November Content Spotlight: Processing

Processing plays a vital role in feeding a growing global population efficiently and sustainably and meeting consumer demands for convenience, nutrition, and taste. Your November Content Spotlight explores different food processing perspectives, techniques, and opportunities. Read about an IFT Fellow who’s pioneering ultrasound processing technologies, delve into resources on the hot topic of ultra-processed foods, learn more about processing authorities, and more.

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Brain Food blog

Making Waves

IFT Fellow Hao Feng discusses his pioneering use of high-intensity ultrasound technology to shape the future of food processing and promote a carbon-neutral future.

Food Technology magazine

Outlook 2025: Technology Trends

Read about processing and other tech trends for the coming year and beyond based on a survey of industry members working in food, beverage, and ingredient manufacturing and distribution, consulting, and technology development.

Advocacy Toolkit

Food Processing

Gain fact-based information about all aspects of food processing with this IFT toolkit aimed at helping you communicate and advocate better on this complex, multifaceted topic.

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

Designing Healthier and More Sustainable Ultra-Processed Foods

This study contends that, with rigorous scientific studies, it may be possible to reformulate and reengineer many ultra-processed foods to improve their healthfulness and sustainability.

Journal of Food Science

Ultra‐Processing Should Be Understood as a Holistic Issue, from Food Matrix to Dietary Patterns, Food Scoring, and Food Systems

Part of a Journal of Food Science special issue on ultra-processed foods, this study analyzes UPFs at four holistic levels corresponding to the food matrix, dietary pattern, food system, and food scoring.