Making food and drink healthier in Mexico The pressure to make products healthier continues to grow, making this the right time to reformulate food and drink. Latin America countries have emphasized their focus on health, ... Read More
How food brands are capitalising on the ketogenic diet The ketogenic diet, or keto for short, is a specialised low-carbohydrate, moderate protein, high-fat diet that, according to Mintel research, is moving from niche to fad at a ... Read More
Is "clean" the new healthy? Like "natural," clean-related terms such as "clean eating" or "clean label" do not have formal definitions. In general, clean eating refers to eating whole, natural, unprocessed foods, and ... Read More
Cream cheese in your tea? The new must have ingredient to add to drinks Forget bagels and cupcake frosting, cream cheese is now served as a whipped topping on tea, like the creamy milk foam on a cappuccino. The concoction, which would ... Read More
Clean Label: What hides behind the buzz? At this year’s Food ingredients Europe (FiE), Mintel will present a look at the future of the clean label trend. Here, we share a primer of what is ... Read More
Science Fare: 4 of the most futuristic scientific breakthroughs in the food sector Developments that engineer rather than harvest food and drink staples such as laboratory-grown meat and animal-free dairy have grabbed headlines over the past year. At this year's Food ... Read More
Japan introduces non-melting ice cream Biotherapy Development Research Center, in Kanazawa, Japan, discovered a new ingredient that has helped in the creation of a non-melting ice cream product that currently retails in parts ... Read More
US nutrition labels receive biggest overhaul in 20 years After many years of deliberations, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized changes to the nutrition fact label that appears on packaged food and drink products sold ... Read More
Beauty Spot: Cocoa Flavanols Cocoa flavanols - polyphenols found in the cocoa beans - have enjoyed a reputation as an up-and-coming functional food and drink ingredient over recent years after being granted ... Read More
Superfoods: The ones to watch in 2016 With the latest research from Mintel finding that between 2011 and 2015 there was a 202% increase in the number of new food and drink products launched globally containing ... Read More
Seaweed makes its bed outside of Asia Seaweed flavouring has certainly been making waves in the food and drink market recently, with Mintel’s latest research revealing food and drink product launches with seaweed flavours, including ... Read More
Seaweed-flavoured food and drink launches increased by 147% in Europe between 2011 and 2015 Western consumers may be unfamiliar with eating seaweed outside of sushi or miso soup, but seaweed-flavoured food and drink are set to be the next big superfood trend ... Read More
