Although more consumers are opting for at-home eating, compared to years ago, CPG entrée manufacturers now compete for share of stomach with a much wider set at-home meal providers.

While so much product development news has focused on allergens, intolerance and plant-based diets, the dairy industry and its many categories are addressing key trends.

Confections and snacks compete for the same share-of-stomach, but are considered separate categories. 2016 saw the lines between the two areas blur as confection innovation picked up taste, texture, and ingredient cues from snacks.

One of the original convenience foods, breakfast cereal is no longer seen as convenient by younger consumers increasingly inclined to avoid milk and cereal in the morning.

Cheers! Although overall annual supermarket sales are relatively flat, there’s nothing flat about beverage category performance.

Bakery food innovation in 2016 was a study in opposites with new product action focused at two extremes. There are indulgent products focused on taste as well as and healthful products with added functionality or fewer objectionable ingredients.

New Food & Beverage Products Video: The New Primal, makers of responsibly sourced meat snacks, introduced Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) Friendly Date & Rosemary Chicken Jerky at the Natural Products Expo.