By 2050 there will be 1.3 billion people over the age of 60 in APAC, up from around 650 million today, with vast gains predicted for products that help boost immunity, bone, joint, muscle, cognitive, heart, skin, eye and digestive health.
The APAC probiotics market is predicted to grow from $17.5bn in 2018 to more than $25bn by 2025, while the prebiotic market is set to enjoy almost double-digit CAGR over the period, as benefits far beyond digestive health are more widely understood.
How can food brands deal with the challenge of meeting increased demand among consumers for products deemed ‘natural’ and that come with ‘cleaner’, ‘shorter’ labels, whilst also providing products with a full nutritional profile?
Asia is tipped to be the largest region for plant-based food consumption in the $21bn global finished product market by 2025 on the back of consumers’ ethical, health and environmental concerns, plus extensive product innovation.
The Asia-Pacific infant formula market size was valued at $11.4 billion in 2017, and is projected to reach $26.8 billion by 2026, with China, India and emerging South East Asian markets particular hotpots.
Asia-Pacific’s active and sports nutrition was valued at $1.4bn in 2019, and is forecast to hit $2.3bn by 2023 as consumers increasingly prioritise health, wellness and fitness.
Asia continues to battle the double-burden of malnutrition and obesity, leading to projections that the reformulation market will rocket from $65bn today to $110bn by 2025 and the fortification sector will surge from $70bn to $125bn by 2030.
How do you convince a consumer to buy your fat-free donut on impulse when the full-fat, extra chocolate version is on display too?The global bakery sector has developed an array of better-for-you products, overcoming lots of technical hurdles to get there,...
Should fat, salt and sugar reduction in bakery be regulated – or is industry doing enough?Bakery manufacturers face increasing pressure to develop healthier variants as global obesity and diet-related illness spiral. Industry has been making efforts and...
In this roundtable debate we ask how the industry can meet increasing demand for nutritional oils (and particularly for omega-3s from a variety of sources).What are the best ways to produce meaningful amounts of nutritional lipids? Is it better to increase...
The omega fatty acid market (comprising of functional food, drinks and supplements) was worth US$30 billion, yet most populations are deficient. In her presentation Diana Cowland will compare the market for omega fatty acid-fortified food and drink to...
Nutritional lipids have long been suggested to have an impact on our health. From healthy hearts and arteries to vision and learning. But what about more subtle measures of our wellbeing like mood and behaviour. In this webinar Professor Alex Richardson...
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.
