India's incredible spread of many-splendored sweets provides innovative new product ideas for product developers. Desserts, dips and confectionery varieties can be expanded by integrating traditional processes with modern technologies.
Manufacturers continue attempts to answer the consumer desire for more-healthful foods and beverages, now expanding their efforts into areas already considered fairly healthful in the first place.
Always searching for the next thrill, American diners are open to food combinations that are far from the ordinary. Over-the-top flavors and combinations are the order of the day.
Fiber is formulated into foods for functional effects in food systems or for human physiological effects. Product development approaches for these two goals are very different.
When the most recent fad diets hit, carbohydrates went into hiding. Consumers did not want them, and developers steered clear of them. With those diets now in the rearview mirror, carbohydrate-rich products resume their rightful place on American menus.
Beverages account for six of the top 10 best-selling new products this year, addressing several trends. In fact, multi-tasking is a common theme among the most popular debuts. Overall, however, sales of new products appear to be heading south.
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