Below some of the
highlights of Fi Europe exhibition in Frankfurt:
Winners of the Fi Europe Innovation
awards:
Most Innovative Food Ingredient:
ROQUETTE - Roquette Microalgae High Lipid Algal Flour
Confectionery Innovation of the Year:
IOI-Loders Croklaan - CristalGreen®
Bakery Innovation of the Year: ROQUETTE
- Roquette Microalgae High Lipid Algal Flour
Beverage Innovation of the Year: Tate &
Lyle - PROMITOR® Soluble Gluco Fibre
Dairy Innovation of the Year: Chr.
Hansen - SaltLite
Savoury/Meat Innovation of the Year:
DSM Food Specialities - MaxiPro HSP
Snacks/On-The-Go Innovation of the
Year: Novozymes A/S - Novozymes Acrylaway® HighT
Sustainability Initiative of the Year:
Symrise AG - simply vanilla(R) - Symrise Sustainable Vanilla
Some innovations as spotted by
Leatherhead:
Mushroom salt reduction, award-winning
algal flour and musical taste buds, Leatherhead takes us through the
top three new products at this year’s Food Ingredients Europe (FiE)
2014 top 10 food and beverage trends
list:
Innova Market Insights
(http://www.innovadatabase.com/)
presented its 2014 top 10 food and beverage trends list:
- Waste Not Want Not. For some time now
manufacturers' sustainability efforts have been zeroed in on, with a
more recent shift in focus being to reduce food loss or waste,
wherever possible. Food loss during production and food waste at the
retailer and consumer end of the food-supply chain will be heavily
scrutinized. Ingredients derived from the waste stream will also hold
enormous potential.
- You Can Trust Us. Recent food safety
scares and scandals have crippled consumer confidence. Companies have
their work cut out in order to regain consumer trust. Ingredient
origin will be used as a marketing tool. The consumer should
ultimately benefit from higher quality foods that are clearly
traceable.
- Simpler Pleasures. Consumers are
reassessing their needs and going back to basics, by finding more
pleasure in simpler food. There has been a shift towards home
cooking, with food bringing family and friends together. Where
consumers shop has also been affected, with the so-called "hourglass
model" still in effect. This relates to growth on the budget and
premium sides, but the center ground being squeezed. Value packaging
and "good value" claims on the products themselves and
in-store value promotions are prospering.
- Look Out For The Small Guy. Small
innovators are rising to the challenge, with the development of high
quality and distinct products that have small-scale appeal, but big
trend potential. Social media platforms have provided more
opportunities for small companies to develop a market by directly
targeting niches across their home market and abroad.
- Health is More Holistic. Nutrition is
getting closer to being truly recognized as the answer to healthcare
budget crises around the globe. Some big food manufacturers are
looking to all areas of health for a more holistic approach in
providing nutritious food and beverage solutions to consumers.
Clinical nutrition is being eyed as a highly profitable platform
along with health alternatives, such as Traditional Chinese Medicine.
The other five trends identified by
Innova Market Insights are: "New" Superfoods, Rise of the
Hybrid, The Protein Horizon, New Stealth Strategies and Alternative
Alternatives.