At this year’s IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo, we’ll be seeing a wide range of exciting applications, such as Hispanic cheeses, dishes highlighting Pan-Asian flavors, sushi and vegetarian items, novel frozen desserts, and fortified beverages and foods, to name only a few. These applications frequently illustrate developments in flavor and health, as well as improvements in functionality and appearance. But as exciting as these developments may be, we must never forget—or take for granted—how…