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Plant-based
Smey CEO: How AI and yeast fermentation are reshaping fats and oils
Climate pressures, price volatility, and supply uncertainty are driving demand for alternatives to conventional...
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Ready Meals
Ultra-processed meals raise insulin despite matched nutrients, study...
Nutrition researchers have investigated why ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption often parallels poor health...
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Ready Meals
AI’s food safety potential faces trust and data barriers, finds...
F&B companies recognize AI’s potential to strengthen food safety by identifying risks earlier and predicting...
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Proteins
Elian secures €40M to scale EU plant protein production and supply...
Agribusiness company Elian has secured €40 million (~US$46 million) in investment to expand its plant-based...
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Plant-based
AI screening tool identifies hundreds of plant proteins for...
UK-based researchers have developed an AI-powered screening tool that could speed up the search for plant proteins...
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Confectionery
Cocoa overfermentation identified as a new source of smoky off-flavors
Scientists in Germany have identified “overfermentation” as an additional cause of smoky off-flavors in cocoa,...
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Proteins
IFF: GLP-1 users in India eat less but demand more from every bite
IFF research in India suggests GLP-1 drug use is reshaping not only how much the medication users eat, but also...
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Functional Ingredients
Food industry’s next challenge: Building a future-ready science...
The future of the food system may depend on more than scientific breakthroughs and technological innovation....
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Proteins
Engineered yeasts turn PET bottles and crop waste into 3D-printed...
Researchers reveal that programming yeasts can make them convert PET, a type of plastic that is often used to make...
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Cereals
Why does abundant global food supply still leave access gaps?
Producing enough food does not guarantee that it will reach the people who need it, with transport costs and...
Drought impacts agriculture. Farmer looks at dried up crops.
Cereals
Rabobank warns of rising El Niño risks across food commodities
A strengthening El Niño is putting a range of agricultural commodities under renewed weather pressure, with cocoa,...
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Soft Drinks
ADM reveals three trends reshaping non-alcoholic beverages
Beverage innovation is moving from product categories toward occasion-specific experiences, according to ADM. Its...
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Snacks
UC Davis finds ingredient-level avocado oil dilution in processed...
Researchers at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), US, report that many commercially processed foods...
IFT FIRST 2026 in Chicago US.
Functional Ingredients
Workforce report flags retention risks as IFT FIRST 2026 gets underway
Workforce pressures are taking center stage, as IFT FIRST 2026 gets underway this week in Chicago, US (Jul 12–15)....
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Cereals
Chonnam scientists identify rice gene that boosts drought tolerance...
Researchers at Chonnam National University, South Korea, have reported identifying a rice gene that could support...
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Functional Ingredients
Borage oil by-product emerges as novel plant protein for food and feed
Global ingredient and process technology firm POS Biosciences Corp has published new peer-reviewed research on the...
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Fruit & Vegetables
Upcycled Chardonnay marc tackles functional F&B taste challenges
Chardonnay grape marc, a whole-fruit upcycled ingredient, could open new opportunities in functional F&B,...
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Meat, Fish & Eggs
Global food prices rise for third consecutive month as Near East...
World food commodity prices rose again in April. It was the third consecutive monthly increase, driven by higher...
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Proteins
Upcycled marigold flower waste boosts flavor, texture &...
Scientists in the US and India have examined the use of dried marigold (Calendula officinalis) flowers as an...
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Proteins
FaBA MakerSpace: The innovation hub that could power Australia’s food...
The University of Queensland in Australia has unveiled Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA) MakerSpace to speed up...
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Functional Ingredients
Scientists tackle flaxseed oil bitterness to improve flavor stability...
Scientists in Germany have developed a method to improve the flavor stability of flaxseed oil — an omega-3-rich...
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