October 07, 2025 Cellular agriculture is shaping the future of sustainable food. While cultivated meat captures headlines, plant cell culture is already transforming how we produce clean, consistent, and sustainable ingredients for foods, supplements, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. Moreover, this technology is proving that we can improve nutrition without relying on traditional farming. Both approaches grow cells in controlled […]
September 24, 2025 Demand for botanical ingredients in herbal supplements is accelerating. According to the American Botanical Council (ABC) Market Report, U.S. herbal supplement sales are growing at 5.4% from 2023 to 2024. Consumers are increasingly turning to botanicals in supplements, as well as food and beverages, as natural solutions to support healthy aging, especially in the areas of […]
September 18, 2025 Ayana Bio, the plant cell technology company dedicated to creating sustainable bioactives for consumer products, has received a grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to support Ayana Bio’s research into the production of saffron’s neuroprotective bioactives through plant cell cultivation.
September 04, 2025 Botanicals and fungi are the foundation of many health and wellness products. They provide key bioactive ingredients that drive their health benefits. However, recent testing shows quality and authenticity remain serious challenges. In August 2025, Alkemist Labs released its latest Herbs & Fungi We’re Watching list, flagging ingredients that frequently fail identity testing due to […]
August 20, 2025 Aging affects every system in the body. Oxidative stress rises, inflammation persists, and cognitive and cardiovascular functions can decline. Nutrition science points to bioactive ingredients as natural compounds that help counter the biological changes that come with age. In nature, plants produce these compounds as part of their own survival strategy, defending against UV rays, […]
August 06, 2025 Innova Market Insights publishes its yearly Top 10 Food & Beverage Trends, and the 2025 edition makes one thing clear: consumers want authentic, healthy, and sustainable ingredients in the products they buy. At Ayana Bio, we see these trends not just as inspiration, but as must-haves. Our plant cell culture technology gives brands access to […]
July 23, 2025 (image: Frank Jaksch, Ayana Bio CEO, featured on the Taste of Science stage at the 2025 IFT First Expo) Start-Up Innovation at IFT First: Exploring Sustainable and Bioactive Ingredients As demand for clean-label, functional, and climate-smart foods grows, the 2025 IFT First expo made it clear: the future of food depends on sustainable ingredients that […]
July 23, 2025 Ayana Bio opens new laboratory to commercialise cultivated ingredients – July saw plant cell technology company Ayana Bio announce the opening of a new lab situated in Boston’s Seaport district in Massachusetts, US.
July 22, 2025 Ayana Bio opens new laboratory to commercialise cultivated ingredients – July saw plant cell technology company Ayana Bio announce the opening of a new lab situated in Boston’s Seaport district in Massachusetts, US.
July 09, 2025 Food and beverage brands are under growing pressure to replace synthetic dyes and preservatives with clean-label, non-synthetic, and recognizable ingredients. In particular, synthetic antioxidants like Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) are receiving increased scrutiny from consumers and regulators. As a result, demand is rising for natural, sustainable ingredients that are both functional and […]
