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World Cancer Day 2026: Danone calls nutrition essential to fight disease-related malnutrition
World Cancer Day 2026: Danone calls nutrition essential to fight disease-related malnutrition
On today’s World Cancer Day, Danone becomes the first food business joining forces with the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to advocate for nutritional care’s recognition as an essential component of cancer treatment while strengthening workplace protections for its employees with a diagnosis. Cancer-related malnutrition is a “prevalent yet overlooked challenge” in oncology, underscores the global group. It finds that up to 70% of people living with cancer experience malnutrition, negatively impacting treatment effectiveness and recovery.
Debunking the “soy boy”: What the science says about plant proteins
Debunking the “soy boy”: What the science says about plant proteins
The Soy Nutrition Institute Global is calling for people to consume more plant proteins at a time when the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans encourage reducing saturated fat intake while increasing protein intake. High-protein calls may lead to increased meat consumption, raising non-communicable disease risks, especially if plant proteins are not well understood.
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The Editor Presents: The Trends Edition
The Editor Presents: The Trends Edition
Join The World of Food Ingredients’ editor, Missy Green, as she brings you the top highlights from this consumer trends-focused edition. In addition to an annual overview of standout NPD from 2025, she’ll discuss where gaps in cell-based meat and slaughtered meat remain and a new approach to battling off notes. Top nutrition trends identified by the personalized nutrition platform Qina will also be revealed.
IFBA: Incentivizing healthy consumer choices amid ultra-processed food debate
IFBA: Incentivizing healthy consumer choices amid ultra-processed food debate

The International Food and Beverage Alliance’s (IFBA) secretary-general, Rocco Renaldi, discusses ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in the context of consumer understanding, making policy practical, and improving future guidance. He notes that policy currently “demonizes” UPFs without a scientific basis. Also, debates in this space are distant from consumer reality, which the industry can help by creating new incentives for healthier food choices.

Nutrition industry 2025 in review: Most read stories
Nutrition industry 2025 in review: Most read stories
This year, scientific and technological advances, along with growing scrutiny of health claims and regulations, shaped the nutrition industry. Research on the gut microbiome, growing interest in healthy aging, and increasing popularity of GLP-1 medications have driven innovations in targeted solutions, spanning biotics, collagen, botanicals, and protein ingredients. Meanwhile, policy shifts, climate impacts, and geopolitical pressures influenced nutrition security and access to healthy diets. Let’s review this year’s industry-shaping highlights.

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Nitrates in drinking water and meat linked to dementia, but vegetables offset...
Nitrates in drinking water and meat linked to dementia, but vegetables offset risk
Danish researchers have found that dietary nitrate from vegetables may lower dementia risk. However, they linked the same nutrient found in drinking water and in animal foods to a higher risk. The study in Alzheimer’s & Dementia followed over 54,000 participants for up to 27 years. They found that nitrate from plants boosted nitric oxide production, supporting beneficial vitamins and antioxidants.
Pürblack introduces peptide-powered daily multivitamin upgrade
Pürblack introduces peptide-powered daily multivitamin upgrade
Pürblack has released Multivitamin+ Peptide, a next-generation multivitamin supplement that blends easy-to-absorb vitamins and minerals with targeted peptides. The supplement brand offers minimalist formulations and focuses on bioactives like shilajit. Unlike conventional multivitamins, Multivitamin+ Peptide includes three peptide complexes that support key areas of the body, including circulation, liver function, and antioxidant defense. Together, they help support everyday energy, resilience, and overall performance in a simple daily supplement.
Methionine supplementation may boost immunity by reducing inflammation
Methionine supplementation may boost immunity by reducing inflammation
New research has found that supplementing methionine can change disease outcomes in mice, which suggests its potential use in dietary strategies to alter disease outcomes. This was especially seen in inflammatory conditions and kidney issues. However, researchers caution that further research is required to test effects in humans before the amino acid’s widespread use.
Lemme launches Skin Glaze Gummies with Kylie Cosmetics
Lemme launches Skin Glaze Gummies with Kylie Cosmetics
Kourtney Kardashian Barker’s supplement brand Lemme has unveiled a limited-edition gummy vitamin in the US through its first brand partnership with Kylie Cosmetics, the Lemme x Kylie Cosmetics Skin Glaze Gummies. The pomegranate-flavored gummy is formulated with clinically-studied Yüth spermidine, a patent-pending ingredient supplied by Compound Solution, which it refers to as the “youth molecule,” to support skin, hair, and nail health and growth.
Weight cycling in women may harm cardiometabolic health and reduce brown fat...
Weight cycling in women may harm cardiometabolic health and reduce brown fat activity
Brazilian researchers are warning about the impact of repeated cycles of intentional weight loss followed by unintentional weight gain on women’s cardiometabolic health. This “yo-yo effect” also reduces brown fat activity, which is necessary for burning energy.    
Fruit Logistica 2026: How the fresh produce sector is tackling climate and...
Fruit Logistica 2026: How the fresh produce sector is tackling climate and consumer pressures

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The global fresh produce market is transforming, shaped by mounting climate pressures, shifting consumer expectations, and the need for greater supply chain resilience. As fruits and vegetables remain central to health-driven diets worldwide, producers face challenges balancing quality and sustainability with innovation, as value-added applications become the sector’s defining features.
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January in review: GLP-1, protein, and fiber drive 2026...
January’s highlights include growing momentum for protein and fiber as key nutrients for 2026 product innovations to meet the needs of a growing GLP-1 consumer base. Also, research has advanced in personalized nutrition, gut health, cognition, and healthy aging. In our January review, Nutrition Insight examines how these themes are reshaping the industry. The new US dietary guidelines sparked debate over protein, plant-based sources, and saturated fat, while in the UK, companies countered the country’s stricter limits on sugar and salt. 
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“Where are the beans?” Experts weigh plant quality amid US...
The hype around protein is booming, especially with the US 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans explicitly encouraging greater protein intake. The US health administration has placed meat and dairy high on the food pyramid, leaving questions about the role of plant protein, the quality-versus-quantity debate, and the industry influence underlying the guidelines.Nutrition Insight speaks with plant-based meal kit provider Purple Carrot and Soy Nutrition Institute Global to explore why plant-based proteins should be central to healthy diets and whether they are being sidelined by the food industry. 
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Nanoplastics may alter gut and liver metabolism depending...
Researchers have uncovered that nanoplastics impact digestive health and liver metabolism in new mouse studies. This plastic residue, along with microplastics, is consumed through drinking water and packaged foods at amounts that have researchers worried. The implications of this reality for gut health have remained poorly understood until now.Nutrition Insight speaks to the research experts at France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) to learn how diets and environmental exposures may lead to metabolic harm.

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Botanical and herbal supplements are essential to gut health innovationsJan2026

Innova Market Insights’ data indicates a 2% compound annual growth in supplement launches with digestive health claims between October 2020 and September 2025. Europe and US/Canada lead these launches...

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Vitamin vitality gains global boost Feb 2026

According to Innova Market Insights data, consumers are especially interested in including vitamins in their diet, with 86% globally saying they pay attention to the vitamins they consume and 62% saying they include more vitamins in their diet. New vitamin product launches show focus on mixing various multivitamins for a overall health boost.

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GLP-1 weight management trendsFeb 2026

Innova Market Insights data indicates that global GLP-1 consumers take these medications for appetite control and satiety. Overall, supplements with GLP-1 claims are surging with a large increase in launches in the last five years, led by North America. These supplements contain natural extracts to support GLP-1 activity. 

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IFBA: Incentivizing healthy consumer choices amid ultra-processed food debate

The International Food and Beverage Alliance’s (IFBA) secretary-general, Rocco Renaldi, discusses ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in the context of consumer understanding, making policy practical, and improving future guidance. He notes that policy currently “demonizes” UPFs without a scientific...

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