Articles Tagged with ''food trends''

Jelly Belly offers organic, non-GMO jelly beans

Sweet Snack Trends

New products keep chocolates, sugar confections and gum in the snacking spotlight
Lu Ann Williams
Lu Ann Williams
April 11, 2016

The latest global and market trends in the sweet snack category, with a particular look at chocolate, sugar confections and gum.


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Albertsons Launches Signature Store Brand

Signature is a multi-category brand developed to address consumers’ growing appetite for quality private label products
April 8, 2016
The Signature line includes more than 4,000 items – from coffee to juice, soup to cereal, fresh produce to fried chicken, and delicious prepared foods to paper towels, among other trusted home staples – all with a 100% money back guarantee.
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Almond Milk Growth Goes Nuts

Americans find almond milk a viable milk alternative due to health halo, and dietary restrictions
April 7, 2016
As children we were told that if we want to grow up big and strong, we should drink our milk. It’s full of protein for our muscles and calcium for our bones, and it’s just the right consistency to stick to our upper lips for the perfect milk mustache.
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Is Eating Wild the Next ‘Real Foods’ Trend?

Consumer taste for unaltered foods could fuel next generation of product development
April 5, 2016
As shoppers choose real unadulterated foods, major packaged food companies are reeling from lost market share and working hard to recast their tried and true recipes – removing synthetic coloring, dyes, artificial preservatives, artificial ingredients, and GMOs in an effort to create cleaner, simpler labels.
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New Menu Items for US Foods

US Foods focuses new items on current trends surrounding simple, clean ingredients
April 5, 2016
US Foods introduced menu items that are on track with what diners want and expect – simple ingredient foods that are full of flavor and even a little fun.
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Convenient Breakfast Biscuits, Cookies

Mintel has predicted that U.S. shoppers spent $9.5 billion on breakfast cereal during 2015—down 7% from category spending in 2012
April 4, 2016
Two mega-trends within food today squarely impact breakfast products: on-the-go convenience and better-for-you nutritional profiles.
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Healthy Trends Sustain $22 Billion Salty Snacks Market

Marketers have been quick to develop new products and modify the ingredients of existing products to keep salty snacks relevant
March 22, 2016
Threading the salty-but-healthy snack combination is a major key in appealing to consumers over the next few years, according market research publisher Packaged Facts.
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On-Trend Soups

Soups, broths deliver at-home value, comfort
Bob Garrison, Chief Editor
Robert Garrison
March 14, 2016

It turns out there’s a sizeable number of consumers (including those hard-to-figure Millennials) who like to eat at home, save money and simply enjoy a hearty meal.


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