Insights Science, market, regulatory

Science decoded, the business angle included.

Ingredient markets, clinical studies under scrutiny, regulatory, AI visibility. Every insight is sourced — PubMed, EFSA, dated reports — and ends with what it changes for your pipeline.

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Ingredients

Precision microbiome: the ingredient opportunity in 2026

Precision microbiome: why the loss of microbial functions linked to modern life opens up an innovation space for pro- and prebiotics.

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Health & clinical

Women's health: what ADM's white paper brings, and where the evidence stops

ADM's white paper, Elevating Women’s Health: Solutions for Every Step, is robust and useful. What remains is to separately read what pertains to the sales pitch.

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Consumer brands

Platforms have overtaken television. In nutrition and health, it's trust that's becoming scarce.

Social media, video, influencers: platforms dominate our attention. In nutrition and health, the scarcest resource remains trust.

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Ingredients

The Nutri-Score Trial: What the Lactalis Offensive Reveals

The Nutri-Score trial brought by Lactalis before the CJEU exposes the legal flaws of a labelling system that constrains your product strategies in Europe.

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Ingredients

Calcium and vitamin D: science says no to universal supplementation, yes to nuance

Calcium and vitamin D: what does the science really say about supplementation? A review nuances the benefits and calls for personalised recommendations.

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Ingredients

The AHA's 9 Cardiovascular Recommendations 2026

The AHA 2026 is restructuring its 9 cardiovascular priorities. Discover the direct implications for your ingredients and your B2B strategy.

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Health & clinical

Carbohydrates: quantity no longer matters, quality kills (or protects)

The quality of carbohydrates better predicts the risk of type 2 diabetes than their quantity. Prospective study of 213,704 adults, 36 years of follow-up.

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Ingredients

Protein ingredients: what GLP-1 drugs are changing

Protein ingredients are gaining ground as a result of GLP-1 drugs: –21 % calories, +11 % protein. What this means for food R&D.

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Science

Late-night meals desynchronise the gut's circadian clock

Late-night meals disrupt the gut's circadian clocks. Risks for shift workers, jet lag and chrono-nutritional approaches.

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Ingredients

CMO's number 1 priority in 2026: Brand. AI decides who makes the shortlist.

In 2026, CMOs will rank the brand as priority number 1. In B2B food, AI will pre-select suppliers before the first contact. What this changes.

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Health & clinical

Philips Future Health Index 2026: AI saves clinicians 16 days a year... but training deficit is a concern

The Philips Future Health Index 2026 shows that AI saves clinicians 16 days a year, despite a training shortfall among 70 % of healthcare professionals.

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Science

GLP-1 and diet: what foods for Ozempic and Wegovy users?

GLP-1 medications (Ozempic, Wegovy) change eating habits. Which foods should be favoured? What are the opportunities for the food industry?

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