Table of Contents
Overview
The Big Stories
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- Waste ingredients from food manufacturing become value-added ingredients
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- Figure 1: Grocery shopping habits, select European countries, “I pay more attention to the environmental impact of the food and drink products I buy % agree”, Q3 2016
- New functional waters target niche consumer needs
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- Figure 2: Launches of global waters with functional claim, by top five countries, 2016
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- Figure 3: Function/attributes of ideal bottled water, US, October 2015
- Figure 4: Top five functional claims, global bottled waters, % of water launches, 2016
- Plant-based protein ingredients gain traction
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- Figure 5: Food and drink launches with vegetarian or vegan claims, global, 2013-16
- Figure 6: High-protein food and drink products with vegetarian or vegan claims, global, 2014-16
Notable Products
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- Clean label is becoming the expectation, not the exception
- Clean label is becoming the expectation, not the exception
- Natural nutrition from “good-for-you” ingredients
- Natural nutrition from “good-for-you” ingredients
- Food as medicine
- Food as medicine
Looking to the Future
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- Natural ingredients appeal to mainstream users of sports nutrition
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- Figure 7: Launches with a performance nutrition
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- Figure 8: Purchase factors for nutritional and/or performance drinks, US, February 2015
- Ingredient innovations are needed to meet sugar reduction goals
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- Figure 9: Food and drink launches with low/no/reduced sugar claim, top five categories, global, % of low/no/reduced sugar launches, 2016
- Next-generation fiber ingredients will need to fit on clean labels
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- Figure 10: Awareness and understanding of fiber, select European countries, 2015
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- Figure 11: Incorporating more fiber into one’s diet vs. a year ago, select European countries, 2016 Q3
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- Figure 12: Percentage of global high/added fiber food and drink products with select fiber ingredients, 2012-16
The Analyst’s View
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