from marketing CBD, to prohibiting inhalable hemp products, to developing a report to explore the process to allow cannabis retail licensees to sell hemp products. Many of the issues, including a prohibition on smokable hemp, were divisive ones.

“The process of developing a regulatory system for unregulated hemp extract and smokable hemp products is complex, particularly when the FDA has yet to regulate the products and the state has a maturing marijuana licensing system,” said Patrick Goggin, senior attorney in San Francisco with Hoban Law Group, in an email. “Unfortunately, the [Newsom] administration engaged on AB [Assembly Bill] 2028 very late in the legislative session, resulting in a rushed process.

“The silver lining is that industry stakeholders have more time to refine and pass legislation that will reasonably regulate these products and, most importantly, provide consumer protection - something currently missing in the state for these sectors,” added Goggin, general counsel of the California Hemp Council.

‘Two years of negotiation’

In response to questions about the legislation, Kaitlin Lewis, assistant deputy director of communications for the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), emailed a brief statement.

“The Governor's Office did engage on the bill to ensure it would adequately address the administration's priorities of protecting consumer safety and providing businesses with the necessary regulatory clarity to be compliant and successful,” Lewis said.

Assembly member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, a Democrat with agricultural roots who owns a walnut orchid with her siblings, has been pushing since 2019 to make CBD lawful in food and supplements.

The proposal to be amended into AB 2028 “was the subject of two years of negotiation with stakeholders and represented a compromise with the administration,” Aguiar-Curry said in an email sent through one of her staff members. “The only concern raised by our Senate colleagues was that it was very late in the process, which is accurate.”

She said “we can work out any technical improvements for both houses, so the bill can be reintroduced at the earliest opportunity and be passed into law.”

“This is a critical public health and economic issue for California consumers and aspiring farmers and businesses,” Aguiar-Curry proclaimed. “I believe we’ll get there.”

Sen. Scott Wilk offered a parallel bill focused on hemp farming issues, according to Jonathan Miller, general counsel of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable.

“In the last days of the session, those two efforts got merged together into one package, which ultimately was going to be amended to 2028,” Miller explained in an interview.

Wilk did not respond to a request for comment for this article.

‘Slippery slope’

The proposed legislation for the Senate’s consideration would have burdened farmers, according to some people contacted for this article.

“Hemp is a safe and exciting crop for the agricultural community, and with less than 72 hours before a vote on AB 2028, a significant number of local hemp growers reached out to me, expressing concerns that AB 2028 put farmers at risk and left authorities vulnerable to claims of unjust regulatory takings,” said Hannah Gbeh, executive director of the San Diego County Farm Bureau, in an email. “The bill threatened to crush San Diego’s hemp industry and removed the comparative advantage California hemp would otherwise enjoy on the global market.”

She expressed gratitude to state lawmakers who “recognize the importance of the San Diego agricultural industry” and said her organization looked “forward to working collaboratively on a hemp bill that supports and encourages our hemp farmers.”

Wayne Richmond, executive director of the California Hemp Association, suggested the legislation threatened to subject hemp farmers to a marijuana regulatory regime.

“Farmers looked at this and saw this becoming marijuana-like in the eyes of the regulators, and that in fact, this might have been the first step in a slippery slope towards industrial hemp being put under the Bureau of Cannabis Control,” he said in an interview.

Hemp is an agricultural crop, Richmond observed, based on the 2018 Farm Bill.

“‘Let us not blur those lines,’ as the farmers have said.”

Chris Boucher, CEO of Farmtiva, a hemp agricultural services company in California, said many farmers were not a part of the legislative negotiations.

“I work with hundreds of farmers in California, and we never heard about this bill,” he said in an interview. “And it was secret. We kept on asking them, ‘Hey, what’s going on?’ And they’re like, ‘Don’t worry.’ Usually, when someone tells me, ‘Don’t worry,’ I worry.”

Boucher explained he was referring to certain groups, including the California Hemp Council and U.S. Hemp Roundtable.

When asked to comment, Goggin suggested the negotiations process was rushed due to the Newsom administration's late engagement in the legislative session. Miller of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable said he wasn’t asked about the legislation by farmers and doesn’t claim to represent their interests, but he addressed the notion that the legislative process was secretive.

“The [bill] language was out there for months,” he said. “The idea that people were surprised by it would only be a reflection of the fact that they weren’t paying attention.”

‘The price has tanked’

The last year hasn’t been kind to hemp farmers, whose early market for hemp has largely been tied to the demand for CBD. Between July 2019 and January 2020, the price of raw CBD biomass that processors paid producers plunged as much as 75% to roughly $10 a pound from $40 a pound, according to John Kagia, chief knowledge officer of New Frontier Data, an analytics company in Washington, D.C., which specializes in the cannabis space and acquired Hemp Business Journal in 2018.

“Hemp farmers are sitting on literally tons of biomass,” Miller said. “The price has tanked, and the way to open up those markets for those products is to get California to legally recognize CBD and other hemp extract products, which is what our bill would do. That is the best thing that could be done for farmers right now.”

The California Department of Public Health, which has deferred to FDA’s position that hemp-derived CBD cannot be added to food or marketed in dietary supplements, declined to comment on the state legislation.

‘Complex’ and ‘heated’ negotiations

According to several people in interviews and emailed correspondence, the legislative negotiations over hemp and CBD were complicated and involved various interests, including the marijuana industry. Miller said many cannabis groups supported the legislation, and of those groups opposed, “many of them view hemp-derived CBD as competition.”

“Creating a regulatory framework for hemp in the last weeks of session with a divided cannabis industry while also grappling with a pandemic and massive wildfires was no simple task,” said Josh Drayton, communications and outreach director of the California Cannabis Industry Association (CCIA), in an email.

Following “complex and oftentimes heated discussions, CCIA supported AB 2028,” Drayton explained.

As proposed to be amended, the legislation “would have established a legal framework for the lawful manufacture and sale of hemp products, align California law with federal law for hemp cultivation, and establish a platform to advance more meaningful changes to the state’s regulatory framework for cannabis,” Drayton said.

He identified several priorities that CCIA promoted and were incorporated into the proposed amended legislation, including:

• Developing a strong framework to allow hemp CBD and other derivatives to be legally and safely produced and sold in beverages, food and dietary supplements across California;
• Delineating consumer safety protocols, including advertising and labeling standards, based on current standards for cannabis;
• Establishing thorough testing requirements consistent with testing requirements for cannabis;
• Requiring a report by cannabis licensing authorities to provide recommendations concerning incorporating hemp into the cannabis supply chain;
• The striking of proposals by Newsom’s administration to ban the use of hemp products to individuals under the age of 21 and prohibit “the interstate sale of final form manufactured hemp products"; 
• The removal of a proposal to establish a cap of 20 mg per serving.

Prohibition on ‘inhalable hemp’

“While CCIA is disappointed that language remains in the bill to ban inhalable hemp products, we successfully advanced language to expressly exempt cannabis and cannabis products from the prohibited product section of the bill to ensure our products are not inadvertently captured,” Drayton said.

The prohibition on inhalable hemp likely did not sit well with farming interests since it further limits the market for their crop. According to Boucher, many veterans of the military with PTSD like to use the hemp flower because it offers quick relief for anxiety.

California lawmakers are probably more concerned with the public health consequences of smokable products versus ingestible CBD. Newsom recently signed into law a bill that bans the sale of flavored tobacco products.

‘I’m very confident’

The CBD provisions of AB 2028 garnered wide support at the state capital, according to Miller.

“We did not run into a single legislator who said, ‘We disagree with this bill on its merits,’” he reflected. “I’m very confident that we’ll have a good bill passed, hopefully at the beginning of the year.”

By Don Cazentre | dcazentre@nyup.com

Updated Oct 15, 2020; Posted Oct 15, 2020

New York’s hemp and cannabis industry, facing a potential shutdown at the end of the month, has been given life for another year.

The state’s two-year-old hemp pilot program will be extended through the end of September 2021, giving the industry “some breathing room,” according to Allan Gandelman, president of the New York Cannabis Growers and Processors Association.

The program had been scheduled to expire Oct. 31, potentially leaving the 700 hemp growers and 100 processors across the state in legal limbo, without valid operating permits.

The extension is welcome, but still leaves the cannabis industry in a “gray area,” said Gandelman, who is also owner of Head + Heal, a hemp grower and processor in Cortland. “At least now there’s some peace of mind, so hemp farmers can sleep at night.”

But the state’s cannabis industry, best known for helping supply CBD-infused products, is still looking for a permanent set of rules and regulations. The broad outline for the industry was included in a bill that Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law late last year, but the specifics and permit process have not been defined.

“In this industry, I get used to living permanently in a gray area,” Gandelman said. Last month he joined in a statewide campaign asking Cuomo to issue the specific regulations.

That still hasn’t happened. Instead, the decision by the state Department of Agriculture & Markets extends the current rules, which came into effect after the approval 2018 federal farm bill. That bill legalized the production of industrial hemp. The state’s pilot program authorizes “research” in the growing of hemp and the processing of its components into consumer products.

Hemp is a species of cannabis, like marijuana, but does not produce as much THC, the compound that creates the marijuana 'high." CBD (cannabidiol) extracted from hemp is a non-psychoactive compound that is touted by its advocates for health benefits and is used in products like salves, tinctures and ointments. Under federal law, the extract used in those products must contain less than 0.3% THC.

At issue now is a lack of consensus between state regulators and the U.S. Department of Agriculture on how to proceed. Under the 2018 farm law, the state is required to submit a plan to the USDA in order to maintain authority over the hemp industry.

In a letter to the state’s hemp growers in August, New York Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball wrote, “It is the (state Ag & Markets) Department’s view that many of the (federal) requirements concerning the scope and timing of sampling and testing, the disposal of non-compliant plants, and reporting are unrealistic and impose unreasonable burdens on growers and any state interested in administering a compliant program.”

In his letter, Ball also said the state would ask the USDA to extend the existing program into 2021 if an agreement could not be reached.

Gandelman credited U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer with helping broker the extension and the Ag & Markets department for following through.

Now, Gandelman said, attention turns back to state’s existing Hemp Extracts law, and the regulations needed for growers and processors to operate under it.

That law sets out procedures for the licensing of industrial hemp growers and extract manufacturers and establishes what are likely the nation’s strictest testing and labeling requirements. The bill was approved by state lawmakers last year in the wake of their failure to approve a bill legalizing adult recreational use of marijuana.

The state’s hemp industry welcomed the strict requirements, arguing they could elevate New York’s cannabis products to a higher quality and bar inferior out-of-state products.

If and when Cuomo’s administration does set out new rules and guidelines, there is still one area that will not be covered: The Hemp Extracts law assigned does not specifically allow CBD to be added to food and beverages.

Though it is possible to find CBD in food and beverages on the market, the state’s Agriculture & Markets department has declared them illegal, based on current guidelines from the federal Food & Drug Administration.

In signing the Hemp Extracts law last year, Cuomo said he would defer action on food and beverage with CBD until a “summit” on the hemp/CBD industry he hoped to convene last spring. The coronavirus pandemic derailed that plan.

Don Cazentre writes for NYup.com, syracuse.com and The Post-Standard. Reach him at dcazentre@nyup.com, or follow him at NYup.com, on Twitter or Facebook.

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PECTIN FOR STABILIZATION

CP Kelco says its nature-based Genu pectin was developed with function in mind. An easily recognizable ingredient derived from citrus peels, it’s consumer friendly and adds a pleasant mouthfeel. Pectin can be pasteurized with milk or before fermentation, so no additional processing step is necessary. As the industry innovates with more shelf-stable beverages, pectin can help by protecting and stabilizing protein while minimizing sediment and serum separation. Grades are available to support vegetarian, non-GMO, organic-compliant and other clean-label goals.

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Royal DSM says it introduced its DelvoPlant range of enzymes for optimizing the taste, texture and sweetness of plant-based drinks. The enzymes offer a variety of benefits, from increasing protein solubility and reducing viscosity to improving mouthfeel and unlocking the natural sweetness of glucose and/or maltose in raw materials such as rice and oats. By leveraging these naturally occurring elements, the enzymes help create winning dairy alternative beverages without added sugar - offering sweetness that can be tailored to local market preferences. The DelvoPlant enzymes also improve the availability of minerals to further enhance nutritional value and, in oat-based drinks, can reduce gluten content to create even stronger appeal.

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WEIGHTING AND CLOUDING AGENTS

Farbest Brands and Caragum International say they offer weighting and clouding agents for the manufacture of beverages. Produced from plant-based food-grade glycerol and refined pinewood rosin, the ester gums are ideal for formulating emulsions. The companies offer two equally functional grades that suit all U.S. and global regulations. They’re helpful for increasing the density of oil flavor compounds for uniform suspension throughout beverages, and they also can add the perfect degree of cloudiness to the finished product. The ingredients are virtually tasteless and odorless, highly soluble and cost-effective.

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CITRUS FIBER

According to Fiberstar Inc., beverage manufacturers are seeking natural ingredients when creating high-quality plant-based drinks. Citri-Fi, which is derived from citrus byproduct, consists of soluble and insoluble fiber, protein and high amounts of intact native pectin. When used in plant-based “milks” such as oat, almond, coconut or cashew, this citrus fiber improves the full-body mouthfeel and stability. Usage levels range between 0.25% and 0.40%. And since labeling options include citrus fiber, dried citrus pulp or citrus flour, this natural ingredient creates consumer-friendly labels. Citri-Fi is non-GMO Project Verified, gluten-free and non-allergenic.

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COLD-BREW COFFEE EXTRACT

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(630) 932-8100; www.flavorchem.com

INGREDIENTS FOR GUT HEALTH

Interest in gut health is currently high because recent scientific advances have begun to unlock how the microbiome affects many health conditions, both within the digestive system and beyond. FrieslandCampina says it introduced a range of galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) with proven effects in addressing consumer needs to tackle conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, constipation and bloating. Biotis GOS is a versatile ingredient with a clean sensory profile. It can be used as a transparent syrup or a white soluble powder, allowing for varied applications.

(551) 497-7300; www.biotis.com/gut-health

FUNCTIONAL DAIRY PROTEINS

Formulating with proteins in high-heat processing environments comes with its challenges and requires a functional stable protein. Glanbia Nutritionals says it offers two cutting-edge protein ingredients especially useful in meeting these requirements: AdvanPro and OptiSol 1007. AdvanPro is a heat-stable low-dose protein solution that provides the same protein benefits as higher doses of traditional proteins. It is a functionally enhanced milk-based protein ingredient high in bioavailable leucine. OptiSol 1007 provides a whey-based protein solution that excels in a neutral-pH beverage environment, allowing for a cleaner label.

(312) 683-8600; www.glanbianutritionals.com

CLEAN-LABEL COLORS

GNT Group says although flavor is the most obvious component of food choice, color has an overwhelming impact on product appeal. It communicates quality, taste and brand value, with 85% of consumers saying it is their top reason for selecting a product from the shelf. Based on the straightforward principle of coloring food with food, GNT’s Exberry concentrates provide visual impact along with widespread consumer acceptability. Made entirely from fruits and vegetables, they allow for the all-important declaration of clean-label coloring ingredients. With a diverse array of shades available, Exberry gives dairy manufacturers the opportunity to create stunning on-trend products with colors that deliver throughout the shelf life.

(914) 524-0600; www.exberry.com/

VITAMIN BLENDS

When customers need a vitamin blend, International Food Products Corporation (IFPC) says its ingredient experts work to develop solutions that meet their unique business needs. This takes place at IFPC’s Aviator facility in St. Louis. Aviator is a best-in-class manufacturing, storage and distribution center featuring liquid and dry blending, packing, modern labs and quality-control testing. IFPC formulates water-dispersible vitamins and oil-based vitamins and creates custom-formulated vitamin pre-blends to suit multiple concentration levels, allowing for many applications. To ensure the highest quality standards for its vitamins, Aviator is an SQF-certified facility.

(800) 227-8427; www.ifpc.com

TROPICAL PUREES AND CONCENTRATES

iTi Tropicals says customers can enhance their dairy beverage lines with its tropical fruit purees and concentrates. With numerous tropical offerings, in both organic and conventional forms, formulation opportunities with iTi’s ingredients are endless. Blend Alphonso mango or banana with milk for a delicious beverage; incorporate guava into a smoothies for a tropical twist; mix mango with yogurt to make a traditional lassi even more exotic; or supplement milkshakes with coconut cream. Incorporating tropical fruit purees into dairy beverages adds vitamins and minerals while creating a more nutritious, delicious and marketable beverage. 

www.ititropicals.com/contact-iti-tropicals/

NATURAL INGREDIENTS

Layn Natural Ingredients says it has many natural ingredients for dairy applications. Current natural ingredient offerings include Plantae Sensem, which is Layn’s branded platform for natural taste modulation to achieve sugar reduction while enhancing flavor; cinnamon, which helps support healthy blood sugar levels; green coffee bean and pomegranate, which are antioxidants; and turmeric, which supports joint mobility. Additional natural ingredients in dairy supplement applications include sea buckthorn, a heart-friendly rich source of omega-3 fatty acids; epimedium, a flavonoid that supports bone density; and grape seed extract, which is rich in polyphenols and is valued for its antioxidant capacity and immune support.

(949) 387-6840; www.layncorp.com

CLEAN-LABEL POWDERS

According to Martin Bauer Group, the shift to all-natural ingredients and more health-conscious eating is in full swing, and clean-label plant-based ingredients are now integral parts of everyday life. Consumers are focusing on not only what they’re consuming, but also how it’s made and the origin of raw materials. Martin Bauer’s SuperFine powders are made only from the highest-quality botanicals with no additives or carriers. Made 100% from botanicals, the powders have 100% natural color, along with flavor and nutrition that fit perfectly with today’s consumer lifestyles and tomorrow’s trends. The SuperFine product line contains dozens of on-trend ingredients and blends, including Chai Mix, Lavender, Matcha Mix and Turmeric.

(201) 659-3100; www.martin-bauer-group.com/en/

INGREDIENT FOR WEIGHT-MANAGEMENT

Monteloeder says its Metabolaid ingredient is backed by clinical studies validating its efficacy in weight management and heart-health support. Metabolaid contains verbascosides from lemon verbena extract and anthocyanins from hibiscus extract. At a 500-milligram-per-day dosage, it has been proven to increase the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase within the body, which leads to increased fat-burning activity and more energy. It has also been shown to aid with satiety. Metabolaid has been used successfully in global commercial dairy applications. It is highly stable with respect to temperature and pressure, enabling it to withstand pasteurization processes with no loss of activity.

(305) 285-8561; www.monteloederusa.com

HORCHATA FLAVOR

National Flavors says its Horchata flavor is unique blend of sweet vanilla and cinnamon flavor. Horchata is a global favorite, pairing exceptionally well with the smooth, creamy tastes of dairy beverages. Mintel's Global New Products Database shows new Horchata-flavored product launches in many food and beverage categories, with production introduction featuring the flavor up 39% in the last year. National Flavors will ship samples in 24 hours when you sign up for a free Flavorush account.

(800) 525-2431; www.nationalflavors.com

INCLUSIONS FOR MILKSHAKES

A family-owned international company, Pecan Deluxe Candy Co. says it takes great pride in creating innovative inclusions and ingredients based on the latest consumer trends. Engaging the senses is key to making dining and snacking occasions an experience. Whether a manufacturer is interested in improving aesthetics or enhancing texture, Pecan Deluxe’s quick turnaround time on proven products is certain to make milkshakes memorable. Its culinary kitchen has perfected sprinkles, toffees, crunches, drizzles, barks and more.

(214) 631-3669; www.pecandeluxe.com

BRIGHT BLUE COLOR

Sensient Food Colors says its proprietary Natural Blue vegetable juice fills the industrywide gap for a heat-, light- and pH-stable bright blue across applications. In combination with other fruit and vegetable juices in its portfolio, unique and vibrant blue, green and purple shades can be achieved in single-system solutions. Whimsical, trending hues can be achieved with lower final usage rates thanks to the highly concentrated natural colorants in Sensient’s toolkit. Unleash the power of nature’s true colors with shades perfect for dairy and dairy-alternative milks, protein drinks, smoothies and more.

(800) 325-8110; www.sensientfoodcolors.com/en-us/

NATURAL DAIRY INGREDIENTS

Synergy Flavors Inc. says it is a supplier of flavors, extracts and essences for the global food, beverage, and nutrition industries, with an innovative portfolio of dairy taste solutions under its Dairy by Nature umbrella. The company combines its natural-flavor-creation expertise with the proprietary dairy technology of its farmer-owned Irish parent company, Carbery. Synergy’s food scientists help enhance dairy indulgence, mask undesirable notes and build back taste in both dairy-based and plant-based products. In sync with Synergy Flavors’ commitment to a sustainable, responsible business model, the Dairy by Nature portfolio is born from nature to authentically enrich the dairy taste experience.

(847) 487-1011; www.synergytaste.com

VANILLA INGREDIENTS

From pollination to process to product, Tastepoint says its vanilla roots run deep. It recognizes how much vanilla has been, and continues to be, at the core of so much of what it does as a flavor company. This is why one of its working goals is to become unquestionably preeminent in all things vanilla. Tastepoint’s legacy has been extracting vanilla for over 100 years, along the way refining, perfecting and creating value-added conventional and proprietary extraction processes.

(215) 365-7800; www.tastepoint.com

"Hemp Milk Comprehensive Study by Type (Organic, Non-organic), Variants (Flavored, Unflavored), Category (Sweetened, Unsweetened), Distribution Channel (Hypermarket Stores, Convenience Stores, Supermarket Stores, E-commerce, Others), Ingredients (Hemp Seeds, Hemp Oil, Tapioca Starch, Others), Packaging (Pouches, Bottles, Others) Players and Region - Global Market Outlook to 2024

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Hemp milk is defined as the plant-based substitute to cow milk which is made up from whole hemp seeds. Numerous benefits of using drinking hemp milk such as the good source of nutrients contain healthy fats, vitamin percentage, high-quality plant protein, healthy fats, minerals, low calories, Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids and others benefits. Increasing inclination among consumers towards healthier foodstuffs and increasing usage of hemp milk in various application such as supermarket and online stores will, in turn, propel the growth of hemp milk market.

Latest research document on ‘Hemp Milk’ market is added in AMA database providing detailed insights on growth factors and future strategies. The study breaks market by key regions that includes North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific with country level break-up and provide volume* and value related cross segmented information by each country. Some of the important players from a wide list of coverage used under bottom-up approach are Healthy Brands Collective (United States), Drink Daily Greens LLC (United States), Pacific Foods of Oregon Inc. (United States), Wild Harvest Organics (United States), Braham & Murray Ltd (United Kingdom), Good Hemp Living, LLC (United States), Braham & Murray Ltd. (United Kingdom) , Lovetree products (United States), Gourmeo GmbH (Germany), Missha Japan Inc. (Japan).

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Market Segmentation & Scope

Study by  Type (Organic, Non-organic), Variants (Flavored, Unflavored), Category (Sweetened, Unsweetened), Distribution Channel (Hypermarket Stores, Convenience Stores, Supermarket Stores, E-commerce, Others), Ingredients (Hemp Seeds, Hemp Oil, Tapioca Starch, Others), Packaging (Pouches, Bottles, Others)

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Market Influencing Trends:

Technology Advancement regarding Hemp Milk Products

Growth Drivers

Increasing Preference among the Consumers towards Healthier Foodstuffs

Environmental Benefits Associated With Hemp Milk

Rising Vegan Population across the world and Increasing Health-conscious Population

Restraints that are major highlights:

Safety and Regulatory Aspects of Hemp Milk Use

Opportunities

Emerging Applications of Hemp Milk Products

Rising Demand from Emerging Economics such as India, China, and others

What are the market factors that are explained in the report?

– Key Strategic Developments: The study also includes the key strategic developments of the market, comprising R&D, new product launch, M&A, agreements, collaborations, partnerships, joint ventures, and regional growth of the leading competitors operating in the market on a  and regional scale.

– Key Market Features: The report evaluated key market features, including revenue, price, capacity, capacity utilization rate, gross, production, production rate, consumption, import/export, supply/demand, cost, market share, CAGR, and gross margin. In addition, the study offers a comprehensive study of the key market dynamics and their latest trends, along with pertinent market segments and sub-segments.

– Analytical Tools: The Hemp Milk Market report includes the accurately studied and assessed data of the key industry players and their scope in the market by means of a number of analytical tools. The analytical tools such as Porter’s five forces analysis, SWOT analysis, feasibility study, and investment return analysis have been used to analyze the growth of the key players operating in the market.

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Country level Break-up includes:

North America (United States, Canada and Mexico)

Europe (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Nordic, Others)

Asia-Pacific (Japan, China, Australia, India, Taiwan, South Korea, Middle East & Africa, Others)

Strategic Points Covered in Table of Content of Global Hemp Milk Market:

Chapter 1: Introduction, market driving force product Objective of Study and Research Scope the Hemp Milk market

Chapter 2: Exclusive Summary – the basic information of the Hemp Milk Market.

Chapter 3: Displaying the Market Dynamics- Drivers, Trends and Challenges of the Hemp Milk

Chapter 4: Presenting the Hemp Milk Market Factor Analysis Porters Five Forces, Supply/Value Chain, PESTEL analysis, Market Entropy, Patent/Trademark Analysis.

Chapter 5: Displaying market size by Type, End User and Region 2014-2019

Chapter 6: Evaluating the leading manufacturers of the Hemp Milk market which consists of its Competitive Landscape, Peer Group Analysis, BCG Matrix & Company Profile

Chapter 7: To evaluate the market by segments, by countries and by manufacturers with revenue share and sales by key countries (2020-2025).

Chapter 8 & 9: Displaying the Appendix, Methodology and Data Source

Finally, Hemp Milk Market is a valuable source of guidance for individuals and companies in decision framework.

Key Development Activities:

The market is fragmented with numerous players focusing on technique and quality of the product due to which the global hemp milk market can witness an upsurge in the forecast period.

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Data Sources & Methodology

The primary sources involves the industry experts from the Global Hemp Milk Market including the management organizations, processing organizations, analytics service providers of the industry’s value chain. All primary sources were interviewed to gather and authenticate qualitative & quantitative information and determine the future prospects.

In the extensive primary research process undertaken for this study, the primary sources – Postal Surveys, telephone, Online & Face-to-Face Survey were considered to obtain and verify both qualitative and quantitative aspects of this research study. When it comes to secondary sources Company’s Annual reports, press Releases, Websites, Investor Presentation, Conference Call transcripts, Webinar, Journals, Regulators, National Customs and Industry Associations were given primary weight-age.

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