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As Director of Flavor Innovation at Imbibe, Aparna Oak lives and breathes innovation. With literal visibility into product development across beverage categories (the flavor workspace and [...]

There are several factors that continue to inspire innovation across food and beverage, with health and wellness being one of the biggest drivers. In conjunction with the evolution of “healthy” [...]

The beginning of the year is always filled with predictions for the food and beverage industry – what the biggest flavour, ingredient and consumer trends will be for this year. The over-arching [...]

At the end of last year, I remember reading that clean label was the trend of the year. Considering the amount of time I have spent learning from colleagues, industry professionals and brand [...]

Meet the judges in our video series. 2nd up it's Aparna Oak from @TheDrinkTank #WBIA16 pic.twitter.com/sfxLMRVX4Z — FoodBev's Awards (@FoodBevAwards) September 7, 2016

Natural function, an extremely relevant theme in the food and beverage industry, has no clear definition. Perhaps not surprisingly, the FDA also doesn’t define “natural” or “functional food”, but [...]