When Kevin Hall picked up Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time as a high school student, it sparked the kind of ...

Many food companies are reformulating products to remove synthetic colors and other additives, and some are rolling out “free-from” products as parallel line extensions. And, of course, many startups ...

Today’s eaters are looking for more than basic nutrition. And instead of reaching for a supplement to optimize health and reduce the risk of disease, they are instead seeking new food products ...

Drying is among humanity’s earliest methods of preserving food, a practice that dates back thousands of years. As Chapter 5 of Desrosier’s 1970 classic The Technology of Food Preservation succinctly ...

After ingredients are transferred to the food manufacturer and people consume food, the packaging remains. Disposal solutions such as recycling, waste-to-energy incineration, and composting are viable ...

Few innovations have disrupted consumer behavior as quickly as GLP-1 weight-loss medications. Originally developed to manage diabetes, these drugs—including semaglutide-based products—are rapidly ...

Greek philosopher and physician Hippocrates made his often-repeated proclamation, “Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food,” more than 2,000 years ago. He was far from alone in his ...

From indulgent ice cream bars to organic bean salad, day two at IFT FIRST ®: Annual Event and Expo continued to serve up innovation in every bite. The expo floor offered a dynamic mix of familiar ...

To many people, the term “nut butter” means peanut butter, but really, it’s a moniker that involves many different spreads. Look at the nut butter products currently on your supermarket shelves. Of ...

Ingredion’s PURECIRCLE Clean Taste Solubility Solution, a novel stevia sweetener, contributed to the numbers. It “changed the game for plant-based no-calorie sweetening in beverages and syrups,” says ...

Nearly three-quarters of global consumers are now aware of functional foods and beverages—products that provide a health benefit beyond nutrition—and just over half plan to increase their use, ...