Barb Stuckey

Barb Stuckey is President & Chief Innovation Officer at Mattson, a food and beverage innovation, design, and development firm located in Silicon Valley. She is also the author of Taste: Surprising Stories & Science About Why Food Tastes Good. Have creative, concept, brand, or product innovation needs? Email Contact@MattsonCo.com.

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PREDICTIONS 2025

Food—for Fun and Function

Mattson identifies four macro movements and “tipping trends” for 2025.

Barb Stuckey Emily Auerbach

November 26, 2024

Mattson identifies four macro movements and “tipping trends” for 2025.

2022 PREDICTIONS | SUPPLY CHAINS

Envisioning the Future Food Supply Chain

Mattson discusses food, ingredient supply chain issues

Barb Stuckey

January 4, 2022

Experiencing the world's worst supply chain crisis has us envisioning a future where more goods are produced in more places through more varied and geographically distributed systems.

2020 PREDICTIONS: FLAVOR & FOOD TRENDS

Mattson Eyes Four Trends Impacting Ingredients and Food & Beverage Innovation

Food Tastes Meet Food Tech

Barb Stuckey

December 17, 2019

This year we at Mattson decided to focus on technology given who and where we are. Here are four predictions for 2020 food and beverage trends.

10 Macro Trends Impacting Food & Beverage Innovation in 2019

Plant-based foods, less-sweet snacks and low-alcohol beverages make up part of the top trends, according to Mattson

Barb Stuckey

January 9, 2019

We call them Macro Trends, and we’re thinking about them in the short term, and considering how they will impact things in the long term. Here are our picks for 2019.

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ARTICLES

Food—for Fun and Function

Envisioning the Future Food Supply Chain

Mattson Eyes Four Trends Impacting Ingredients and Food & Beverage Innovation

10 Macro Trends Impacting Food & Beverage Innovation in 2019

Unlock the Future of Food and Beverage Innovation

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