IFT first
Date
13 Jul 2025 - 16 Jul 2025
Location
Organizer
Institute of Food Technologists
Website
Functional Ingredients
How F&B ingredient suppliers are navigating the MAHA reformulation challenge
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement has turned ingredient scrutiny into an increasingly concrete product development challenge for the US F&B industry. At IFT FIRST 2026 in Chicago, US (Jul 12–15), suppliers...
Functional Ingredients
Industry alliance issues new guidance on bacterial spores in plant-based beverages
A group of major F&B companies has issued new industry guidance aimed at improving how manufacturers assess and manage bacterial spore risks in plant-based ingredients. The move reflects the growing attention on...
Functional Ingredients
IFT FIRST 2026 review: Clean label reformulation moves beyond ingredient swaps
Clean label innovation at IFT FIRST 2026 in Chicago, US, last week, was widely framed as a systems problem rather than a simple exercise in removing undesirable ingredients. Manufacturers face pressure to reduce synthetic...
