GUESTS. Tejas Bhatt is founder and CEO of AdvanTejas, a consultancy that helps food companies digitize food safety to make it more predictive and preventive. He previously served as senior director of ...

Food Safety & Defense As a global leader is food safety and security, IFT provides exceptional resources and knowledge sharing to help you stay up-to-date and expand your understanding of food safety ...

In today's challenging funding landscape, researchers in the global food system are facing significant barriers in securing grant support due to recent federal budget cuts in the United States. This ...

New Professionals. Are you a recent graduate or new professional in the first ten years of your career? IFT’s New Professionals community is designed to give you access to the people and resources you ...

GUESTS. Darryl Riley, who most recently served as the senior vice president, chief sustainability officer and on the executive leadership team at Hostess Brands, is a member of IFT’s Board of ...

CHICAGO – June 12, 2025 – The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific organization committed to advancing the science of food and its application across the global food system, ...

GUESTS. Steve Brown is a former executive at Google DeepMind and Intel and the best-selling author of The Innovation Ultimatum: How Six Strategic Technologies will Reshape Every Business in the 2020s.

FOOD WASTE. Whey forward. Most whey, a byproduct of cheese manufacturing, goes to waste, but it can be used as a high-value ingredient in other food products, according to researchers at the ...

W hen food science students take the stage in Chicago’s McCormick Place for the final round of the IFT Student Association’s (IFTSA) College Bowl Competition at IFT FIRST this summer, it will be an ...

A ctive packaging extends food shelf life using technology beyond traditional packaging barrier technology. Intelligent packaging communicates by acquiring, storing, processing, and sharing ...

I n recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have rapidly evolved from futuristic concepts to practical tools driving innovation across industries. From health care to ...