Supporting health

Health-conscious consumers want food and drink products that support a healthy lifestyle. They’re looking for products that are “nutrition plus”, offering added nutrients and benefits, as well as “nutrition minus”, that reduce sugar, fat and calories.

But that’s just part of the health and nutrition story. Consumer demand is also informed by their personal health needs and stage of life – from digestive and blood sugar health, to simple “free from” labels with their healthy halo, and energy and weight management appealing to all generations. Your challenge is creating food and drink products that meet these needs while still delivering delicious taste and texture.

Achieving a healthy balance

Finding the right balance between nutritional, cost-effective and on-trend isn’t always easy. How do you add fibre to cereal and keep it visually appealing and tasty? What kind of protein works best in nutrition bars? How do you maintain bulk and sweetness when sugar is cut by half?

Your challenges are what drive us at Ingredion Idea Labs™ Innovation centres. When you combine our nutrition expertise, consumer research, clinically proven proprietary ingredients and concept-to-launch capabilities, you are empowered to create one-of-a-kind products that taste great and bring consumers the health benefits they desire.

Plus, our new product development process naturally includes cost optimisation, so you can create consumer-winning nutritional products that also have a healthy profit margin.

Tapping into nutrition trends

You’ll find a stream of new health and nutrition product ideas and solutions from the Ingredion Idea Labs™ innovation centres. Our researchers, scientists, nutritionists and regulatory experts are already working on the next trends and health benefits so you can stay ahead with clinical science you can trust.

Collaborate with Ingredion to boost the nutritional power of your foods and beverages – and create products consumers trust and enjoy.