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Explore the latest functional beverage innovations designed to support everything from gut health to muscle recovery, all in refreshing, flavorful drinks

Discover the newest functional beverage innovations that are shaping the future of wellness in the beverage industry.

Recent consumer research by product development group AMC Global and OpinionRoute, LLC reveals the evolving preferences of this rapidly growing group of medication users and how this presents both challenges and opportunities for food and beverage brands.

Food meets function as brands innovate with brain-boosting ingredients for all ages.

Products for women are particularly noticeable and not surprisingly, we see targeted women’s products first in supplements, followed a growing wave of related food and beverage offerings.

Vitamin K—natural phylloquinone and menadione—is rarely recognized but prominent when discussing nutrition intervention for protecting us from diseases, dysfunction, and the endogenous (think: aging) and exogenous catalysts.

While it is understood that the drugs have also proven to be safe and effective for thousands, the negative issues have led to a rush of consumers seeking nutrition-based alternatives.

Robust industry sales data point to private label’s growing appeal. Moreover, waves of new products not only address consumer cost-value thinking, but also consumer interest in on-trend attributes. Here, Prepared Foods explores both topics with Michael Mache, Director of National Buying, Non-Alcoholic Beverages at ALDI US, Batavia, Ill.

Rachel Zemser discusses the trending foods, beverages, and ingredients that she spied at the 2025 Natural Products Expo West.

Candy Industry Senior Editor Liz Parker Kuhn and Prepared Foods Editor-in-Chief Bob Garrison were able to take a minute away from the Food Marketing Conference in Kalamazoo, MI recently and chat about industry trends.