Plant-based foods have evolved from functional replacements for meat and dairy to products that mimic the taste, texture and aroma of meat. This has expanded the sector’s appeal to flexitarian consumers, engaging with people who are making a conscious...
With population numbers on the rise and natural resources in decline, industry is tasked with the challenge of boosting food production on less land and with fewer greenhouse emissions. Could cellular agriculture, food production by microbes, and cell-based...
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While the world population will rise to around 10 billion by 2050, global meat and milk production will also increase – with a significant impact on the environment and climate. This is...
The plant-based food market is hugely dynamic and changing rapidly as consumers needs and attitudes towards plant-based foods evolve. Whether you are looking to get started or looking to grow further, consumer needs must lead and drive your product development...
Foods featuring plant-based proteins have seen recent growth that most categories can only wish for. Consumers around the world are clamouring for such products and for good reason – they have the potential to be sustainable, ethical, and healthy. Join...
No doubt, plant proteins are here to stay. The plant-based categories are growing at an incredible fast pace, driven by consumers highly conscious of the impact of their diet on their health and environment. However, expectations are high and consumers...
The CBD sector has witnessed a phenomenal increase in awareness, propelled by surging consumer interest. This has led to something of a gold rush among innovative challenger brands. But for all its potential, the category faces a minefield of regulatory,...
The Ingredients Show will take place on 30 March – 1 April at the NEC Birmingham and is the only UK show dedicated to Nutra and Food & Drink Development.
A panel of experts will join FoodNavigator to discuss the tests that plant-based proteins now face. Among them are the challenges manufacturers face to provide consumers with better products, with improved taste and texture, to see repeat buying from...
Think you have a handle on the global functional and healthy dairy market? Congratulations if you do, because the dairy sector is changing so quickly it can be hard to read.This global snapshot from probably the world’s best healthy food trends pundit...
Consumers want foods that are ‘wholesome’, ‘authentic’, and above all ‘natural’, although few of them can articulate what this means.And they are not alone. Regulators have not had a good stab at defining ‘natural’ either. The US Food and Drug Administration...
The panel debate will address the following questions:What does research tell us about what consumers regard to be ‘natural’? Is ‘natural’ a rather nebulous – and constantly evolving – concept? Does it amount to more than just a list of acceptable or...
If an ingredient starts with an x, sounds like a chemical, or isn’t in your kitchen cupboard at home, it’s going to be regarded with suspicion by some consumers on both sides of the Atlantic, who want foods that are ‘wholesome’, ‘authentic’, and ‘natural’,...
With a class action lawsuit filed almost weekly in California against companies using the word ‘natural’ (in the absence of a useful legal definition), should food marketers think twice about using the term in the US market? How many of these cases ever...
Regulatory pressure has forced the probiotic sector to think hard about how its products are presented to world. The alignment between the vast body of science and regulatory parameters varies greatly with regions and countries so what marketing tools...
Global pre- and probiotic markets are in good health, with a vast body of science that stands at some 7000+ publications over many decades. But can the functional foods category leader stay out in front as regulatory systems clamp marketing tools?
The Schwarzenegger in the room, protein continues to dominate sports nutrition product formulation. Is it all about whey and soy? Can we produce high quality protein-based products and reduce costs? What about growing the consumer base? Register for our...
DMAA and doping have cast a shadow over sports - and sports supplements - but that hasn’t stopped €4m UK brand Sports in Science (SiS) continuing to buy into elite sports like cycling’s notoriously doped pro peloton. New CEO Stephen Moon explains why...
Forget sweaty bodybuilders pumping iron and chalky tubs of protein... and think weekend warriors, health & wellness and mass-market-friendly products for the next generation of sports nutrition, says Euromonitor. Register for our Feb 7 webinar here.
The Sports Nutrition 2013 Online Event will explore the current market and future opportunities for the sports nutrition industry, valued at between $27-32 billion globally. This free-to-attend one-day event offers valuable insights and presentations...
It's a generational thing! From infants to baby boomers, the market offers lots of products showing how preferences and needs differ from one age group to the next. The markets in individual categories are growing rapidly. For example the rising...
Women have different nutritional needs depending on what stage of life they are in. Join us to learn how Pycnogenol, French maritime pine bark extract provides crucial health benefits to women at different stages of her life. From beauty to cognitive...
With baby boomers turning 60 at the rate of 10,000 per day, brain health is quickly emerging as one of the most promising categories in nutrition. What makes it even more exciting is that it’s not just for baby boomers. There is strong interest in brain...
In his presentation, Dr. Cees Vermeer will explain that vitamin K insufficiency is widespread among the Western population and that increased vitamin K2 intake may improve public health and prolong life expectation. In the second part of his talk he will...
