Leslie Levine

Leslie Levine is author of Will This Place Ever Feel Like Home? Simple Advice for Settling In After You Move, Ice Cream for Breakfast: If You Follow All the Rules, You Miss Half the Fun, and Wish It, Dream It, Do It: Turn the Life You’re Living into the Life You Want. She has contributed to multiple food and beverage publications, as well as The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Woman’s Day and others. She can be reached at leslie@leslielevine.com.

Foods and Beverage Developers Feed a Growing Interest in Nutrition for Babies and Toddlers

Avoiding certain foods can put young children at risk for not getting critical nutrients like protein, niacin, and vitamins

Leslie Levine

July 28, 2022

More than ever before, today’s parents, especially Millennials, are paying particular attention to the foods and beverages they give their babies and toddlers.

Food and Beverage Makers Expand Participation in the Nearly $1 Billion Nutricosmetic Industry

Consumers seeking to maintain and improve their appearance through nutrition scrutinize ingredients

Leslie Levine

January 24, 2020

Consumers increasingly are seeking food and beverage products that promise to promote "beauty from within."

Foods and Ingredients for Women's Unique Nutritional Needs

Food and beverage manufacturers can help women achieve their goals by offering products that are good for them at all stages of life.

Leslie Levine

January 28, 2019

Eating healthfully, especially for women, can be challenging. From age 20 to 100, choosing foods with the right ingredients can improve one's health through all life stages.

Functional Foods for Bone & Joint Health

New functional new foods and beverages can help consumers alleviate bone and joint aches and pains

Leslie Levine

May 21, 2018

With aches and pains on the rise, many Americans are looking to incorporate inexpensive and accessible ingredients into their diets that may alleviate some of these problems or prevent these pains from starting at all.

The Young Seniors

Functional ingredients can help Boomers and Gen-Xers lead better lives

Leslie Levine

January 3, 2018

Comparatively, the men and women of the 45-65 age group are healthier and more active than when their parents were the same age. While this is good news, they also are beset in record numbers by unfortunate health issues, such as obesity, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, and heart disease. To help resolve this dichotomy, nutrition experts recommend eating more nutrient-rich food and beverage products to help fill the gap. Enjoying better foods and beverages can allow many Boomers and X-ers to live longer, happier, and healthier lives.

Keeping Kosher

The rules for maintaining kosher, halal, and other religious diets can be dizzying but intermediary organizations are helping processors answer to that “higher authority”

Leslie Levine

February 15, 2016

In 2013, Natural Food Certifiers Inc. (NFC), a kosher/natural/organic product certification program, inaugurated its GMO (genetically modified organisms) product verification program, called “GMO Guard.”

Foods for Skin and Beauty

Beauty may be only skin-deep, but the right ingredients can help it happen from within

Leslie Levine

September 11, 2015

Today’s consumers seek products that will bring them health from the inside out.

ON DEMAND: Whether you're in R&D, formulation, or innovation, this session will provide enzyme-driven insights to improve your plant-based dairy portfolio.

ON DEMAND: Demand for plant-based beverages is rising, driven by health, environmental, and dietary trends. Yet, challenges around taste, texture, stability, and nutrition remain.

Leslie Levine

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Foods and Beverage Developers Feed a Growing Interest in Nutrition for Babies and Toddlers

Food and Beverage Makers Expand Participation in the Nearly $1 Billion Nutricosmetic Industry

Foods and Ingredients for Women's Unique Nutritional Needs

Functional Foods for Bone & Joint Health

The Young Seniors

Keeping Kosher

Foods for Skin and Beauty

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