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Awareness of resveratrol and its potential health benefits is relatively long-established, but with increasing consumer interest in health and the growing body of research being carried out into its role and efficacy, its use is starting to move out of the specialist dietetic market and...
Chia Pets or the 'the pottery that grows' have long been popular in America. Mixing chia seeds and water on the outside of an animal-shaped terra-cotta figurine produces a plant resembling green hair almost overnight. Now, chia is having a second life as...
“Food has moved from physical necessity to the epicentre of constant attention through media, public opinion, and status,” write the researchers behind Food Thinking, a study of emerging food culture in European countries. “It has taken over the Western world,...
Brewing cocoa is one of the newest health beverages to hit the market, even though it is centuries old, originally enjoyed by the royalty of the ancient Maya and Aztec civilizations over 2 000 years ago. Brewing cocoa is said to offer tremendous health benefits...
Today’s chefs are going beyond carrot cake, zucchini bread, and sweet potato pie when it comes to making desserts with vegetables. In the November issue of Food Technology magazine, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), an in-depth article looks at the way dessert...
Eating alone has become as common as eating together, according to new research on eating occasions by The Hartman Group, a leading US market researcher on consumer culture. Analysis of The Hartman Group's Occasions Compass data reveals that close to half - 46 percent -...
Although health is normally not a key driver in confectionery purchasing and consumption, the rising level of interest in naturalness as a whole has been making a growing impression in the confectionery sector and driving the move to “clean labeling” by the industry....
Sales of Kombucha, a traditional Asian fermented beverage, are surging, both in its original form and in formats that have been modified to better suit Western tastes. Despite a weak economic backdrop and super-premium pricing, US sales of kombucha leapt by 22% to $327 million...
Couple strong motivation – in this case, a personal gluten-intolerance – with the determination to improve on the over-processed gluten free breads already on the market, add in a touch of good luck, and you get a product that’s rocketed in just three years to...
Sales of mushrooms have hit an all-time high as Britons increasingly turn to the cheap and versatile foodstuff for their cooking....
Popcorn, outside of the US, is perhaps best known as the stuff that cinemas entice patrons to eat while openly fleecing them. But aside from those salty, sweet, unhealthy and obscenely-priced bucketloads, it is now one of the fastest-growing segments in the UK's highly competitive...
Unlike the passionate love affair most South Africans have with biltong, the American equivalent, beef jerky, has always been something of an outcast food in the US, a favourite of truckers and staple of gas-station checkouts. Things are changing, and it's undergoing a metamorphosis as...
The world's first virtual grocery store, by Tesco, opened in the Seoul subway last year and was recently named ‘Business Innovation of the Year’ at the prestigious World Retail Awards in London. Now they're are popping up in the US and the UK. Peapod.com, America's...
What country chews the most gum? If you guessed the United States, you're wrong. The distinction of biggest chewing gum chewers goes to the Middle East, specifically Iran, followed closely by Saudi Arabia. The US is a distant third when it comes to chewing gum...
Volumes in the US retail frozen foods market are going backwards, according to a new report from Packaged Facts, with category decline being blamed on a series of factors from misconceptions about the merits of frozen vs fresh prepared food, to lacklustre merchandising.
...It’s hard to believe, but breakfast cereal is no longer convenient enough. Consumers increasingly demand breakfast options that are more convenient and easy to eat on-the-go. For companies willing to innovate, this is creating some amazing – and profitable – opportunities, reports New Nutrition Business.
In just four years a start-up American company has achieved what much bigger companies have spent over a decade trying – and failing – to do: create awareness of protein in the mass market as a health ingredient. And the most important fact that everyone...
The number of products touting low/no/reduced sodium claims have declined over the past few years, despite the increased awareness about risks of over-consumption, says Mintel....
Move over Boomers, the Millennials (aka Generation Y) are taking over. And that shift will potentially change the food system as we know it, says a new research report out of the US....