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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

Culinary and Cocktail Trend Forecasts Kimpton is returning with its annual Culinary + Cocktail Trend Forecast highlighting predictions from its global team of restaurant and beverage talent. Freeze-Dried Fruit & Veggie Powders Freeze drying fruits or vegetables enhances both flavor and texture in beverages.

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FDA updates nutritional requirements a food must meet to use the claim “healthy” on the package

Food Safety Tech

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today it has updated the nutritional requirements a food must meet to use the claim “healthy” on the package, which includes criteria a food must meet to use the healthy claim on the package. A food cant contain too much saturated fat, sodium, or added sugars.

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Sensory Science Meets Consumer Demand: How Understanding Sensory Preferences is Helping the Food & Beverage Industry Win Over Gen Z preferences

FMT Magazine

Consumers, especially the new generation of consumers, Gen Z are now demanding more from their food — less sugar, less fat, and less salt without sacrificing the flavors they know and love. With concerns about conditions like obesity, diabetes, and other health issues skyrocketing, the demand for healthier food options has become a hot topic.

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Decreasing Food Waste Through Advances in Cold Chain Management

Modern Restaurant Management

Globally, one third of the food produced for human consumption is wasted. So, how can we both solve the food waste issue and ensure better food availability? Waste can occur anywhere along the food supply chain, which includes production, processing, distribution, and consumption. Improving Distribution.

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New York State is latest to threaten removal of harmful food additives

Food Safety News

The movement to ban certain additives in food or beverages that started last year in California and spread this year first to Illinois has now reached as far as the Empire State. Two New York State lawmakers introduced related bills to protect consumers from dangerous known and unknown additives used in foods and beverages.

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No Nutritional info on Alcoholic Beverage label, Specifies FSSAI

FMT Magazine

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has stated that there should not be any nutritional info on the label of an alcoholic beverage. The food regulator has notified amended regulations, in this regard, stating that except energy content, the label should not carry any nutritional info.

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Five Ways Technology is Enhancing Consumer Trust

Food Safety Tech

Farm-to-table has become a popular dining concept over the last twenty years, yet the broader food and beverage industry still needs more transparency in many areas. A larger movement is now emerging to bridge this information gap, driven by consumer demand for deeper insights into the food they consume.