Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cuisines continue to dominate U.S. Asian food trends, while Thai, Filipino, and Vietnamese ...

Though fermentation is an ancient process used to prevent food from spoiling, it has recently exploded in popularity and has experienced rapid market growth due to reports that consuming fermented ...

Episode Description With an insider’s view of how national guidance gets made, nutrition policy expert Robert Post breaks down the newly released U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, highlighting ...

The retail value of the U.S. coffee market was $48 billion in 2015, according to the Specialty Coffee Assoc. of America. The average American spends $21 a week on coffee, and average coffee drinkers ...

Seeding The Future Foundation will sponsor the Startup Pavilion pitch competition at IFT FIRST 2026, the global food science and innovation expo in Chicago.

Biotechnology Division Graduate Student Oral Competition First: Sonia Su, Cornell University, “Silica Immobilized PETase for Microplastic Bioremediation”; Second: Joshua Scott, Cornell University, ...

From tech-enhanced food safety to AI’s food innovation takeover, the IFT Science and Policy Initiatives team forecast the top five trends that will help shape the global food system in 2026 and beyond ...

IFT divisions announce winners of the oral competition research paper competitions, hackathons, and infographic competitions.

IFT’s Jay Gilbert will co-lead an AI Innovation Lab Workshop at Future Food-Tech San Francisco on March 20, exploring AI applications in food innovation. SAN FRANCISCO – March 11, 2026 – The Institute ...

SAN FRANCISCO – March 11, 2026 – The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific association committed to advancing the science of food and its application across the global food ...

“Our joint membership offering acknowledges that food supply is a global issue, and we are charged with feeding a population that will soon reach nine billion people,” said Michele Perchonok, IFT ...