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Prepared Foods February 2024 Cover

February 2024

Check out the February 2024 issue of Prepared Foods, featuring our cover story on keeping produce front and center in plant-based foods, the consumer appeal of sustainable packaging, and much more.

Cover Story

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Golden Beet Falafel Dish

Putting Plants at Center Plate

“Plant-based” is not just about replacing meat and dairy with analogs—it’s about giving plants the central role
Marisa Churchill
Marisa Churchill
February 21, 2024

Plant-based is not all about creating replications of animal-based meat and dairy. The latest plant-based product development is keeping produce front and center, without having it disappear into unidentifiable forms.


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Features

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Sustainability Product Collage

Five Forces Shaping Consumer Needs, Behavior

More consumers weigh sustainable packaging appeal with on-shelf purchases
Lu Ann Williams
February 13, 2024

At the top of the trends hierarchy are five macro forces that impact consumer needs and behavior: focus on health, increased cost of living, potential political and global threats, technology transformations, and health of the planet. This last force, health of the planet, inspires consumers to do what they can to manage their impact on the environment. Sustainable packaging is essential to health of the planet because it allows consumers to take action in a tangible way.


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Departments

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Rowdy Mermaid cans

New Beverages for Cognitive Health

The collection includes a soda that addresses mood, an adaptogenic juice, and functional teas
Prepared Foods Editorial Staff
February 20, 2024

Bigelow says the Peak Energy Black Tea features caffeine and L-Theanine to benefit brain and mood with sustained clarity and focus. Whispering Wildflowers is a caffeine-free, herbal tea with a rosy purple color and a floral blend of lavender, rose, passionflower, and butterfly pea flower that finishes with a hint of sweetness. 


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Hershey Frozen Fruit packages

New Products Featuring Fruit Ingredients

This month’s collection includes frozen snacks, healthy bars and breakfast biscuits
Prepared Foods Editorial Staff
February 19, 2024

This fall saw Chocolove, Boulder, Colo., return with seasonal favorites, Tree-Shaped Bites, as well as holiday collection bars. Chocolove holiday collection bars include Candy Cane Crunch in Dark Chocolate, Frosted Gingerbread in Milk Chocolate, and a Fruit-Nut Medley in Dark Chocolate. 


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