reformulate

verb

re·​for·​mu·​late (ˌ)rē-ˈfȯr-myə-ˌlāt 

reformulated; reformulating; reformulates

transitive verb

: to formulate (something) again and usually in a different way

… the company reformulated its … vegetable oil from a sunflower and soybean oil blend to canola.

—Alexis Beck

… a number of prepared questions may be designed with a specific interviewee in mind, but they are often reformulated during the course of the interview …

—Andrew Herod

reformulation

(ˌ)rē-ˌfȯr-myə-ˈlāshən 

noun

plural reformulations

The company has been channeling funds toward … reformulation of existing products to meet the rapidly changing taste of consumers pertaining to health and wellness.

—Zacks Investment Research

Examples of reformulate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For the recent study, published in Environmental Science & Technology, researchers interviewed business leaders and found that California’s rule has caused many companies to reformulate their products by reducing amounts of flagged ingredients to safer levels—or by dropping them entirely. —Ripley Cleghorn, Scientific American, 13 May 2025

The two-page proposal lays out commitments the food companies were willing to make — including efforts within 30 days to start reformulating foods to remove artificial dyes. —Sony Salzman, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2025

It was reformulated in 2023 and has garnered praise from consumers and dermatologists alike. —Kiana Murden, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025

While changing the way foods are prepared could help decrease regular salt consumption across the population, reformulating industry-wide practices is difficult and slow. —Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reformulate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate