Food Industry Trends

The July edition of Gourmet News published recently released data from Mintel's Global New Products Database (GNPD) highlighting the most frequent health-focused claims on packages for new food and beverage products. This data is from 2011.

Kosher (on 27% of new products, more than twice as often than the next claim)
All natural product
No additives/preservatives
Low (or no) reduced allergen
Gluten-free

Across all categories, there are more than 20,000 new product introductions. Interestingly, "no-High Fructose Corn Syrup" was towards the bottom of the list and appeared on only 2% of product introductions.