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Our Current Issue:
Snack Foods Culinary Trend Mapping Report:, Vol. 5, No. 6
Time-crunched Americans are snacking more than ever, and in a serious way. In lieu of more traditional meals, consumers are turning to snacks as meal stand-ins — oatmeal bars and bottled smoothies in the car for breakfast; a container of yogurt and a handful of nuts at the desk for lunch; a fast-food snack wrap and soda for dinner.
A New Focus:
Emerging snacks are combining health and indulgence, with a new focus on ingredient quality, a kind of “premiumization” trend affecting snacks across categories. This new quality trend stems in part from the fact that many snacks are initially developed in restaurants.
Snack Foods Culinary Trend Mapping Report:, Vol. 5, No. 6 has mapped some ways the new snacking dynamics are playing out along the Trend Map®:
Stage 1
Goodbye down-home, hello upscale: Swanky Pork Rinds are all the rage in high-end bars and restaurants.
Stage 2
It isn’t just an add-on to that Cineplex soda anymore — Gastro Popcorn is transforming popcorn with some very grown-up flavor profiles.
Care for some amino acids with that chip? Seaweed Snacks offer a globally inspired taste of health and beauty.
Why settle for plain potato when you can crunch the rainbow? Alternative Chips offer a delicious palate of options.
Stage 3
Crispy Veggies and Legumes combine classic crunch with a punch of vitamins and fiber — for many snackers, an irresistible combo.
Stage 4
Made with healthful ingredients like brown rice and soybeans, Whole-Nutrition Sweets promise nutrition and indulgence.
Stage 5
Lavished with flavor profiles from around the world, Nuts Gone Global transform the familiar via striking new personalities.
With extensive profiles of each ingredient/food emerging within the five stages of the trend map, Snack Foods Culinary Trend Mapping Report provides you with the most up-to-date, insider’s look at what’s hot and what’s not in the world of food. Top food marketers rely on trend mapping to keep them on the pulse of what’s happening and what’s about to happen as far as consumer tastes are concerned.
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