SupplySide Food & Beverage Journal’s Post

Are European consumers moving towards plant-based foods? 🤔 The latest consumer research from the Smart Protein Project shows that European consumers are reducing their consumption of animal-based products and looking to increase their intake of certain plant-based foods! 🌱 Some key findings included: - 51% of European meat eaters reduced their annual meat intake in 2023, with Germany, France, and Italy leading the way - 53% of Europeans intend to increase their consumption of legumes - 40% plan on consuming more plant-based alternatives - 38% of Europeans are currently following a flexitarian, pescatarian, vegan, or vegetarian diet If you want more insights like these, watch our interview with Elsa Guadarrama, lead researcher on the consumer survey, for the ProVeg New Food Hub. In the interview, Elsa answers questions about the survey and shares her recommendations for businesses. 💡 Find it here ➡ https://bit.ly/43OiF7A

If you work in food and beverage, listen up! The industry is changing fast. And if you're not keeping up, you're falling behind. Enter Regulate - the AI-powered platform revolutionizing ingredient sourcing, recipe management, cost optimization, and nutritional analysis. This isn't just a tool for big businesses with deep pockets. Regulate is for everyone - from the small-scale producer to the enterprise-level company. Imagine being able to: ✅ Source ingredients ethically and sustainably ✅ Manage recipes and costs with ease ✅ Analyze the nutritional value of your products All in one place. The food and beverage industry is notoriously competitive. But with Regulate, you can stay ahead of the curve and outshine the competition. Don't get left behind. Join the future of food and beverage with Regulate. Give Regulate a try. Sign Up for a Free Trial: https://lnkd.in/g7tpkj23 #productinnovation #expowest #expowest2024 #productdevelopment #innovation

"The beauty of Innova’s annual Top 10 Trends of the food and beverage industry is that the trends apply across all market categories—including #dairy products and dairy alternatives. Dairy and dairy alternatives overlap in many ways, differ in others, and our Top 10 Trends can be interpreted across both." In this exclusive article for Prepared Foods Magazine, we deep-dive into the latest market and consumer trends in the (alternative) dairy space and reveal how our Top Trends manifest in this solid category. Click below for the full article! https://lnkd.in/dgRKt8Qv #DairyTrends #ConsumerTrends #AltProtein

Are European consumers moving towards plant-based foods? 👀 The latest consumer research shows that European consumers are reducing their consumption of animal-based products and are looking to increase their intake of certain plant-based foods! 🌱 - 51% of European meat eaters reduced their annual meat intake in 2023, with Germany, France, and Italy leading the way. - 53% of Europeans intend to increase their consumption of legumes - 40% plan on consuming more plant-based alternatives - 38% of Europeans are currently following a flexitarian, pescatarian, vegan, or vegetarian diet. Want more insights like these? Watch our latest video, where we chat to Elsa Guadarrama, who was lead researcher on ProVeg International’s consumer survey with the Smart Protein Project. Elsa answers questions about the survey and shares her recommendations for businesses. 💡 Find it here: https://lnkd.in/ehcnZNrr #NewFoodHub #ProVeg #SmartProteinProject #FutureFood #PlantBased #legumes #CultivatedMeat #WholeFoods #Farmers #Sustainable #Interview

You're the driving force behind innovation, the captain of procurement, or perhaps even the visionary at the helm of your company, and you're looking to revolutionize the nutritional profile of your products by drastically reducing their salt content? 🥩🍔🍟 We are driven by the deep-seated belief that offering healthier alternatives and superior-quality food is paramount. That's why we've passionately crafted SALT BOOSTER. A groundbreaking line of flavours that heightens the perception of salt by reducing its quantity, thus allowing for a significant reduction in sodium levels in your dishes. Would you like to find out more ? Do not hesitate to click on this link ➡ https://lnkd.in/eeVax3TG or to contact us: 📞 +3268250230 📧 info@foodingredientstechnologies.com 💻 https://lnkd.in/eaxcecY3 #foodingredients #inlovewithfood #tastearchitects #foodengineer #salt #saltbooster #saltreduction #healthierfood

Recent research shows that consumers’ demand for new products is the primary driver for food and beverage innovation. For example, over the past few years, the healthy foods movement has pushed companies to come out with products that are gluten-free, organic, preservative-free, and much more. Whole product lines are being created while others are fading. Food and beverage companies that want to succeed will need to listen to their customers and continue to innovate, and 50 percent of respondents in a recent survey of the food and beverage industry report that they are innovating based on customer requests. The types of changes being requested include product innovation, clean labels, variety, sustainability, and sourcing. In our new report, you will discover how some brands are reimagining classic snacks with a guilt-free twist; promoting healthy alternatives and leveraging African ingredients and heritage through authentic storytelling. Download the full report via the link and equip your brand with the knowledge to innovate and thrive: https://lnkd.in/dxH_wgjs #FoodAndBeverage #FoodInnovation #FoodTrends

Food Essentialism: Implications for Expectations and Perceptions of the Properties of Processed Foods "Essentialism refers to the lay assumption that categories (similar ‘kinds’ of things) possess an unseen innate and immutable inner essence that produces their unique identity and defining properties. For example, what makes a group of similar items (e.g., curved yellow fruits with sweet flavor) perceived as a unified ‘kind’ (e.g., bananas) with similar properties is the common essence they are assumed to share. Despite the impact of processed foods on health, sustainability, and food security, consumers vary greatly in expectations about and preferences for processed foods. Although essentialism may be an important determinant of consumers’ cognitions about processed foods, there has been limited investigation of essentialism’s role in food-related perceptions. Across two studies (n = 598 total), [this paper] used a novel measure of food essentialism to examine whether individual differences in beliefs about foods as having essences (food essentialism) are related to perceptions of foods retaining more of their natural characteristics (sensory and nutritive properties) despite their level of processing. Across diverse food categories (meats, vegetables, fruits, legumes, dairy), higher levels of perceived food processing were associated with lower perceived retention of naturalness, nutritiousness, natural taste, functional post-ingestive benefits, and acceptability (liking). However, participants endorsing greater (vs. lower) food essentialism beliefs exhibited weaker relationships between perceived processing and these characteristics. These findings demonstrate that food-specific essentialism beliefs may be a fundamental determinant of consumers’ expectations of how human intervention, such as processing, affects natural properties of foods. These beliefs may be a promising target for future research to shift consumer acceptance of processed foods." in Bobby K. Cheon, Yan Fen Tan, Ciarán G. Forde, Food essentialism: Implications for expectations and perceptions of the properties of processed foods. Food Quality and Preference, Volume 117, 2024. #Essentialism #Food #FoodEssentialism #FoodCategories #Marketing #ConsumerBehaviour #ConsumerScience #Sensory #ProcessedFood

Let's talk about Regulation - not the legal type, but rather the new AI-powered platform for the food and beverage industry that's changing the game. REGULATE is breaking down silos in ingredient sourcing, recipe management, cost optimization, and nutrition facts - all in one place. It's like having a personal chef and nutritionist combined with an ingredient supplier and cost accountant - except, it's an all-in-one platform. And the best part? It's available to everyone. No more long hours spent sourcing suppliers or calculating nutrition facts one-by-one. Say goodbye to manual recipe management and cost optimization. REGULATE offers a comprehensive solution that lets you bring your culinary dreams to life without getting bogged down in the details. Say hello to more time spent creating and less time crunching numbers. If you're in the food and beverage industry, do yourself a favor and check out REGULATE. You won't be disappointed. #productinnovation #expowest #expowest2024 #productdevelopment #innovation

#ADM is leveling up food and beverage each and every day! With both microbiome solutions and botanical offerings, we can help take your food or beverage to the next level by adding functional ingredients that offer consumers what they're looking for...products that work. Learn more about ADM and how we can help take your product to new heights! #functionalfood #functionalbeverage #foodismedicine #healthy #microbiome #botanical #innovation #food #beverage #foods #beverages https://lnkd.in/eQQ4j6X3

"Better-for-you" food and drinks are here to stay. Shopkick by Trax surveyed 11,000 consumers about their thoughts on this category, finding that the desire to purchase better-for-you products has tripled over the last 3 years, with top categories including carbohydrate alternatives and dairy alternatives. Click here to see the full infographic: https://hubs.la/Q02BXTy90 Learn how MycoTechnology's fungi-fueled innovations can help you create delicious, healthy and clean-label food and beverages that consumer are seeking: https://hubs.la/Q02BXW730 #ConsumerTrends #DairyAlternatives #LowCarb #LowSugar #FungiInnovation