Natural Products Expo East: ‘Back to their’ senses
Single-origin flavors, stevia, probiotics, raw bars and cause branding emerge as upcoming confectionery trends at Natural Products Expo East.
At the Natural Products Expo East show held this past September in Baltimore, keynote speaker Alice Waters, often regarded as the mother of the slow food movement, challenged attendees attending the East Coast’s premier gathering for the natural, organic and healthy living food industries.
“In this country, we have to bring people in a very pleasurable way back to their senses,” Waters advised. “We’re not talking about a food trend; we’re talking about sustenance and humanity and the way that we behave toward other people.” She urged everyone – producers, restaurateurs, consumers, educators - to join what she dubbed the “delicious revolution” to encourage sustainable, healthy and fair changes in our foodways.