With us regularly hearing that consumers are taking a more holistic approach to health, this puts mental health front-and-centre as an important part of picture.

This is an area where research into mushrooms and botanicals provides exciting paths for innovation, as developers use traditional ingredients to ease stress and anxiety, or support sleep quality and focus.

Studies of microbiome modulation are serving up game-changing insights too, as the gut-brain axis opens avenues for nourishing the mind via the gut. 

In this special edition, we pull together some of the latest news in this category.