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Mintel identifies 7 trends impacting consumer behavior in 2021

Focus shifts to health, connection and sustainability.

January 13, 2021

Mintel has identified seven trends it projects will impact global consumer markets in 2021 and offered insights and recommendations for companies and brands to act on in the next 12 months.

Healthy indulgences offer consumers ‘guilt-free’ comfort

Research from GlobalData shows consumers respond to COVID-19 pandemic in different ways.

January 11, 2021

Food brands need to cater to different consumer needs, and guilt-free indulgences and health/ethical credentials may just be the way forward, says research firm GlobalData.

Packaging innovations for convenience snack and bakery products

Innovations help bakery and snack producers meet consumer demand.

Neal Lorenzi

December 16, 2020

The latest advances in convenience packaging options, single-serve, re-sealable, portion-controlled, on-the-go, offer retailers and consumers greater convenience, reliable containment, and sustained freshness. Increased recyclability and sustainability are other features. This is good news for bakery and snack producers who are striving to meet consumer demand.

In quarantine, the role of snack and granola bars is shifting

COVID-19 hit the bars market hard, but the market points to significant opportunities even with on-the-go temporarily off the table.

Melissa Kvidahl Reilly

December 15, 2020

Through the years, an overall shift toward clean eating has generally benefited the snack and granola bars market, encouraging consumers to reach for bars instead of candy, cake, cookies, and other snacks.

Clean-label leavening agents appeal to consumers

New cleaner-label leavening agents make baking more flexible and efficient.

Joyce Friedberg

December 14, 2020

Leavening is a fundamental ingredient category in baking that performs some serious heavy lifting. Leavening agents help create the textural quality in many baked goods.

FMCG Gurus predicts top food and beverage trends for 2021

Concerns over health, sustainability to continue to impact consumer behavior.

Will Cowling

December 7, 2020

FMCG Gurus introduces its Top Ten Trends for 2021, highlighting the key needs and wants of consumers over the next 12 months and what brands can do to capitalize on them.

The Top 50 Snack & Bakery Companies of 2020

Many snack and bakery companies continue to find opportunities for growth, and some familiar names enter the rankings.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

December 2, 2020

Revenue from the U.S. grain-based snack and bakery industry accounts for over $100 billion in annual retail sales, and a significant portion of that total comes from the top 50 companies, ranked according to annual revenue.

Developing new, enticing varieties of puffed and extruded snacks

Better-for-you snacks continue to show impressive growth.

Liz Parker Kuhn

November 17, 2020

Puffed and extruded snacks never go out of style. Top brands like Cheetos and Fritos will probably always will be staples in many Americans' homes.

Consumer desire for better health drives nutritional ingredient use in snacks and baked goods

Innovation continues to drive use of nutritional ingredients in snacks and baked goods.

Joyce Friedberg

November 4, 2020

Consumer interest in foods that support holistic health and well-being is increasing. According to the 2020 IFIC Food and Health Survey, over half of consumers report that healthfulness has more of an impact today versus 10 years ago on their food and beverage purchase decisions.

What are the top food and beverage trends for 2021?

Innova Market Insights releases Top Ten Trends report for next year.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

October 21, 2020

We’re all wondering what the political, social and public health landscape will look like next year, but what about the food industry? What should brand owners, product developers and manufacturers consider?