This guide explores the effects of COVID-19 on consumer perceptions around health—both physical and mental—as well as on global trends in functional foods and supplements. It also looks at what ingredients it takes to develop immune-support products that meet today’s needs, using vitamins, minerals, botanicals, and more, while keeping in mind consumers’ continued interest in sustainability.
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There’s no doubt immunity is still on consumers’ minds, with products featuring ingredients like vitamin C and zinc in high demand. But manufacturers may have more options than they think when it comes to ingredients and flavors that consumers associate with immunity.
Health and wellness continue to drive change throughout the beverage industry as consumers look to beverages for improved energy, sleep & mental health benefits, digestion benefits, and extra nutrients like vitamins, minerals, and protein. From packaging trends to the latest in hybrid beverages, the Glanbia Nutritional’s Beverage Trends guide will be sure to inspire your next beverage formulation.
Celebrating World Baking Day
Featured ContentThe rise in home baking during the lockdown is creating some exciting opportunities in baking ingredients and mixes. For World Baking Day, learn how brands can support this new wave of home bakers with products that make baking fun and easy!
Nutrients for Life: What We Are Missing and Why It's Important
Featured ContentAcross the globe, consumers’ focus on health has risen since the pandemic began, including their interest in healthy nutrition. Explore some of the key nutrients that many consumers are not getting enough of and why they’re essential to achieving good health.
Functional foods and beverages—those that provide benefits beyond basic nutrition—are big business these days as consumers increasingly expect their food to “do more” for them. According to Euromonitor International, the category includes “products to which health ingredients or/and nutrients have been added and the health benefit needs to form part of positioning/marketing”1 —and it is growing rapidly. Find out how you can utilize a custom nutrient premix supplier to streamline your functional food or beverage process.
Chia – The Super Seed
Featured ContentChia seeds are becoming a huge part of the health food scene. Food products such as peanut butter, granola bars, smoothies, and yogurts are products marketed with added chia seeds to gain consumer attention. Find out the ancient origins and benefits of this super seed and which products they may end up in next.
Coverage – A Little Glitter Goes a Long Way!
Featured ContentWe get a lot of questions about EdiSparklz™ and how it is used on product. The main thing that makes EdiSparklz™ so different is that it is a very thin flake compared to a sprinkle like a jimmy, which is an extruded shape. Find out how glitter can be cost-effective alternative that doesn’t sacrifice visual appeal.
As European consumers seek to balance the desire for indulgence with healthy eating, what they’re looking for in snacks is changing.