Seed Butter Trends & Data: Nutrition becomes the new focus One of the more, dare we say, positive side effects of all the pandemic doomscrolling indulged in over the last year has been the growing interest in nutrition. The scramble to boost immunity has meant that conversations about the efficacy of vitamin C and zinc or vitamin D are no longer limited to doctors and … [Read more...] about Seed Butter Trends & The Products That Are Driving Demand
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Gluten-Free Trends For 2021 & Beyond
2021 is already looking up and gluten-free trends have been on the rise mostly due to an increased demand in consumer interest. Seven years ago, someone started a petition on Change.org asking Nabisco to make gluten-free Oreos, and now it looks like their wish has come true. The world’s best-known cookie has finally launched its gluten-free variants and by most initial … [Read more...] about Gluten-Free Trends For 2021 & Beyond
5 Food Ingredients To Watch Out For In 2022
With the new year upon us, I thought we could take a quick peek into what we, at Spoonshot, expect the future to hold, starting with a few interesting ingredient trends to watch out for in 2022. These ingredients offer benefits not just linked to nutrition and functional benefits, but also in the realm of sustainability – all packaged in innovative and convenient formats. … [Read more...] about 5 Food Ingredients To Watch Out For In 2022
DoorDash, Food Waste & Ghost-Kitchen Trends
Ghost kitchen trends are showing an upward curve thanks to the pandemic. But the story behind the curve itself goes a lot deeper... Last week saw a couple of eyebrow-raising events in the financial markets. AirBnB and DoorDash both went public and saw trading day debut surges of 113% and 86%, respectively. Even for IPO novices like me, this sounds pretty impressive since we … [Read more...] about DoorDash, Food Waste & Ghost-Kitchen Trends
A Negative That’s Positive
In late August this year, Scottish craft beer company BrewDog announced that it had become the world’s first beer business to become carbon negative. This means that the company now removes more carbon from the atmosphere than it generates. According to its Sustainability Report, in 2019, BrewDog’s carbon footprint was 67,951 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) … [Read more...] about A Negative That’s Positive
Talking Turkey
It’s that time of the year again when our thoughts start to turn to turkey. My thoughts specifically turn to why Whole Foods is intent on getting people to ruin their dinner. The retailer recently announced that people who “commit a turkey cooking fail” can be thankful – because they might be eligible for turkey insurance, i.e., a $35 gift card. Consumers will need to provide … [Read more...] about Talking Turkey
The US Is Riding A Green Wave, But Not For CBD
The most anticipated election of our lifetime just wrapped up, and the most decisive victor to emerge was green. No, we’re not talking money or the environment, but rather cannabis. Five states in the US said yes to legalizing marijuana last week, for medical or recreational use, or both, adding to the 33 states (and Washington DC) that already had done so over the last few … [Read more...] about The US Is Riding A Green Wave, But Not For CBD
OMG! There’s an alternative to GMOs
I’m going to let you in on a dirty little secret: I’m pretty ambivalent on GMOs. There are days I think they ought to be banned, and then there are days when I think they may be the solution to world hunger. I bring up GMOs for a couple of reasons. One, October is non-GMO month and you’ve probably seen indications of this in your local supermarket (or online store, more … [Read more...] about OMG! There’s an alternative to GMOs
6 Product Launches With Upcycled Food Ingredients
The joys of TikTok are manifold, as those of you lucky enough to still have access to that wondrous time gobbler, will no doubt agree with. But once in a while, there pops up a fairly cringe-worthy and heartbreaking trend that you can’t ignore and that just makes you wonder what is wrong with the world (other than the obvious, of course). Throwing perfectly good food into the … [Read more...] about 6 Product Launches With Upcycled Food Ingredients
8 Biggest Food Trend Predictions For 2021 & Beyond
EIGHT LEADING-EDGE FOOD TREND PREDICTIONS FOR 2021-2022 Originally published in Oct 2019 (view) and now updated to account for COVID-19. International Food Trendologist, Liz Moskow teamed up with food innovation intelligence platform Spoonshot to predict and interpret the food trends that will impact menus, product development, and consumer behavior into 2021. … [Read more...] about 8 Biggest Food Trend Predictions For 2021 & Beyond
