When making food and beverage purchase decisions based on the environment, packaging is most visible to consumers. One in 10 US adults, or roughly 20 million consumers, said that they have switched to a different food or beverage brand because it had earth-friendly packaging.

Come for an experiential interactive session with U&I Collaboration CEO Jennifer Vahalik as she leads attendees in workshop about how consumers experience as many as four distinct mouth behaviors. 

The unique market insights are the accumulation of a big data analysis of consumers’ online behaviour, combined with FrieslandCampina Ingredients’ experts’ market insights and complemented with additional owned and bought market studies.

Packaged Facts reveals that only 6% of Baby Boomers claim to eat flexitarian diets, while 13% of Generation Z considers themselves flexitarian, showing the trend is especially prominent in young people.

One trend that emerged from the survey is that of "better informed purchasing decisions." A majority of millennials want to know where their food comes from and how it is sourced. Transparency in food sourcing is important to more than 65% of millennials, particularly for fresh meat and seafood.

This year 65 emerging brands will be invited to make their case about why they deserve a spot on 7-Eleven® store shelves, as well as learn about the convenience retailer's history of innovation.

Come join FORCE pkg Founder Tom Newmaster for a fun, roll-up-your sleeves workshop that will challenge attendees to think outside the box while they combine product ideation and development with package design.

Plants, Plants, and More Plants! This year more than ever, plants are mounting a takeover of the entire Expo East floor – not just as a side dish or veggie burger.

According to research recently conducted by New York University’s Center for Sustainable Business and IRI, sustainably marketed products account for 16% of the CPG market but have driven half the market growth between 2013-2018.  And the trajectory is only going to expand according to NYU’s data.

In this interactive session, Mintel will test your knowledge of mainstream consumers and discuss products that succeed—and fail—with this key demographic group.