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The 2015 Summer Fancy Food Show held at the Javits Center in New York featured more than 180,000 food and beverage products and hosted over 2,500 exhibitors and approximately 25,000 attendees from around the world. Trending Themes found at the Show: Frozen – Herbs, fruits, soups and fruit and veggie pops all made freezing a […]
Easy-to-understand and fewer overall ingredients are becoming the focus of confection giants such as Nestle USA and Hershey. Announcing this commitment in February 2015, both companies reflect a growing food trend towards selecting products containing simple and non-artificial ingredients. The challenge is for companies to maintain taste and quality in the process. Nestle’s planned reformulation […]
San Francisco was home to the largest Winter Fancy Food Show in the Show’s 40-year history. The 2015 exhibit hall abounded with 80,000 specialty food and beverage products, 1,400 exhibitors and 18,000 attendees. A panel* of food experts selected the top five food trends seen at the Show: Cheese please – cheese offerings in extreme […]
Survey results of close to 1,300 chefs from the American Culinary Federation, as part of the National Restaurant Association’s (NRA’s) annual “What’s Hot Culinary Forecast,” predicted little change in menu trends for 2015. Locally-sourced proteins and produce remain Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, for the third year in a row. Environmental sustainability and healthful kids’ […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the long awaited regulations for calorie labeling on November 25, 2014. The two rules apply to specified eating establishments (see Final Menu Labeling Regulations – Restaurants) and vending machines. The basics: Vending Operators Applies to certain food from vending machines run by a person owning or operating […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the long awaited regulations for calorie labeling on November 25, 2014. The two rules apply to specified eating establishments and vending machines (see Final Menu Labeling Regulations – Vending Machines.) The basics: Eating Establishments Applies to restaurants and similar retail food operations with 20 or more locations […]
Alternative retailers are garnering market share from traditional grocery stores according to industry experts looking at sales revenue trends (Willard Bishop 2014). Consumers are tending to use their purchasing power at either value oriented or specialty food stores (Goldman Sachs). Since the 2008 recession, many consumers are hesitant to pay full price. This trend coincides […]
Nett Nutrition’s Annette Schottenfeld, MBA, RD, CDN was once again a contender in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ (AND) 2014 Journal Photo Contest. Select entrants’ photos were placed in a photo gallery on the Journal’s website for educational use. http://www.andjrnl.org/content/photocontest2014 Carrot Kaleidoscope Submitted by: Annette Schottenfeld, MBA, RD, CDN Carrots in a rainbow […]
