Love it or loathe it, the Make America Healthy Again movement has reignited the food as medicine philosophy and with it the demand for increasingly sophisticated functional ingredients. For start-ups ...

As GLP-1 drugs disrupt the weight loss market, food and beverage players are racing to unlock the appetite-regulating power of functional ingredients While the acronym doesn’t quite yet trip off the ...

Functional foods and beverages are big business in 2025. From confectionery to coffee, manufacturers are investing heavily in this health and wellness megatrend, and consumers are proving the demand ...

Over the past few years, food technology has seen an upsurge in innovation. In areas like precision fermentation and cultivated meat, start-ups have proliferated, patents have multiplied, and ...

CHICAGO — The embrace of “food as medicine” is growing, with marketers exploring the use of health claims and “functional suggestions” that speak to consumers who are pursuing holistic health. For ...

M&S ‘Brain Food’ range of fortified products launched in January. Credit: Marks and Spencer Do functional foods specifically targeted at brain or cognitive health deliver the benefits they claim and ...

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