Functionality and plant-based preferences are pushing food and beverage innovation to replicate indulgent sensory experiences, particularly texture and mouthfeel. This demand often coincides with ...

Beneo, California Natural Color, and Gelita have joined forces to develop an innovative performance drink concept that will be showcased during the upcoming IFT First 2025 in Chicago, US (July 14-16).

As the ice cream market faces growing demand for clean labels, health-conscious formulations, and plant-based alternatives, brands are racing to maintain and improve indulgent qualities without ...

The European Commission (EC) has authorized a new genetically modified (GM) soybean variety for use in food and animal feed. This follows the European Food Safety Authority’s scientific assessment ...

Karl De Smedt, head of Puratos’ Sourdough Institute and the world’s first “Sourdough Librarian,” talks to us about the ...

A Dutch research project by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has received €6.8 million (US$8 million) in funding to bolster R&D on quinoa, lupin, and aardaker — three climate-resilient crops ...

Demonized ingredients stand in stark contrast to the celebrated “superfood,” but their notoriety does not necessarily translate into decisive consumer action, finds a new survey by Innova Market ...

The FDA has announced it is developing a draft industry guidance titled “Action Levels for Opiate Alkaloids on Poppy Seeds” as part of its 2025 Human Foods Program Guidance Agenda. The initiative aims ...

Mondelēz International is calling for a 12-month delay to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) but stresses it is “not to dilute ambition, but to enable practical, inclusive, and effective ...

We speak with Nick Allen, chief executive of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA), about the numerous crises facing ...

Multiple UK retailers committed in 2016 to ending the sale of eggs from caged hens in stores by 2025. However, while some companies have already completed the shift, several are not on track, even as ...

The Dutch Consumers Association, Consumentenbond, has accused Unilever of “large-scale greenwashing,” with its research showing that over half of examined products carried misleading sustainability ...