Future Food and Drinks Flavors: Fusion, natural, functional and fast growth ingredients

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

• Leading global trends in flavors and ingredients
• Ethnic foods and fusion flavors
• Fresh, natural and authentic flavors and ingredients
• A taste for health: fruits
• Flavors and ingredients with added health benefits
• Future flavor forecasts
• Conclusions

Chapter 1 Report introduction

• Introduction
• Research methodology
• Report structure

Chapter 2 Leading global trends in flavors and ingredients

• Summary

• Introduction

• Leading global trends in flavors and ingredients
  • Quantity and quality
  • Sweet and savory combinations
  • Weird and wacky with traditional and familiar
  • Authenticity, traceability and provenance
  • Personalizing products
  • The real deal
    • New product case study: Kettle Kitchen and Kettle Crispy Bakes
  • Wild, natural, whole and fresh
  • Mix and match flavor combinations

Chapter 3 Ethnic foods and fusion flavors

• Summary

• Introduction
  • Defining ethnic food
    • Fusion foods

• Restaurants lead innovation in ethnic and fusion food
  • The future NPD potential of ethnic cuisines

• Identifying the fastest growing ethnic flavors
  • Asian flavors take largest share of overall ethnic product launches

• Category analysis
  • Sales growth potential of foods with ethnic flavors
    • Ready meals
    • Bakery and cereals

• Regional analysis
  • The Americas
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe

• Fusion flavors

Chapter 4 Fresh, natural and authentic flavors and ingredients

• Summary

• Introduction
  • Health and beauty
    • The ' all-natural' buzzword
  • Focus on agave nectar

• Herbs and spices
  • Top natural flavors
    • Exotic vegetable flavors failing to attract attention

• Category analysis
  • Soft drinks
  • Confectionery

• Regional analysis
  • The Americas
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe

Chapter 5 A taste for health: fruits

• Summary

• Introduction
  • Inherent health message
  • The fructose debate
  • Re-packaging and re-positioning fruit to appeal to untapped target audiences

• Exotic fruits inspiring consumers to experiment with new products
  • Pomegranate and mango will feature most in future NPD
  • Mixed fruit combinations more popular than individual exotic fruit flavors
  • Top fruit flavors

• Category analysis
  • The potential of exotic fruit flavors: dairy, snacks and alcoholic drinks
  • Dairy
  • Snacks

• Regional analysis
  • The Americas
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe

Chapter 6 Flavors and ingredients with added health benefits

• Summary

• Introduction
  • Essential fatty acids: essential functional ingredients
  • Soy' s role as an ingredient within the functional food industry
  • Acai is fastest growing flavor with functional benefits
  • The new cranberry: pomegranate
  • Green tea offers most potential for NPD in next five years

• Category analysis
  • Dairy will continue to offer strongest sales growth potential
  • Bakery and cereals
  • Ready meals

• Regional analysis
  • The Americas
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe

Chapter 7 Future flavor forecasts

• Summary

• Introduction
  • First understand your target audience
  • Leading trends in flavors and ingredients over next five years

• Future flavor forecasts
  • Future flavor forecasts: ethnic
  • Future flavor forecasts: whole and natural
  • Future flavor forecasts: fruits
  • Future flavor forecasts: functional

Chapter 8 Conclusions

• Summary

• Introduction

• Major trends influencing future flavor and ingredient NPD

• Category analysis
  • Ethnic
  • Natural and fresh flavors
  • Fruits
  • Flavors with functional benefits

• Regional analysis
  • The Americas
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe

• Innovative manufacturers

• Index