Articles Tagged with ''comfort food''

Kids, Millennials, and Gen Z Consumers Favor Cereal with More Sugar

Cereal is among the favored sugary comforts for many quarantined Americans

June 24, 2020

Americans desire food indulgence, and despite health concerns, some consumers don't mind if sugar is a part of indulgent consumption. Due to the impact of COVID-19, consumers stockpiled food, and many turned to familiar, comforting (and sugary) foods.

Smithfield Innovation Lab: Exploring Comfort Foods

Company works with chefs to generate innovative approaches to product application

Nicholas Roskelly

October 24, 2019

Periodically, Smithfield Foods engages in sessions called Smithfield Innovation Labs, in which chefs are invited to experiment with the company's products in order to generate innovative approaches for product application.

Chicken Bombs Coated in Rufus Teague BBQ Sauce

Wet and Dry: A Barbecue Story

The American love affair with barbecue is still on fire

Matt Jost

May 18, 2018

Barbecue is the great American religion and each region prays in its own way. And the hymns of flavor are represented in the dry rubs and the wet rubs, the marinades before the fire, and the sloppy, saucy slatherings applied after.

Most pie fillings are the fruity flavors of the Midwest tradition

Pie Are Not Square

For many American consumers, the word “comforting” comes to mind when they think of pie

David Feder , RDN Brent Frei

February 12, 2016

According to the American Pie Council, 90% of Americans agree that a slice of pie represents one of the simple pleasures in life.

Americans’ Favorite Comfort Foods

Comfort food used as a emotional boost with no guilt

February 8, 2016

Americans seem to hold a similar viewpoint, as two thirds (66%) indicate they don’t feel guilty after indulging in their favorite comfort food.

McCormick Launches Range of New Products

New items target fall flavors and comfort foods

July 17, 2015

McCormick & Company introduced a lineup of 11 new products to simplify classic fall recipes. From slow cooker sauces and gluten-free recipe mixes to roasted vegetable stock cubes that boost flavor in soups, stews and risottos, these new offerings make it easy to create dinners on busy back-to-school weeknights.

Jeff Wirtz, Blount Fine Foods, soup, chowder

First Person

Prepared Soups & Side Dishes: A Corporate Executive Chef’s Perspective

April 6, 2015

Editor’s note: Prepared Foods talks with Jeff Wirtz, corporate executive chef at Blount Fine Foods, a Fall River, Mass., processor of fresh and frozen soups, sides, sauces and entrees.

The Future of Traditional

The landscape of American comfort food is expanding quickly to reflect the renewed interest in dishes encompassing the broadly diverse ethnic base of American culture

David Feder , RDN Jeff Troiola, Contributing Editor

January 14, 2015

When most American consumers crave comfort food, they’re accustomed to reaching toward traditional, old-school favorite dishes, such as meatloaf, macaroni and chicken soup. Yet the very concept of comfort food is evolving—and rapidly at that.

Culinary Creations: First Person

Ethnic comfort foods

Prepared Foods talks menu and food formulation trends with Brett Curtis, CEC, corporate chef, business manager and channel sales manager with Nestlé Professional.

July 17, 2014

Prepared Foods talks menu and food formulation trends with Brett Curtis, CEC, corporate chef, business manager and channel sales manager with Nestlé Professional.

Ethnic Comfort

The tapestry of today’s American palate is woven from threads of many cultures, and food creators are finding that, sometimes, nothing satisfies more than the simple, comforting flavors crafted by amah -- or nonna, abuela, matamahi, impo, savta...

David Feder , RDN

May 22, 2014

Home-style Latin, European, Asian and Subcontinental flavors and formulations are supplanting a recent trend of “comfort foods” that reads as more “retro” than true to the American demographic of today.

Switching from plastic to paper-based packaging often comes with new challenges. This webinar will explore how an ovenable, fiber-based packaging solution can deliver the benefits of plastic with 90% less plastic usage.

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