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Functional Ingredients
Abolis launches MINE platform to streamline microbial and...
French biotech firm Abolis Biotechnologies has launched a microbial intelligence platform, which it says can help...
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Functional Ingredients
Danone-backed biotech platform opens for food ingredient scale-up
Danone and its partners have inaugurated a €20 million (US$22.7 million) industrial biotechnology platform in...
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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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Plant-based
Beneo and BrightWolves push portfolio-wide LCAs as transparency...
Food and beverage manufacturers now want transparency into how ingredient suppliers calculate environmental data,...
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Soft Drinks
Coca-Cola eyes prebiotic fiber for Coke Zero Sugar, Sprite and Fresca
Coca-Cola is reportedly exploring the addition of prebiotic formulations to some of its flagship beverage brands,...
September in review
Functional Ingredients
September in review: Reformulation, protein, AI and supply-chain...
September brought a broad mix of developments across the food and beverage industry, with reformulation, protein,...
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Proteins
Roquette and Seaweed & Co. back flexitarians as alternative protein...
The market for alternative protein is widening beyond vegan shoppers, according to ingredient suppliers....
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Dairy
Novonesis strengthens dairy culture fermentation supply chain with US...
Novonesis has scaled its North American dairy culture fermentation capacity by 66% amid industry pressure to...
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Bakery
Millbo combines functional bread innovation with neuroscience to...
GLP-1 medications reshape conversations around appetite, portion sizes, and food choices. Bakery manufacturers are...
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Plant-based
AI and gene editing accelerate climate-resilient corn development for...
Rainbow Crops is collaborating with seed and genetics firm Vylor to accelerate the development of novel...
Prof William Chen (left) and Dr. Malsha Samarasiri with their fermented okara research
Proteins
Singapore study finds mushroom fermentation boosts okara’s protein...
A soybean by-product often treated as waste could gain a new role in food formulations, with researchers at...
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Fibers
Beyond cereals: Beneo pushes fiber into beverages, meal replacers and...
Research suggests that most consumers still fall short of recommended fiber intake, even as many look for everyday...
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Meat, Fish & Eggs
EFSA urges stronger biosecurity as bird flu risks challenge poultry...
Europe is preparing for renewed avian influenza risks as the autumn migration season approaches. The European Food...
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Sugar & Sweeteners
Engineering sweetness: ADM and Ingredion map the future of sugar...
Sugar reduction is becoming less about how much sweetness a product delivers and more about how that sweetness...
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Functional Ingredients
El Niño puts food supply chains on alert as commodity risks build
Food manufacturers and procurement teams could face a prolonged period of commodity price volatility as a...
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Plant-based
WUR’s €4M project upcycles rapeseed, potato and pulses for...
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) in the Netherlands has secured almost €4 million (~US$4.6 million) to...
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Plant-based
“Not a trade-off”: ADM and Corbion balance clean labels and...
The plant-based foods market is maturing, and consumers are increasingly demanding short, recognizable ingredient...
Fi Asia Indonesia 2026 JIExpo entrance.
Proteins
Protein, fiber and lower-sugar systems reshape everyday foods at Fi...
The functional food story at Fi Asia Indonesia 2026 was less about another sports powder than about what people...
Fi Asia Indonesia 2026 JIExpo.
Sugar & Sweeteners
Affordability reshapes reformulation strategies at Fi Asia Indonesia...
A cheaper ingredient does not necessarily produce a cheaper food. That message surfaced repeatedly last week at Fi...
FI Asia Indonesia 2026 in Jakarta.
Functional Ingredients
Fi Asia Indonesia 2026 ties ingredient innovation to factory-floor...
At Fi Asia Indonesia 2026, suppliers emphasized that ingredient performance depends on every stage of a product’s...
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Flavors
AI beyond trend tracking: Givaudan and Stravito unlock data for...
F&B innovation is advancing beyond AI’s role in identifying consumer trends and supporting R&D workflows, as...
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