reformulate

American  

[ree-fawr-myuh-leyt] / riˈfɔr myəˌleɪt /

verb (used with object)

reformulated, reformulating

1. to formulate again.

2. to formulate in a different way; alter or revise.

   to reformulate our plans.

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reformulate British  

/ riːˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt /

verb

1. to change or update (an idea, plan, etc, already formulated)

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Other Word Forms

• reformulation noun

Etymology

Origin of reformulate

First recorded in 1880–85; re- + formulate

Example Sentences

They are trying to reformulate their products by doing things like adding more protein and taking out artificial colors and sweeteners.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

While PepsiCo wants to reformulate Lay’s to lean more on natural ingredients, it wants to maintain the chips’ previous taste and appearance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Food and drug manufacturers who use Red No. 3 in their products will have until January 15, 2027, or January 18, 2028, respectively, to reformulate their products.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2025

They included five-a-day campaigns to promote eating fruit and veg, food labelling to highlight calorie content, restrictions on advertising unhealthy food to children and voluntary agreements with manufacturers to reformulate foods.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

This approach led Heisenberg, Erwin Schrodinger, and Paul Dirac in the 1920s to reformulate mechanics into a new theory called quantum mechanics, based on the uncertainty principle.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking