As more consumers take a back-to-nature approach to their health and nutrition, recognizable, plant-based botanical ingredients like green tea, guarana, turmeric, acai, vanilla and ginger are [...]

“Botanicals will continue to make their way into even more beverage categories,” says Ilana Orlofsky, marketing coordinator at Imbibe, Niles, Ill. “Tea and coffee, especially, will act as [...]

The future of functional beverages will focus on products that use ingredients that provide function naturally, rather than on products that are fortified with nutrients, Ilana Orlofsky, [...]

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 [...]