Articles Tagged with ''home cook''

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A Growing Marketplace Finds Meat and Poultry Processors Emphasizing Flavor, Convenience, Ethics and Environment

A Prepared Foods’ review of new meat and poultry products suggests how manufacturers are addressing meal solution ideas
Bob Garrison, Chief Editor
Robert Garrison
July 11, 2022

In 2021, plant-based meat’s dollar share equated to 2.7% of retail packaged meat sales, or 1.4% of the total meat category (including random weight meat), according to data released by the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA), The Good Food Institute (GFI), and SPINS.


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2022 PREDICTIONS | CONSUMER INSIGHTS

Consumers Remain Interested in At-Home Meals

Pre-pandemic changes in the workforce and an aging population contributed to a home-centric lifestyle
December 17, 2021

Most analyses during the pandemic have focused on discerning its impact on consumer behavior and forecasting how this might change going forward. However, before the pandemic structural changes in the workforce and the aging population already contributed to a home-centric lifestyle, and COVID accelerated it, reports The NPD Group.


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Birds Eye Frozen Sheet Pan Meals

New product takes the time-consuming work out of preparing a home cooked meal
November 2, 2021

New Sheet Pan Meals from Birds Eye feature premium Birds Eye vegetables and tender, lean proteins that are pre-cut and seasoned. Birds Eye Sheet Pan Meals are ready to serve in 25 minutes and use only one pan. 


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La Victoria Enchilada Sauces

The new sauces are available in four varieties including Creamy Green Chile, Creamy Tomatillo Lime, Al Pastor and Creamy Roasted Garlic
October 26, 2021

Inspired by the latest flavors trending in Mexican cuisine, the new line of sauces gives home cooks simple, convenient options for making creamy enchiladas at home and is useful for people who want to go beyond traditional red and green sauces.


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Freshly Plant-Based Meals Line

Six new meals feature plant-based twists on classic comfort foods and global cuisines, including Freshly’s own Rainbow Harvest Plant-Based Burger
August 10, 2021
Freshly Inc., a chef-prepared meal delivery service, launched its first-ever plant-based line including six new purely plant meals featuring plant-based proteins made with clean, whole-food ingredients.
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Editorial View: Nick Roskelly

Baking, Nutrition & a Bird’s Prey

Consumers explore a spectrum of food preparation at home
Nick Roskelly, Executive Editor New Media/Business
Nicholas Roskelly
May 7, 2021
By now, we've all read about the surge in home-cooking. Spending more time at home during the pandemic has provided the context for consumers to explore the food preparation spectrum, from making soups and casseroles to researching global foods and flavors and of course making a valiant attempt at baking. 
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Bakery Consumers are Split in Attitudes Towards Bread and Cakes

A total of 44% of consumers say that they would experiment with flavor choices in cake versus 33% in bread
April 14, 2021
When assessing consumer response to bakery, it is impossible to put bread and cakes in the same basket. The former is seen as an everyday staple with health and nutritional benefits, while the latter are pleasurable indulgences for more occasional use. It is very much a tale of two concepts.
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STATE OF THE INDUSTRY

Consumers Turn to Dairy Products to Find At-Home Comfort, Health and Other Benefits

Dairy food flavor and formulation trends across multiple categories including cultured products, milks, cheese, ice cream and more
Kathie Canning Anna Boisseau
March 11, 2021
It’s been 26 years since the California Milk Processor board first launched its legendary “Got Milk?” campaign. Even with the passing of time, the slogan (picked up the Milk Processor Education Program) still speaks to milk’s role as an at-home, every day staple.
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STATE OF THE INDUSTRY

New Bakery Product Numbers are Down but Creativity Rises to the Occasion

Enthusiasm for home baking did not translate into robust new product launch activity in 2020
Tom Vierhile
March 1, 2021
Bakery foods, especially baking ingredients, were one of the first categories to experience COVID-19-induced consumption gains in 2020. Last spring brought shelter-in-place orders and they unleashed a once-in-a-lifetime stampede for home baking supplies.
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