IFT Spies Top Innovations

Food companies are constantly on the prowl for innovations to improve operating efficiencies, create successful new products, and establish new business growth platforms. To do so, many companies have dedicated “open innovation” teams that scout novel and promising ideas from suppliers, academia, entrepreneurs, independent researchers, and others—a daunting task in a global marketplace. Through its annual Food Expo Innovation Awards competition, IFT has reduced some of the legw…