‘Most shoppers don’t know what HFSS is’: Do consumers actually want healthy food and drink?
The answer is not a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’, but nuanced, explains Flora Zwolinksi, senior insight manager at Lumina Intelligence.
Archives for April 19, 2023
KIND Snacks uses digital activations to boost consumer loyalty as it ramps up sustainability
Through a suite of virtual and augmented reality activations launched this week, KIND Snacks is breaking down for mainstream Americans the complicated concept of regenerative agriculture and the real-world environmental impact of its latest...
Flockdown is over: what this means for food producers
The good news is that the lockdown for free-range hens has been lifted and the birds are allowed to return to free-range roaming. But we're not yet over the worst outbreak of avian influenza in history, so how long with this freedom last? And what do the...
The difference between natural and ‘free’ sugars
We all know that eating fruit is better for us than eating doughnuts. One is essential to keep us healthy, the other, perhaps, nearly essential to avoid. However, both doughnuts and most fruits are high in sugar, an ingredient widely considered to lead...
Challenging the snacking status quo: PeaTos ramps up the full-bodied snack experience without the ‘junk’
Since kick-off in 2019, PeaTos has experienced explosive growth and received widespread acclaim thanks to its innovative approach to snacks – adding better-for-you nutrition to popular offerings – and marketing – debunking the junk and challenging the...
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Relax and rest: Sleep aid R&D opportunities abound in bars, smaller pack sizes - WATCH
The usual energy, protein, and collagen functional bars could be reinvented as snacks for supporting sleep, with two firms from Australia and Malaysia seeing the category benefitting from the influence of Korean dramas.
FNA InnovATE: Seaweed Snacks
Sea-rious snacking: Taokaenoi on how health, snacking and Hallyu trends have merged to boost seaweed snacks market
Thai seaweed snacking giant Taokaenoi has highlighted a combination of healthier eating, more constant snacking and the overall Korean Hallyu trend as a major driver for seaweed snack popularity in recent years.