If protein is hot and fat is back, sugar is public enemy #1. Soda taxes are gaining ground and added sugar will soon have to be listed on the Nutrition Facts panel, putting manufacturers under pressure to find alternatives.
One of the most exciting players in the fast-growing meal replacement space, Soylent built its business – and a highly engaged community – online, first on its own website, and later on Amazon, but has recently ventured into the bricks and mortar space...
Consumer demand for both plant-based and fermented beverages is soaring because these products are perceived as natural and healthy alternatives to traditional beverages.
DuPont Nutrition& Health has created a unique way to combine...
Today’s consumers are checking beverage labels for higher protein, lower sugar content, and clean and simple ingredients.
They want nutrition, but, above all, they expect an enjoyable drinking experience.
What are the fastest-growing beverage categories and which consumer trends are successful firms tapping into?
Get the lowdown on what’s hot and what’s not from Howard Telford at Euromonitor, branding expert Simon Thorneycroft, Califia Farms CEO...
Plant-based protein is hot, with everything from hemp, chickpeas, mung beans, lupini beans and watermelon seeds featuring in new snacks. But we’re also seeing strong growth and innovation in meat snacks, fueled in part by the Paleo trend, while whey protein...
What’s the secret to developing winning food and beverage products? Hard data and insight… or intuition and stardust? While no consumer panel or computer algorithm can predict with 100% accuracy whether a new product will be a hit, can new tools to generate...
The clean label movement began as an industry response to consumer demand for foods and beverages that were more “natural,” and therefore perceived as healthier. Early on the chopping block were artificial colors and flavors, “chemical”-sounding preservatives...
Once a staple in lunchboxes and at dinner tables across America, sugary and artificially sweetened sodas have fallen out of favor as consumers have fine-tuned their health and wellness goals. But in their place a bevy of innovative options have emerged...
While working at a large CPG company in 2004, Noha identified a gap in the marketplace: real, simple, healthy food.She launched Peeled Snacks to meet this consumer demand for clean labels and to motivate "big" food companies to follow suit....
Beans, chickpeas, peas and lentils are now appearing as added value ingredients in every part of the store, from chips and snacks to salads, soups, pastas, dips and baked goods. Non-GMO, gluten-free, high in protein, fiber and micronutrients, and low...
Obesity is associated with rising rates of heart disease, diabetes and a swath of other chronic diseases. But shoppers are increasingly turned off by marketing focused on “dieting,” and regulatory efforts to tackle sugar, portion sizes and marketing to...
What are the fastest-growing beverage categories and what consumer trends are successful firms tapping into? Hear from two leading beverage market researchers, a beverage CEO and a leading retailer to find out which beverage categories are growing, what...
Suja’s progress has been nothing short of meteoric, generating revenues of $18m in 2013, more than $40m in 2014, and a forecasted $70-80m in 2015. And now it can count Coca-Cola and Goldman Sachs’ merchant banking division as key investors. CEO Jeff Church...
Protein is a hot trend in food formulation right now. But is this a sustainable trend or a passing fad? How much protein is enough, and do the next generation of proteins, from rice and pea to algae and insects, deliver in the same way that soy and whey...
