From Ingredient Idea to Supermarket Product

For the past couple of years now, I’ve been doing an annual article on “emerging ingredients.” These novel, cutting-edge ingredients are the kinds of developments that would appear on a Ripley’s Believe It or Not television program for the food industry. Their use may shape parameters for future ingredients, helping us to rethink what they are, what technologies are used in their production, and what roles they play in health, functionality, and convenience.

I had already selected my emerging in…