O nce regarded mainly as a key to digestive balance, the gut microbiome is now recognized as a powerful influencer of overall ...

The Startup Pavilion at the IFT FIRST Annual Event and Expo in Chicago features around 100 emerging food and food tech ...

The Cascadia Section of the Institute of Food Technologists would like to invite you to join us for our 2025 Suppliers Night to be held on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at the Doubletree by Hilton ...

With consumers increasingly looking for enhanced nutrition, the functional foods market must find a way to balance the ...

At the 2025 IFT FIRST Annual Event and Expo’s Hot Topic Studio session Anticipating Appetite, Zak Stambor, senior analyst for retail and e-commerce at eMarketer, spoke with Oisin Hanrahan, CEO and ...

Although still in its early days, CRISPR has already been called the most powerful scientific tool of the century. Using programmable “scissors” that make precise edits to DNA to encourage desired ...

Swicy mashups, savory–sweet pairings, and sour notes fuel innovation. Authentic global cuisines replace broad, Americanized versions. Botanicals, adaptogens, and fermented ingredients link flavor with ...

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 ...

The “health halo” is a powerful psychological effect that leads consumers to believe certain foods are healthier than they are, simply because of appealing claims on the label. This phenomenon ...

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 ...

The phase-out of synthetic food dyes is moving from proposal to reality, and product developers are under pressure to adapt. At IFT FIRST: Annual Event and Expo, held July 14–16 in Chicago, a Hot ...