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New sauces bring the heat with global flair, playful mashups, and bold innovation. Flavor chasers, take note—2025 is bringing serious sauce energy.

Bold global flavors, probiotic twists, and chef-driven sauces lead the latest wave of innovation. Condiments and dressings are getting a serious upgrade in 2025.

Food scientists have long recognized that crunch is something more than a texture; it has the power to affect how we interpret flavor. Crunchy foods yield many sensations and experiences, and are psychologically rewarding on several levels.

Today, sports nutrition products occupy shelf space across the retail landscape and capture the attention of not only serious sports enthusiasts but also casual active participants and regular consumers simply looking for a boost.

Prepared Foods talks tariffs, food color bans, GLP-1 and more with Rob Dongoski, Kearney’s global lead for Agriculture and Food. 

Prepared Foods has selected six new food and beverage products introduced in April 2025. Vote to let us know which new product is your favorite!

As the plant-based category continues an explosive growth trajectory, the number of ingredients commonly used in plant-based formulations has multiplied and diversified. Product developers apply innovative techniques to balance ingredients in formulations, and have generated a staggering amount of product introductions to the space. However, the nuanced use of specialized ingredients places further demand on R&D professionals to maintain awareness of discoveries in ingredient technology.

In this interview, Dr. McCurdy discusses many other natural botanical boosters of GLP-1 and the science behind how they do their metabolic magic.

Interview with Barbara Alexander, Culinary Educator and Consulting Partner with the Culinary Institute of America, and spokeschef for the California Milk Advisory Board.

No longer is “extra protein” just for athletes and weekend warriors; protein is now in demand as a provider of satiety, strength, and smart eating for families, older adults, and wellness seekers.