Clean-label has been one of the biggest trends of 2025. While many consumers want functional benefits from food, others are interested in shorter ingredients lists and clarity around nutritional value ...

Clean label’s meaning continues to evolve since its industry-facing inception in the mid-2000s when it focused on health and safety, to now include simple ingredients and processing methods and ...

Walking into my local grocery store feels different now. Something's shifted in the aisles, though it's hard to pinpoint exactly what. The shelves still overflow with colorful packages, but the ...

KANSAS CITY — Lynn Dornblaser, a client adviser with the Chicago-based market researcher Mintel, once defined clean label as “using things you’d find in your grandmother’s pantry.” Today, the meaning ...

Two trends have dominated the food industry over the past year: clean label and functional health. But can the demand for functional ingredients and the demand for natural ones coexist, or are they ...

The journey to cleaner ingredients is more than a consumer-driven trend; it's a seismic shift with profound economic and structural implications for the U.S. food system. As a former ski racer and ...

A plethora of brands are unveiling new looks after years of innovation stagnation in which many companies held off debuting new products as they navigated supply chain challenges and a constricting ...