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The new Upcycled Pretzel Flatbread Crackers uses sprouted and roasted grain as a key ingredient, reducing waste and promoting a circular economy.

Prepared Foods Editor Bob Garrison talks about upcycled new foods and beverages—and the ingredients behind them—with Angie Crone, UFA’s newly appointed chief executive officer.

The survey-based report out of Purdue University’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability assesses food spending, consumer satisfaction and values, support of agricultural and food policies, and trust in information sources. Purdue experts conducted and evaluated the survey, which included 1,200 consumers across the US.

Lu Ann Williams, Innova Market Insights’ Co-Founder and Global Insights Director, discusses growing consumer interest in sustainability and its impacts on new foods and beverages.

Crone brings over a decade of experience in sustainable food systems, primarily working with the consumer packaged goods industry to implement global programs related to sustainable agriculture, ethical sourcing, and food security. 

The company has committed to purchasing rice from these farmers (using a mass balance approach) in an amount that is equal to the volume of its Success white and brown rice consumption.

According to research from NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business and Circana, sustainability-marketed products outperformed conventionally marketed products across 36 categories and grew +0.3 points to 17.3% of purchases. In addition, sustainability marketed products’ five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) sits at 9.48%, outpacing its conventional counterpart at 4.98% for the same period. 

The Learning Center is intended to enable packaging products to move from testing to certification-ready at least two to three times faster in an effort to drive the business and the entire industry forward. 

National retailers have similar goals as PLANT regarding sustainability practices and recognized how PLANT not only uses sustainable packaging, but sustainable ingredients. 

Dr. Ramdin is a global leader in R&D, product development and innovation, with more than 20 years of experience leading innovation efforts for organizations like Molson Coors, Unilever, and Estee Lauder.