09 Dec Five must-know African consumer trends to run with in 2014
Africa – and more importantly, African consumers – will be firmly on the global stage in 2014. Trendspotting.com has published this overview of five must-know African consumer trends (in random order) for businesses to run with in the next 12 months. Ready? Get...
09 Dec US: Consumers seeking health, adventure in the meat aisle
Diversifying palates and a focus on health in North America are driving increased demand for a range of atypical meats at the dinner table, introducing an element of adventure along the way, reports a new Nielsen study.
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27 Nov Crowing about cronuts: it’s a fad not a trend
The hybrid bakery boom has been spearheaded by the now famous cross-bred cronut, but the hype will soon settle and imitations will fall flat within a year, says Datamonitor Consumer....
27 Nov Health-conscious consumers are nuts about nuts, reports NPD
The recently released Harvard study on the health benefits of eating nuts just confirmed what health conscious-consumers already tell us, that nuts are good for you, reports The NPD Group, a leading global information company....
27 Nov Landor Associates predicts top 10 brand trends for 2014
In with the old and out with the new — the top brand trends of 2014 may surprise you. Social media becomes "old school" and the commitment to "second life" packaging intensifies. These are just some of the coming year’s predictions released by Landor Associates,...
15 Nov Welcome to Dairy 2.0
Dairy innovation is taking a new direction. The last two decades have seen product developers focus on low/no-fat and on attempting to shoehorn into dairy products ingredients such as plant sterols, omega-3s and others, in order to offer medicalised benefits. But this period is...
13 Nov Innova’s top food-bev trends for 2014: waste reduction and regaining trust
The latest trends impacting the food industry include moves to reduce the huge amount of food waste, as consumers simultaneously adapt their habits in times of continuing austerity. These trends come as the industry focuses on regaining consumer trust, following a year of negative headlines,...
07 Nov RTS: Future trends in food and drink 2014
A new report, Future Food and Drink Trends 2014, compiled by trend experts at RTS Resource, identifies five key trends that will drive the global food and drink industry in 2014: “natural highs”, one-step convenience, “foraged ingredients”, “flavour-full benefits”,...
29 Oct US: Canned foods slide in pursuit of ‘freshness’
Except during the recession, when consumers sought less expensive groceries, retail sales of canned, jarred, and otherwise preserved foods have been in decline. Ready meals such as canned stew, fruit, and seafood saw the steepest drops since 2003, according to researcher Euromonitor International....
29 Oct Britain’s food revolution: ten ways of eating differently
Heston Blumenthal was named chef of the decade in the 10th annual Observer Food Monthly Awards last week. The Guardian reflects on 10 years in which the British food revolution came of age....
16 Oct Oat cuisine: Britain bowled over by porridge
As the European winter draws nearer, Mintel has drawn attention to the huge popularity of oats porridge in Britain. New research reveals, one in two Brits (49%) are porridge eaters, with a quarter (23%) of users enjoying a...
16 Oct How chorizo became a British staple
Open the nation’s fridges and what do you find? Alongside the ubiquitous two-pinter of semi-skimmed, crumb-infested butter and fast-ageing bag of carrots you will, as likely as not, discover a pack of super-flexible, ultra-tasty chorizo sausage....
16 Oct Savoury biscuits successfully target snacking occasions
While the savoury biscuits market is much smaller than that for sweet biscuits/cookies and levels of new product activity are generally much lower, the savoury sector has been showing a stronger growth rate in many countries. This is driven by increasingly sophisticated and complex flavours,...
16 Oct Why investors should keep an eye on waste, water, wellness and obesity
Of major importance to the food industry, these four issues are among seven long-term 'megatrends', business growth themes that will change everyone's lives in the coming years and need to be on the investor's radar screens, both from a risk and opportunity perspective, according...
03 Oct Is a seaweed flake the new potato chip?
More snacks made from brown rice, vegetables, legumes aim to satisfy the craving for 'permissible indulgence'...
03 Oct Protein power
Protein powder is being added to foods from bread to ice-cream - brands worldwide are bulking up with a host of protein-enhanced products in an effort to create a new lucrative niche. ...
27 Sep America revels in the pretzel
A rarity in SA bakery books, it's pretzel mania time in the US. The pretzel is taking over the American stomach — particularly as a holding vehicle for burgers and sandwiches. And the trend is fast moving beyond bread....
18 Sep UK: Traditional sauces feeling the squeeze
Brown sauce and tomato ketchup are failing to cut the mustard with British consumers, according to retail trade magazine, the Grocer. Is this because consumers have lost their taste for them, or because prices have gone up?...