What is happening is that more consumers are concerned about health, the environment and/or animal welfare practices. And for one or more of these reasons, eaters are consciously embracing a more "flexitarian" diet—a plan where they’re opting to skip meat at one or more daily meals.

Only 21.6% of US households are purchasing meat alternatives, but that’s up 1.6% from last year.

In addition to the new Blueberry Almond Tart bar, the Rowdy Bars line also includes Peanutty Dark Chocolate, Chocolate Coconut Cashew, and Sunflower Butter N’ Berries.

PERDUE® Chicken Plus™ is available in the playful, favorite panko dinosaur-shaped nuggets, as well as crispy rice tenders and panko patties.

The Two Good recipe came to life when yogurt makers at Danone North America discovered a novel slow-straining process, which is now patent-pending. Slow-straining allows the company's yogurt makers to remove most of the sugar from the milk before the yogurt is made.

According to Datassential, a large percentage of flexitarians hail from the Millennial population, however Americans over the age of 55 have embraced flexitarian habits as well.

Four of the 10 trends involve (1) the growing industry for functional cannabis-based products, (2) indoor farming at the home and industrial levels, (3) declining per-capita alcohol consumption and (4) a new future for center store, shelf-stable foods through e-commerce.

Mattson identifies lifestyle trends that have the power to influence food and beverage purchases, behavior, beliefs, and innovation. 2018 picks include cannabis consumption, center stores moving online, and flexitarian eating.

With roughly a quarter of consumers eating more vegetarian now than in 2013, Taco Bell recognized the opportunity to make access to vegetarian options easier than before