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Healthy living & lifestyle
The secret life of ingredients
In recent years, consumers have begun to play a more active role in improving their health and are increasingly looking to food not just for basic nutrition but also to provide health benefi ts. Elly Earls speaks to Kavita Karnik, global head of nutrition, regulatory and scientifi c affairs at Tate & Lyle; food science consultant Bryan Quoc Le; and Alon Chen, CEO and co-founder of Tastewise, about the rise of functional ingredients, the challenges of integrating them into food products and why the future of healthy eating is personalised.
I t might feel like a distant memory now, but the
t might feel like a distant memory now, but the Covid-19 pandemic has had a lasting impact on our lives in countless ways. For one, it has resulted
in a reinvigorated focus on what we put in our
bodies.in a reinvigorated focus on what we put in our bodies. In fact, for Kavita Karnik, global head of nutrition,
particularly among young people, to take control of
Covid-19 pandemic has had a lasting impact on our lives in countless ways. For one, it has resulted
In fact, for Kavita Karnik, global head of nutrition, regulatory and scientific affairs at global F&B company ate & Lyle, there was a before and after Covid when rior
regulatory and scientific affairs at global F&B company Tate & Lyle, there was a before and after Covid when it comes to consumers’ attitude towards food. Pit comes to consumers’ attitude towards food. Prior to 2020, she had noticed a growing movement,
to 2020, she had noticed a growing movement,
particularly among young people, to take control of their health and play an active role in improving it,
their health and play an active role in improving it, looking to food not just for basic nutrition, but alsolooking to food not just for basic nutrition, but also to provide health benefits. But since Covid, she
to provide health benefits. But since Covid, she witnessed that trend hit the fast track. “There was
witnessed that trend hit the fast track. “There was a hockey stick increase in people’s desire to use
a hockey stick increase in people’s desire to use food as a tool to improve their health – or ‘food
food as a tool to improve their health – or ‘food as medicine’ – and the trend has really kicked off since then,” she says.
as medicine’ – and the trend has really kicked off since then,” she says.
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