CNN looks at the coming likely food trends…
• Consumers are expected to focus on “a healthy balance of carbs and calories,” as opposed to extreme diet choices.
• There is expected to be a real focus on products containing whole grain fiber.
• Functional foods with specific health benefits are likely to become extremely popular.
• Organics are expected to develop greater mass-market appeal.
• More products are likely to be developed specifically for baby boomers, with easier to open packaging, easier to read labels, and ingredients that cater to their specific health issues.
• Consumers are expected to focus on “a healthy balance of carbs and calories,” as opposed to extreme diet choices.
• There is expected to be a real focus on products containing whole grain fiber.
• Functional foods with specific health benefits are likely to become extremely popular.
• Organics are expected to develop greater mass-market appeal.
• More products are likely to be developed specifically for baby boomers, with easier to open packaging, easier to read labels, and ingredients that cater to their specific health issues.
- KC's View:
- It is sort of funny that baby boomers are looking for easy to open packaging, since it was just a few years ago that we were demanding packages that were hard to open so our young kids couldn’t get into them.
