March 2020 | Prepared Foods

Check out the March 2020 issue of Prepared Foods, featuring our Retail New Products Annual, which looks at food and beverage trends and innovations taking place in the retail market.

2020 RETAIL NEW PRODUCTS ANNUAL

Food & Beverage Innovation: Where Flavor Meets Form + Function

How do food and beverage processors get ahead and succeed?

Robert Garrison

March 5, 2020

Today's consumers are weighing taste adventure and convenience with new considerations related to what's better for me (diet and personal health) and better for the planet (ethics, sustainability).

2020 RETAIL NEW PRODUCTS ANNUAL

Snacks Fill Daily In-Between Meal Cravings; Confections Balance Health, Indulgence

Snack innovation remains strong as consumers replace main meals with snacks

Tom Vierhile

March 26, 2020

This snack attack activity drove new product launches in meat snacks, snack mixes, and fruit-based snacks. Each enjoyed double-digit growth rates with meat snacks at the top of the heap, expanding at a 20.6% CAGR from 2014 to 2018.

2020 RETAIL NEW PRODUCTS ANNUAL

Five Ways Packaging Can Appeal to Conscious, Busy Consumers

Innovative brand teams must take into consideration a broader impact of a product, how it’s made and its packaging

Josh White

March 24, 2020

Here are five packaging innovation factors impacting and transforming brands across all industries in the coming year.

2020 RETAIL NEW PRODUCTS ANNUAL

IFIC Annual Food and Health Survey Generates Five Trends to Watch in 2020

Sustainability, transparency trends help drive consumer product appeal

March 13, 2020

As a new year and new decade offer opportunities to take stock of where we've come and to anticipate the changes ahead, the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation is forecasting five broad trends for food and nutrition in 2020.

2020 RETAIL NEW PRODUCTS ANNUAL

Cereals Celebrate Sweetness, Bars Category Continues to Diversify

Examining cereal and nutrition bar categories

Tom Vierhile

March 11, 2020

Cold cereal makers doubled down on sugar in 2019, tapping confectionery, ice cream, and sweet bakery flavor favorites to fuel innovation.

2020 RETAIL NEW PRODUCTS ANNUAL

Bakery Foods Take Aim at Health Trends, Indulgence

A survey of significant bakery launches

Tom Vierhile

March 6, 2020

Launches grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of less than 1% from 2014 to 2018, per the Innova Market Insights database. Unfortunately, last year's tally will not advance the cause. Yet plenty was happening if you knew where to look.

2020 RETAIL NEW PRODUCTS ANNUAL

Prepared Meal, Entrée Makers Stay Busy to Address at-Home Consumer Meals

Study finds that more consumers are returning to the grocery freezercase

Robert Garrison

February 17, 2020

More than half of US adults claim they really enjoy cooking (53%) and more than one-third consider the kitchen to be the most important room in the home (35%), according to Packaged Facts’ report, “Eating Trends: Cooking & Food Shopping” Officials note these percentages have risen compared to a decade ago.

2020 RETAIL NEW PRODUCTS ANNUAL

Dressings, Sauces and Spreads Embrace Plant-Based Ingredients, Global Flavors

A survey of trends in the dressings, sauces and spreads categories

Tom Vierhile

February 17, 2020

According to a 2019 Innova Consumer Survey, 63% of global consumers are increasingly trying to incorporate plant ingredients in the diet. Not surprisingly, sauce, dressing and spread manufacturers have been finding creative ways to address the trend as well.

2020 RETAIL NEW PRODUCTS ANNUAL

Dairy Formulators Push Innovation to Embrace, Battle Plant-Based Options

A look at product innovation across dairy sub-segments including cheese, cultured products, ice cream and milk

Kathie Canning Anna Boisseau

February 17, 2020

Dairy foods and beverages are facing challenges that include competition from plant-based dairy wannabes, global trade obstacles and more. But the odds are in dairy’s favor as processors home in on consumers’ evolving wants and needs.

2020 RETAIL NEW PRODUCTS ANNUAL

Next-Gen Beverages Offer Better-for-You Benefits, Sensory Appeal

Brands appeal to health-conscious consumers with exotic flavors, unique textures, and vibrant colors

Holly McHugh

February 17, 2020

Health and wellness continues to be a catalyst for innovation, but what that term means for consumers is a moving target and is impacted by a multitude of factors such as individual need states, age, and socioeconomic status.

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.

The Winter Fancy Food Show is where specialty food makers go to exhibit their newest and best products and where buyers go to find their next bestsellers.

Prepared Foods

2020 March

Cover Story

Food & Beverage Innovation: Where Flavor Meets Form + Function

Features

Snacks Fill Daily In-Between Meal Cravings; Confections Balance Health, Indulgence

Five Ways Packaging Can Appeal to Conscious, Busy Consumers

IFIC Annual Food and Health Survey Generates Five Trends to Watch in 2020

Cereals Celebrate Sweetness, Bars Category Continues to Diversify

Bakery Foods Take Aim at Health Trends, Indulgence

Prepared Meal, Entrée Makers Stay Busy to Address at-Home Consumer Meals

Dressings, Sauces and Spreads Embrace Plant-Based Ingredients, Global Flavors

Dairy Formulators Push Innovation to Embrace, Battle Plant-Based Options

Next-Gen Beverages Offer Better-for-You Benefits, Sensory Appeal

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