Nick Collias | Food & Beverage Insider

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Nick Collias

Contributing writer

Nick Collias is a writer and editor with over a decade of experience working in the health and fitness industry. From 2016 to 2021, he was the host of the Bodybuilding.com Podcast, interviewing elite athletes and training thought-leaders on a wide range of exercise, nutrition and lifestyle topics. Additionally, he has worked for the last 20 years as a longform print and online journalist, as well as a book author, ghostwriter and editor.

Latest from Nick Collias

3D-printed meat

AI, 3D printing primed to power meatless modernization AI, 3D printing primed to power meatless modernization

Nov 15, 2024

5 Min Read

Functional beverages education session at SupplySide West 2024

Market Trends & Analysis

8 functional beverage trends from SupplySide West 2024 The new age of functional beverages shines at SupplySide West

Nov 7, 2024

5 Min Read

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Beverage Development

The Game Changers: 10 wellness beverage brands upgrading the drink case – slideshow

The Game Changers: 10 wellness beverage brands upgrading the drink case – slideshow

Food and beverage science challenges session at SupplySide West 2024

Food Development

8 rules for creating fortified, functional products that work

From concept to consumer: Delve into the science behind fortified, functional foods

Game Changers

The Game Changers: 10 brands doing exceptional work in flavors, colors – slideshow

The Game Changers: 10 brands doing exceptional work in flavors, colors – slideshow

energy drinks

Beverage Development

Nootropics, adaptogens power new caffeine-free energy drink

Caffeine-free energy drink promises a boost with nootropics, adaptogens

fresh and dried cranberries

Food Ingredients

How to: Redefine a beloved, established fruit

Cranberries evolve from sweet snacks to superfood seeds

Ugandan farmers harvesting vanilla

Food and Beverage Operations

Small farms in Uganda could be the next big thing for the vanilla bean

Uganda’s small vanilla farms could be the next big thing

Beverage Development

How to: Build a functional beverage with help from a 12-year-old entrepreneur

How to: Build a functional beverage with a 12-year-old entrepreneur

Beverage Development

How to: Create a meaningful moment without alcohol

How to: Create meaningful moments sans alcohol

Beverage Development

Low-octane energy drinks want to become the next big thing

Low-octane energy drinks aim to be the next big thing

Food Ingredients

Coconut crowned the new king of plant-based yogurt

Coconut crowned new plant-based yogurt king

Innovative plant-based meat alternatives target the deli counter

Plant-based innovations target traditional meats

Food Development

Next-generation snack bars blend taste with targeted health solutions

Next-gen snack bars blend taste with health solutions

Food Ingredients

Mesquite is poised to become the greener, healthier 'chocolate'

Mesquite poised to become greener, healthier 'chocolate'

Food Ingredients

Formulating with lavender requires careful attention to flavor, color

Lavender formulation requires careful coloring, flavoring

‘Gut-friendly’ sourdough snacks sweeten with time

Sourdough makes for ‘gut-friendly’ snacks

Beverage Development

How to: Create a canned cocktail with the whole world watching

How to: Create a world-changing canned cocktail

Trail mix.

Perfectly balanced texture and flavor is hard to find in healthy snacks

Healthy snacks balance texture and flavor

Truffle on a cutting board.

Fermentation offers new taste tech for sweeteners

Alt-sweeteners born from fermentation

Hands sorting produce.

Food innovation meets family wisdom

Elders inspire global food products

Plant-based dairy products.

It’s time to start taking plant-based cheese seriously

Plant-based cheese keeps getting better

3D-printed fish.

3D-printed fish offers puzzles and promises

3D printing may advance alt-seafood options

3 key characteristics make a snack a snack

3 characteristics make a snack a snack

smoothie bowl

Food Ingredients

Science debunks absolute rules, emphasizes functional foods’ matrix effect for post-workout nutrition

Experts debunk post-workout myths, champion long-term health

cows grazing

The dairy industry embraces the “regenivore” movement

Regenerative dairy promises healthier planet, animals, people

product launch

Food and Beverage Operations

Food and beverage experts tackle product imperfections, market timing

Food and beverage experts tackle product imperfections, market timing

Monica Bhatia and Abena Foli at SupplySide West

Food and Beverage Operations

Women entrepreneurs blend heritage and expertise in food brands

Women entrepreneurs blend heritage and expertise in food brands

herbs and spices

Market Trends & Analysis

Keep your eyes on these unique ingredients in 2024

Keep your eyes on these unique ingredients in 2024

vegetable peelings

Food and Beverage Operations

Experts explain why upcycling is “sitting on nutritional gold”

Experts explain why upcycling is “sitting on nutritional gold”

SupplySide West-FiNA 2023

Food Ingredients

Experts declare 'fermentation' a top F&B trend for 2023 and beyond

Experts declare 'fermentation' a top F&B trend for 2023 and beyond

supply chain challenges

Food and Beverage Operations

Israeli food tech companies feel personal impact of war

Israeli food tech companies feel personal impact of war

Market Trends & Analysis

5 big F&B trends to watch from SupplySide West

5 big F&B trends to watch from SupplySide West

protein powder

Food Ingredients

Pondering plant-based protein purity

Pondering plant-based protein purity

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Food and Beverage Regulations

Dairy, plant-based milk producers both take issue with FDA draft guidelines

Dairy, plant-based milk producers both take issue with FDA draft guidelines

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