Keeping up with AI and food

While waiting for the new dietary guidelines to be released today (I will write about them tomorrow), here’s a place-holder.

Artificial intelligence is taking over everything and food is no exception.  Here’s my latest collection of items about the design of AI technology ostensibly to improve foods and beverages, as well as human health.

FOODS AND BEVERAGES 

• AI goes mainstream in food and beverage in 2025: This year’s wave of tools – from trend‑spotting engines to autonomous R&D agents – turned AI into everyday infrastructure for food and beverage…Read more
• How AI can help design proteins for the food industry:  Using a combination of artificial intelligence and synthetic biology, one start-up is enhancing proteins into a wide array of functions across the food industry…. Read more

HUMAN NUTRITION AND HEALTH

• Study: AI-assisted personalized diet program supports weight loss and gut microbiome health:  A personalized dietary and lifestyle program positively impacted the gut microbiome and demonstrated significant associations between gut microbial changes and weight loss, according to a recent study sponsored by Digbi Health…. Read more
• A.I. ‘digital twin’ microbiome model may predict infant neurodevelopment: A new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool that models the infant microbiome can be used to forecast which babies were at risk for cognitive deficits…. Read more
•  ASA targets menopause claims with AI assisted crackdown: The UK’s advertising standards authority (ASA) has warned supplement firms they must remove ads which make claims to treat or cure the symptoms of menopause, as part of a wider AI-assisted campaign…. Read more To unleash the true power of probiotics, manufacturers and brand owners should adopt an integrated approach to gut health that harnesses the benefits of bacterial strains…. Read more
• Study: AI guided supplement prescriptions more effective than doctors:  Supplement prescriptions guided by artificial intelligence (AI) are more effective at lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglycerides than those prescribed by a doctor, according to a recent pilot study reported in Nutrients…. Read more
• The rise of self-diagnostics: ‘The future of nutrition is hyper-personalized’: With the growing focus on personalization, the industry should present authentic data and information rather than scaring consumers into purchasing, experts agreed at the recent Future of Food Summit in Geneva ahead of Vitafoods Europe…. Read more