O nce regarded mainly as a key to digestive balance, the gut microbiome is now recognized as a powerful influencer of overall ...

The Startup Pavilion at the IFT FIRST Annual Event and Expo in Chicago features around 100 emerging food and food tech ...

In this “Best of 2025” episode of Omnivore Presents: SciDish, Food Technology revisits the top food science and thought leader interviews of the year. In 2025, the industry experienced a sharp uptick ...

The Cascadia Section of the Institute of Food Technologists would like to invite you to join us for our 2025 Suppliers Night to be held on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at the Doubletree by Hilton ...

With consumers increasingly looking for enhanced nutrition, the functional foods market must find a way to balance the ...

At the 2025 IFT FIRST Annual Event and Expo’s Hot Topic Studio session Anticipating Appetite, Zak Stambor, senior analyst for retail and e-commerce at eMarketer, spoke with Oisin Hanrahan, CEO and ...

Once overlooked, the Bambara groundnut, a nutritious and climate-resilient legume from West Africa, is finally getting the attention it deserves—from agricultural and food scientists alike. This ...

After ingredients are transferred to the food manufacturer and people consume food, the packaging remains. Disposal solutions such as recycling, waste-to-energy incineration, and composting are viable ...

Swicy mashups, savory–sweet pairings, and sour notes fuel innovation. Authentic global cuisines replace broad, Americanized versions. Botanicals, adaptogens, and fermented ingredients link flavor with ...

Few innovations have disrupted consumer behavior as quickly as GLP-1 weight-loss medications. Originally developed to manage diabetes, these drugs—including semaglutide-based products—are rapidly ...

Greek philosopher and physician Hippocrates made his often-repeated proclamation, “Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food,” more than 2,000 years ago. He was far from alone in his ...

From indulgent ice cream bars to organic bean salad, day two at IFT FIRST ®: Annual Event and Expo continued to serve up innovation in every bite. The expo floor offered a dynamic mix of familiar ...