IFT First 2025: Naturality, color reformulation and clean label take center stage amid regulatory overhauls

The show featured dozens of workshops, interactive sessions, and keynote speeches on topics ranging from ingredient design to additive developments and AI enhancements. Consumer demand for “clean...

IFT First 2025: Hydrosome Labs taps “ultrafine bubbles” to boost flavor and nutrient delivery in beverages

The biotech firm’s technology, Hydrosome H2O, delivers active ingredients to cells more efficiently and thoroughly and leads to faster and longer-lasting, and enhanced hydration in performance...

Salt reduction technologies: Ohly discusses yeast extracts to limit sodium amid consumer demand

Salt reduction challengesGovernments worldwide are introducing stricter sodium reduction targets and front-of-pack labeling rules to address links between salt intake, hypertension, and heart...

Ice cream innovation: How clean label and plant-based advancements are reshaping indulgence

Ingredient specialists and manufacturers are innovating around sugar reduction, protein enrichment, natural inclusions, and stabilizer-free solutions — while balancing sustainability pressures and...

IFT First 2025: Innova Market Insights’ research reveals limited consumer action on “demonized” ingredients

The survey shows that only 36% of North American consumers describe their approach to healthy eating as actively limiting ingredients deemed harmful. A substantial share of shoppers admit to rarely...

June in review: Alt-dairy innovations, Drone deliveries take flight, Australia approves cultivated meat

Meanwhile, Deliveroo launched a drone delivery service in Ireland in partnership with Manna. We also investigated proposed amendments to the EU’s livestock transport standards. Here, we recap the...

FoodChain ID launches AI Mentor tool for product development guidance and analysis

“FoodChain ID Mentor was developed based on years of working with F&Bcustomers,” Wes Frierson, VP of Enterprise Solutions at FoodChain ID, tells Food Ingredients First. “We consistently heard they...

Critical decline in agricultural youth employment threatens Europe’s farming and food future, study shows

With only 11% of European farmers under the age of 40 — and 35% over 65 — the study underscores the urgency of engaging younger generations. Researchers interviewed 30 young people from 12 countries,...