Carolina Fryer is a managing director at Mission Field, a full-service innovation consultancy using entrepreneurial practices to create opportunities. Readers may contact her at carolina@mission-field.com or at www.Mission-Field.com for help with consumer products innovation, insights, strategic planning, prototyping and retail testing.

2019 Predictions: Flavor & Food Trends

Hot Sauce with Probiotics in the Store Perimeter Shelves

Challenging consumers to reach for the fridge for hot sauce

Carolina Fryer

December 18, 2018

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In and of itself, fermented or probiotic laden foods are not a new trend. Kimchi, kombucha and pickled foods have been hot for some time now. But a live hot sauce? That is new.

2018 Predictions: Consumer Trends & Behavior

Dynamic Duo: Proteins and Snacks

New products featuring snacks and protein will provide product developers with an edge in 2018

Carolina Fryer

December 19, 2017

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Protein and snacking are two megatrends that are now fully mainstream. That's because busy consumers demand quick, nutritious, satisfying options that do more than just fill you up. Both of these trends are powerhouses and independently meet consumers' needs well.

Texture is what takes a snack from “one of many” to “one of a kind.” In this webinar, you’ll learn how specialty starch-based texturizers can make a sheeted or baked snack’s texture loud and crunchy or light and crispy — and how achieving that just-right texture can help your healthier snack stand out in a competitive marketplace.

Prepared Foods

2019 February

The February 2019 issue of Prepared Foods features our cover story on color solutions and how color makers are expanding their offerings. Other features include lipids, sugar reduction in food and beverage formulations, and much more.

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