Functional Ingredients & Healthy Developments

At each year’s IFT Food Expo®, I am always amazed at how far the functional food and beverage industry has come. Toward the end of my last year of graduate school, I remember learning about new terms such as functional foods, nutraceuticals, and phytochemicals. Fast forward to this year’s Expo, where five out of six prototypes showcased in the Student Product Development Finals contained some added healthy ingredient, from whole grains and fiber to antioxidants, green tea, and probiotics. How mu…