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functional foods
Indi expands functional snacking range with plant-based Brain Bar
Indi expands functional snacking range with plant-based Brain Bar

Indi has expanded its functional snacking portfolio with the launch of Brain Bar, a new plant-based snack.

Plant-based pantry
IFF unveils ‘first-of-its-kind’ stabiliser system for plant-based gummies
IFF unveils ‘first-of-its-kind’ stabiliser system for plant-based gummies

IFF has announced the launch of Danisco Grindsted DuoGel, a stabiliser system designed to improve the texture of plant-based gummies.

Ingredients
Zoe enters functional snacking category with gut health bar
Zoe enters functional snacking category with gut health bar

Gut health science company Zoe has expanded into the snacking category with the launch of The Gut Health Bar.

New products
Start-up spotlight: Haskapa
Start-up spotlight: Haskapa

In this instalment of 'Start-up spotlight' – which celebrates smaller, earlier-stage companies and their innovations – we speak to Evie Kemp, founder, physician and research director of Haskapa: a UK-based, science-led nutrition company built around the haskap berry.

Exclusives
Huel enters instant noodle category with new functional ramen line
Huel enters instant noodle category with new functional ramen line

UK plant-based nutrition brand Huel has entered the instant noodle category with a new functional ramen line, aiming to ‘disrupt’ a category it says ‘hasn’t innovated in a generation’.

New products
Danone acquires plant-based functional nutrition brand Huel
Danone acquires plant-based functional nutrition brand Huel

Danone has entered into an agreement to acquire UK plant-based functional nutrition brand Huel in a deal reportedly worth around €1 billion.

Functional
Sirio Europe introduces new chewable plant-based ‘jelly tablet’ range
Sirio Europe introduces new chewable plant-based ‘jelly tablet’ range

Sirio Europe has announced the launch of LifeChews – a patented, plant-based, chewable ‘jelly tablet’ format suitable for delivering a wide range of active ingredients.

New products
The mushroom movement: Functional fungi go mainstream
The mushroom movement: Functional fungi go mainstream

As they move beyond niche wellness stores and into everyday retail, food and beverage products featuring functional mushrooms are seeing unprecedented consumer interest.

Exclusives
Urban Farm-Produce enters seed round to accelerate lion’s mane growth following rebrand
Urban Farm-Produce enters seed round to accelerate lion’s mane growth following rebrand

British mushroom grower Urban Farm-Produce (previously Urban Farm-It) has entered a £1.9 million seed round to accelerate its lion’s mane growth strategy.

Food
ChicP disrupts the UK Dip Category with launch of functional hummus range
ChicP disrupts the UK Dip Category with launch of functional hummus range

ChicP has launched what it calls 'the UK’s first-ever' functional hummus range.

New products
M2 Ingredients to unveil new functional mushroom R&D lab
M2 Ingredients to unveil new functional mushroom R&D lab

M2 Ingredients, a vertically integrated functional mushroom grower based in California, US, is set to open its brand-new M2 Center of Innovation next month – an advanced R&D lab designed to accelerate functional mushroom product development.

Industries
Reinventing soy to bolster Asia’s protein future
Reinventing soy to bolster Asia’s protein future

ADM's Lucy Lu explores the opportunity for manufacturers to to leverage the benefits of soy to meet consumer demand for functional, protein-boosted foods in the APAC region.

Exclusives
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