04 Feb Jerky: The new cupcakes?

Five or ten years ago, Hershey's recent announcement that it will acquire a maker of jerky snacks might have seemed a little odd, if not downright weird. But as America is in the midst of a dried-meat explosion, buying Krave Pure Foods might be the...

03 Feb Innova: Fibre, wholegrains and protein lead health focus in cereals

Breakfast cereals have traditionally had a fairly healthy image, despite the proliferation of relatively high-sugar products in some parts of the market. Three-quarters of the breakfast cereal launches recorded by Innova Market Insights over the 12 months to the end of October 2014 had a...

22 Jan The popcorn blockbuster

Popcorn – long dismissed as a mature and rather boring packaged food category with minimal growth potential – has burst back to life. The American resurgence [and elsewhere] is not in the mainstream microwave popcorn market or movie bucket sector, but in the pre-popped, ready-to-eat...

21 Jan The who, what and why of food trends for 2015

21 Jan US: Trends in natural, organic will help drive frozen food sales

With "fresh" and "healthy" emerging as food industry buzz words, it's easy to wonder if frozen foods — which almost inherently fail to conjure up associations with either fresh or healthy products — still appeal to the majority of American consumers. They do, says a...

20 Jan US: Chipotle stops serving pork at hundreds of restaurants, citing humane concerns

After learning that the pork it was serving did not meet its animal welfare guidelines, fast-track, fast-casual Mexican restaurant chain, Chipotle, has temporarily stopped serving pork-based carnitas at 600 stores around the nation. Why is this potentially self-harming move interesting and pertinent?

13 Jan Food Trend Tracker 2015

The end/start of a year always brings voluminous trend insights and predictions — from research companies, newspapers, chefs, flavour-makers, food companies, bloggers...

07 Jan Firmenich names its 2015 “Flavour of the Year”

Firmenich, the second-largest global flavour house, has announced that honey is its 'Flavour of the Year' for 2015.

10 Dec More 2015 food-bev trends: from food safety to cloud computing

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...

09 Dec What happens when marketers overthink fads? FREE Hartman report

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...

30 Nov Leatherhead: Despite many setbacks, functional food market still growing

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.

28 Nov SupermarketGuru.com: Top 2015 Trends

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...

25 Nov How the food industry is using big data

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...