Thanks to the late Dr Atkins and hi...

Thanks to the late Dr Atkins and his famous diet, protein ingredients are moving into mainstream beverages at top-speed these days.

"Lot of the public are talking about the Atkins diet and there's a halo consequence among consumers," says Mary Thompson worldwide vice president and general manager of Cargill Soy Protein Solutions, Wayzata, Minn. "Even if they're not officially following the [Atkins] diet, consumer are looking for ways to acquire protein into their diet because of the satiety effect"

The high-fat, low-carbohydrate eating plan got fates of good press last spring after strange research suggested that Atkins dieters