April 2023

Prepared Foods

Check out the April 2023 issue of Prepared Foods, featuring our cover story on organic ingredient options and ideas for snacks, a look at the crackers category, and much more.

Snacks Evolve Into Healthy, All-Day, Organic Options

Formulating organic snacks will require ingredients with multifaceted functionality

Kantha Shelke PhD, CFS

April 18, 2023

Breakfast items like cereals, omelets, and hash browns have become popular as snacks. Meeting this trend from the other direction, such comfort and enjoyment, coupled with convenience and variety, are increasingly repositioning snacks as replacements for meals.

Gen Z Consumers Influence Everything from Taste to Expansive Food and Beverage Trends

Product developers work to position new innovations and messages to youngest group of adults

Lu Ann Williams

April 28, 2023

Gen Z consumers are trend creators who define what markets should be provide. They welcome positive engagement with companies and seek new experiences.

Ingredients, Technologies and Tastes Continue to Fuel New Plant-Based Meat, Poultry and Seafood Introductions

Approximately 25 million consumers eat plant-based beverages and foods occasionally or regularly as part of a meal or as an ingredient

Robert Garrison

April 24, 2023

Recent insights show more consumers eat more plant-based meat, poultry, and seafood analogues from restaurants because these foods are prepared in the same way as animal proteins.

Plant-Based Dairy Options Proliferate, Provide More Mealtime Options

Consumers purchasing plant-based options skew young, as 59% of shoppers between 18-34 have engaged in the category

Robert Garrison

April 20, 2023

Whether you pour it, spread it, slice it or spoon it—plant-based dairy options are making inroads in consumer kitchens. Retail 2021 data from the Good Food Institute and SPINS showed plant-based milk category sales at $2.6 billion alone with one- and three-year growth figures of 4% and 33% respectively. Moreover, plant-based milks enjoyed a 16% share of market two years ago and 42% share of household penetration.

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New Bakery Products Showcase R&D Expertise

Allergen-free products and innovations that feature upcycled ingredients illustrate creativity in the bakery category

April 25, 2023

Upcycled spent grains specialist Brewer's Foods, Somerville, Mass., added Chocolate Chip Sea Salt Brewer’s Cookies to its growing line, which already features pita chips and flatbread crackers. Officials note the cookies feature Callebaut chocolate (ethically sourced, sustainably grown), Cabot butter from sustainable farms, and King Arthur flour with wheat grown without pesticides or herbicides.

WHAT'S TRENDING

Food Science— For Eyes & Ears | April 2023

April 24, 2023

Want to listen to industry news and views on the way to work? Catch a quick video on a lunchbreak? Prepared Foods now goes anywhere—and everywhere—to cover critical topics.

This exclusive webinar outlines the use of a specialty enzyme that increases the umami of plant-based protein within the fibrous meat texture of texturized plant proteins. This “must-see” webinar will graphically demonstrate how this is accomplished with hard data including meat analog graphs, sample analyses, and sensory profiles.

Consumers continue to evolve when it comes to their expectations and choices with “clean label” food selections. Webinar panelists will discuss trends and technical solutions—for both today and tomorrow—involving clean label, plant-based, and processed foods and beverages.

Prepared Foods

April 2023

Cover Story

Snacks Evolve Into Healthy, All-Day, Organic Options

Features

Gen Z Consumers Influence Everything from Taste to Expansive Food and Beverage Trends

Ingredients, Technologies and Tastes Continue to Fuel New Plant-Based Meat, Poultry and Seafood Introductions

Plant-Based Dairy Options Proliferate, Provide More Mealtime Options

Departments

New Bakery Products Showcase R&D Expertise

Food Science— For Eyes & Ears | April 2023

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