Food manufacturing in the US has always been about
convenience, product availability, taste and price. The more society
ventured away from the family garden and kitchen, the more food
manufacturers developed a market or niche for their products at home in
the cupboards. Processed foods no longer are limited to flour and sugar
on the country store shelf, but have evolved to include the variety of
foods eaten daily and taken from restaurants, grocery stores, super
markets and convenience stores.

As the commonality of quick processed foods increases
throughout the world, health problems such as obesity, diabetes and
cancer have also become common and inevitable to the point that *”1 in
3 American adults have Insulin Resistance, a pre-diabetic condition”,
and this will only be the beginning.

The philosophy behind Functional Food is to create food
additives and ingredients that will enhance the bodies health by making
manufactured foods more beneficial to the consumer with out losing
quality or taste.

It is the intention to not only create additives and
ingredients that will benefit todays market but will benefits today's
generation as they age.

By using products such as "SugarBlendtm",and
"FlourBlendtm,, in drinks, cakes, cookies, candies, breads, pastries,
and snacks, today's children will have increased mineral uptake, aiding
in the prevention of Osteoporosis as they age, increasing bowel
function, reducing the chance of colon cancer and by aiding in the
control of blood sugar swings that may cause diabetes later in life.
These "Functional" properties are accomplished without side effects
that may cause consumers to reject manufactured products. These side
effects include sweeteners that cause a laxative effect, gas, bloating,
aftertaste and degrading sweetness in high heat. Styrofoam-like
textures, no taste, distasteful smell and color in cooking flour
substitutes.

We see that parents today are becoming more aware and
educated in the direction of nutrition, especially with regards to
growing children. If foods are eaten that increase calcium in the bones
today, twenty years from now, it is possible that this generation won't
suffer from Osteoporosis or Colon Cancer. If foods are eaten today that
keep the blood sugar steady and absorb slowly in the gut, not only will
the child have protection from disease, but they will have a lessor
chance of developing diabetes twenty years from now also.

The main objective of Home Blend Gourmet and others that
manufacture functional food is "The Health of Humanity". Manufactures
using these products today can influence the health of future
generation and secure their markets for tomorrow. We create first rate
ingredients and additives by being on the cutting edge of research. The
demands of fast paced lives and lifestyles shouldn't cost the health of
the human race. We can help food manufactures become more health
conscious and competitive with marketing strategies that will put them
above the rest of the pack.

Today, the education of the general public on nutrition
is vastly brought about through mass media, by informational
commercials, through news media, T.V. talk shows, magazine articles and
newspaper articles.

High protein, low-carb, low-fat diets have gained
popularity through media blitzes on celebrity books, university
studies, restaurant menus and nutritional labels. These diet plans have
also gained popularity by the prove results, some of the newest diets
include Glycemic Indexing, or the blood glucose response to the
manufactured products. We check our food formula's for impact to blood
sugar response by doing in vivo oral tolerance tests. Each formula is
created to not only aid in control of nutritional conditions, but that
the side-effects of that formula is beneficial to the human body. We
offer In Vivo testing for any of our manufacturing clients that would
like to use Glycemic Indexing guidelines for marketing their products.
We are South Pacific Health Enterprises, and we license our food
formulas only to Home Blend Gourmet.