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Functional Ingredients
What do H1 2026 results reveal about where F&B growth is shifting?
Recent H1 and Q2 results from companies across the F&B value chain reveal an increasingly divided market....
California Natural Color breaks ground on its facility expansion.
Colors
California Natural Color expands natural color production amid US...
California Natural Color is expanding its headquarters and primary production facility in Fresno, California, US....
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Fibers
Fiber innovation accelerates as formulators tackle taste, texture and...
Fiber is showing up in more food and beverage products. Once closely associated with cereals, bakery products, and...
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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...
August 2026 F&B industry review.
Proteins
August in review: Nestlé’s GLP-1 strategy, FDA GRAS proposal, El Niño...
In August 2026, GLP-1 use pushed nutrient density and metabolic health further into mainstream F&B. Nestlé said it...
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Fibers
Beyond the GLP-1 badge: How reformulation is redefining protein,...
Ingredient suppliers and food manufacturers are investing in formulations aimed at consumers using GLP-1...
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Proteins
“Proteinmaxxing” and GLP-1 drive whey squeeze as suppliers scale and...
Whey protein is under pressure and demand has climbed fast enough that suppliers are rebuilding around it. GLP-1...
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Fibers
Ingredion wins EU Novel Food approval for upcycled carrot fiber...
The European Commission has authorized Ingredion’s Benicaros SF Pure P, an upcycled, rhamnogalacturonan-I...
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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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Soft Drinks
EU PPWR: What F&B companies need to know about the new packaging rules
The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) marks the biggest change to packaging legislation in...
2nd Nature uses AI to identify new sweetening compounds.
Sugar & Sweeteners
2nd Nature CEO: How AI is transforming sweetener innovation and...
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how the food and beverage industry approaches sweetener innovation, moving...
F&B ingredient innovation leaders in Helsinki, Finland.
Functional Ingredients
Valio, Raisio and Solar Foods: Inside Finland’s ingredient innovation...
Milk, northern oats, and a microorganism fed with carbon dioxide and hydrogen may appear to have little in common....
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Texturizers
From novelty to NPD: How boba, mochi and cold foam are elevating F&B...
From chewy tapioca boba and fruit-filled popping pearls to soft mochi and airy cold foam, texture is becoming an...
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Cell-based
EIT Food: Consumer trust gap slows uptake of emerging food...
European consumers are showing signs of warming to food innovation, but unfamiliar technologies such as cultivated...
Lennie Cheung, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Innovation Hub for Food and Materials.
Functional Ingredients
Tufts University launches food-tech hub for scale-up and...
Tufts University has launched a new shared research and development hub designed to help food-tech companies,...
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Proteins
Protein innovation enters diversification era as quality and...
Protein innovation is moving into a new phase. For years, much of the discussion focused on animal protein versus...
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Functional Ingredients
Clean label enters redesign era as formulators tackle taste and...
In 2026, the clean label challenge for F&B manufacturers is reformulating products with simple ingredient lists...
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Fibers
Tate & Lyle sees “white space” as metabolic health enters mainstream...
Food and beverage manufacturers are moving beyond sugar reduction toward a more multifaceted reformulation brief,...
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Hot Drinks
Olam’s ofi maintains stable earnings amid cocoa and coffee price...
Olam Group’s food and beverage ingredients business, ofi, maintained broadly stable earnings in H1 2026 despite...
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Snacks
Peru’s front-of-pack warning labels drive food industry reformulation
Peru’s mandatory front-of-package (FOP) warning labels are reshaping the packaged food industry, pushing...
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Colors
Blackcurrant carves out premium niche in food and beverage innovation
Blackcurrant may not have the global scale of strawberry or raspberry, but its distinctive flavor, intense color,...
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