More consumers are engaging in the active nutrition community, offering more opportunities for protein fortification. Suppliers are developing animal- and plant-based protein solutions to meet this growing demand. 

With the functional beverage space growing dramatically, experts note that consumer interest in botanicals and adaptogens is on the rise.

Despite the challenges of recent years, it's important to keep an eye on what's next. With a cutting-edge portfolio of functional, botanical ingredients and over two decades of experience, AFS helps brands stay up-to-date.

At FutureCeuticals, we are focused on discovering and delivering new possibilities through plant nutrition that positively impacts people's lives.

Current trends for health-and-wellness, plant-based, reduced-sugar and functional beverages, for example, easily can affect the taste, mouthfeel and overall beverage experience. Thus, beverage formulators engage masking ingredients to fight off any unwanted effects.

Calories consumed from beverages continue to decline in communities where obesity rates are above the national average, according to an independent evaluator. For four years straight, the actions the beverage industry is taking nationally with public health partners to reduce the sugar people get from beverages is working, and the data proves it, states American Beverage, Washington, D.C.