Foods with Functions and Features

New technologies and tastes are decoupling food’s nutritional, cultural, economic, and ecological roles

Analyses and Insights

New Dimensions in Diet and Disease

In wellness, prevention, and chronic conditions, food and pharma are merging. We look at diagnostic and therapeutic innovations moving from Rx to recipes

Microbiome management

With the hype now past, useful and effective innovations are emerging to help microbiome management achieve its promise for whole-body health

Longevity – Extending Lifespan, Food as Medicine

From new diets like CR to new drugs like metformin, technologies promise healthy, active lifestyles to 150 years and beyond

Sense-Switching

Artificial synesthesia and sensory substitution are swapping aroma, taste, and touch – using chemical and digital means – to expand experiences

Legalization of Psychoactives

Marijuana, psilocybin, and other mood- and mind-altering substances are joining caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol in consumer products

Biotech foods enter the market

The literal fruits of genetic engineering are entering the market, as novel products, processes, and packages. How are innovators remixing the new and old?

Scans and Snapshots

yeast fermentation

wellness and obesity

targeted release

sustained release

sugar alternative

snacks and meals

self-heating food can

quantum olfaction

protein detection equipment

preventative medicine and obesity

plant-based meat

personal monitoring devices

personal health

nuts fruits and vegetables

obesity prevention

nitrous oxide anesthetic

nitrous oxide anesthesia

natural ingredients

monosaccharides

molecular agriculture

molecular biology

molecular gastronomy

microbial cellulose

metabolic response

metabolite detection systems

medicine and obesity

meat poultry seafood

islamic futurism

interspecies economy

international institute for applied systems analysis

integrated multitrophic aquaculture

instant noodles

human growth hormone

holistic health and obesity

holistic value system

genetic detection systems

genetically engineered

genetically modified organism

fungi fermentation

functional foods and nutriceuticals

food and beverage

food and baking ingredients

flavors and fragrances

fermentation biomass

fast-frozen food

exercise and obesity

electronic synthesizer

electronic food

edible electronics

drip irrigation infrastructure

dna synthesis equipment

dna fingerprinting

dietary supplements

diet and obesity

culture and obesity

cultivated meat

critical consumerism

controlled release

contraceptive pills

continuous cycle

conscious business

commodity chemicals

climate restoration

climate change mitigation

climate legislation

clean meat and seafood

chemical engineering

chemical longevity

cell-based meat

cellular agriculture

carbon sequestration

caloric restriction diet

cambia non-profit organization

building metabolism

building-integrated vegetation

breakfast cereal

blockchain game

biosynthetically engineered

biomass conversion

biogas enhancement

biofuel conversion

bioenergy gasoline

bioenergy kerosene

biochemical anaerobic digestion

bacteria fermentation

asean smart cities network

artificial fertilizer

animal nutrition

animal-free meat

animal husbandry

anaerobic digestion

alternative distribution infrastructure

alternative dairy

alternative meat

alternative protein

algae cultivation

algae extraction

algae fermentation

agricultural biotechnology

active food label

acellular agriculture

absorption enhancer