Laird Superfood, a functional food and beverage brand based in Colorado, US, has announced that its chief financial officer, Anya Hamill, will resign in August 2026.

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

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

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

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.

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’.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.