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Now here’s some good health news: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they are heeding the Dietary Guidelines advice to "make at least half your grains whole,” with the majority of Americans eating more whole grains than they did five years ago.

Egg Innovations launched a new egg brand, Blue Sky Family Farms, which was made available in major supermarkets across the Midwest starting Aug. 15.

Food Marketing Institute (FMI) introduced new resources related to its U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends 2015 analysis with The Hartman Group, which initially debuted at FMI Connect in Chicago.

Over the past decade, 3 of the 4 breakfast-type foods with the fastest growing popularity were healthy, portable snacks such as cereal bars, according to according to the report Nutritional and Cereal Bars in the U.S., 4th Edition by market research publisher Packaged Facts.

They are, in essence, the personification of the very culinary diversity that has come to define the Foodie movement.

Panera's brewed teas, lemonades, smoothies, bottled milks and juices are already free of these artificial ingredients.

In a global food and beverage market with retail value in U.S. dollars of more than $5 trillion, non-GMO products accounted for $550 billion of that total in 2014, according to market research publisher Packaged Facts.

The growth in snack foods being consumed at meal time are largely driven by people who are eating those meals by themselves, according to NPD’s recently released Snacking in America report.

The majority of U.S. consumers take note of the nutritional content and/or ingredients in the groceries they buy, according to market research publisher Packaged Facts in the report Gluten-Free Foods in the U.S., 5th Edition. Reflecting a trend that has consumers increasingly rejecting artificial additives, long ingredients lists, and unpronounceable food ingredients, 55% of the respondents to Packaged Facts' Online Consumer Survey favor packaged groceries with fewer and simpler ingredients.

The food retailing and foodservice industries are experiencing major changes because of technology, mobile, and social media. These all are contributing to the way consumers interact with restaurants and grocery stores.