This trend briefing, compiled by Food Engineering and sponsored by B2B cloud platform provider, Covisint Corporation of Detroit, Mich, outlines some of the main food and beverage trends happening now and that are expected throughout 2015 that will affect your business. It also touches on...
While food marketers are deciding whether a new innovation is a fad or a long-term trend, they often miss opportunities to stake a claim early and make a significant amount of money. Even fads have legs, if you get in in time. In a new...
A new report from the UK's Leatherhead Food Research has revealed that, many problems aside, the global market for food and drinks offering functional health benefits still continues to increase in size.
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It's that time once again where any number of commentators, research houses, analysts and media pull back the curtain and reveal their annual food-drink and shopping predictions. Here are those from Phil Lempert in the US, well known as the 'Supermarket Guru', and based on...
Big data isn't just for marketing firms and government agencies. As one of the largest industries in the world, it makes sense that the food industry is adopting big data technology to better understand and serve customers. Here are a few ways the food industry...
In 2014, $300-million was wiped off breakfast cereal sales in the US. But this money didn't disappear. Instead, $70-million of it was diverted to increase the sales of one of the biggest disruptive innovations in the breakfast category, Belvita breakfast biscuits. The rest went to...
Sales of weight management solutions are soaring in the wake of growing awareness of the extent of overweight and obesity on a global level, reports Innova Market Insights.
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"From Clean to Clear Label" and "Convenience for Foodies" lead the Innova Market Insights food and beverage 'Top 10 Trends' list for 2015.
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People are maturing from obsessions with the likes of bacon, cronuts and kale to a love of all sorts of dishes and cuisines – and with that expanding repertoire come broader interests in wellness, natural and what makes food taste good. Here’s a snapshot of...
Consumer demand for products gluten-free products is rising rapidly. Health-conscious Americans were first to avoid it in significant numbers. Sales of gluten-free food and drink there have surged from $5.4 billion to $8.8 billion over the past two years, according to Mintel. They are set...
Welcome to the new age of eating. Our love of food is exploding in proportion to its shrinking interest in cooking from scratch – or apparently, eating food someone else cooked from scratch. Great insights from The Hartman Group...
A leading California fresh vegetable company is touting a new product, BroccoLeaf, as the next kale.
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Ingenious and brave chefs - Britain's Heston Blumenthal and Spain's Ferran Adrià, for example - tend to set the tempo of foodie trends, many of which then filter down into the broader food industry. This article looks at how playful new cooking based on traditional...
"Dairy, more than any other category, is perfectly positioned to profit from the most important consumer trends shaping the food industry," says Julian Mellentin, director of New Nutrition Business, whose new report Key Trends in the Business of Dairy Nutrition outlines the 14 trends driving...
"Battle of the Buzz", a free white paper, provides critical insights for food and beverage manufacturers by exploring recent research on the media landscape around high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and how this impacts consumer attitudes and purchase behaviours.
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The snack is nibbling away at how the world eats, drinks and lives. From a candy bar to a piece of fruit to a granola bar — snacking now permeates the globe as it increasingly replaces breakfast, lunch and dinner in households from Houston to...
Breakfast is probably the most important meal of the day, but in the US, the battle over what to eat and where has never been greater. According to a new report from Rabobank, consumers are increasingly overlooking the cereal bowl in favour of other options....
US cereal sales hit $13.9-billion in 2000, falling to $10-billion last year with an estimated $9.7-billion in sales this year, according to Euromonitor. Although the number of people who eat breakfast has increased, consumers are choosing options such as yoghurt, fruit and juices over cereal,...
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The next big trend in protein may be protein-plus. Multiple functional claims, such as protein with probiotics or protein with energy, are expected to rise, according to a new Packaged Facts report.
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