In this column, the author discusses how food biotechnology is evolving from scientific innovation into a scalable ...

Amber Beckett, PhD, is vice president of product management with WTI, Inc. where she leads product strategy and commercialization for functional ingredients and food protection solutions. She brings ...

Understand the nutritional, functional, and processing roles that fats and oils play in foods, from providing energy and essential fatty acids to contributing flavor, texture, and mouthfeel. Learn ...

A shared spirit of inquiry brought the global food community together to explore the future of food at IFT FIRST. Food Technology Staff Food Technology Magazine Curiosity has always been at the heart ...

Gene editing technologies like CRISPR are opening the door to crops that can better withstand pests, disease, and climate stress. Progress toward broader adoption of CRISPR and other gene-editing ...

The median salary for U.S. professionals in the food sciences is $120,000, according to the 2026 IFT Compensation and Career Path Survey, conducted in January 2026. That’s an 11.8% spike over the ...

Examine how AI is being applied across the food supply chain to strengthen preventive controls, enable earlier risk detection, and support more proactive, data-driven food safety decision-making.

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the most common modifiable risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases, such as heart failure and coronary artery disease. It is also known to ...

AI-enabled measurement, intelligent packaging, advanced upcycling technologies, and bioaccessibility science are converging to transform food waste from a disposal problem into a performance-driven, ...

Episode Description Food Technology trend guru Dr. Liz Sloan shares her take on the defining consumer trends of 2026, which range from next-gen comfort food to snackable beverages. And John Ruff, ...

The author details the steps product developers can take to ensure success when formulating for new product scale-up. Understand how changes in batch size between plant trials and first production can ...

Periods of economic restriction and uncertainty have long reset consumer priorities, preferences, and practices in the food and beverage industry, and 2026 will be no exception. As of January, nearly ...