The following list of lists on food, beverage and nutritional product trends were compiled by Global Food Forums, Inc. Most reaffirm the importance of the content of our events, which are the Clean Label Conference and Protein Trends & Technologies Seminar. List...
(June 1, 2014—Global Food Forums, Inc.) In the opening page of “Cooking to Save Your Life,” by Chef Kurt Stiles, John Morey, Executive Chef of DNC Sport Service, Bank of America Stadium, Carolina Panthers writes “Five short years later [after Chef Stiles’ stroke],...
March 11, 2014, Global Food Forums -- The 2014 Natural Products Expo West was a "whopper" this year. With some 65,000 attendees and the Anaheim Convention Center bursting at the seams with exhibitors, one could obtain a convenient overview of the natural products...
August 10, 2012 - The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a map detailing adult obesity prevalence for all U.S. states in 2011. The South had the highest prevalence of adult obesity at 29.5 percent, followed by the Midwest at 29 percent, the Northeast at 25.3...
Many trends were discussed during presentations, on the exhibit floor and during social events at the 2013 Institute of Food Technologist (IFT) convention held June in Chicago. Hot topics of conversation included how to increase interest in...
The September 30, 2012 issue of the Chicago Tribune ran an article by reporter Julie Deardorff entitled “In battle against bulge: calories aren’t the only enemy.” While increased food consumption and decreased physical exercise explains most of globesity—the...
This last week I gave a presentation on trends in the food industry at the May 2012 Food Executive Women's meeting. The Chicagoland-based group (http://fewchicago.blogspot.com) was founded about 21 years ago and its membership profile is somewhat similar to the...
I’m confused (it sometimes happens). After reading many blogs and comments on lean finely textured beef, opps, I forgot to call it by its inflammatory name, “pink slime,” it seems that often the same people that are criticizing it are also the same ones promoting...
Posted March 30, 2012 on Global Food Forums: March 30, 2012 - A new paper by researchers suggests that computation methods (statistical analysis) of the microbes and probiotics in our gut may lead to improved health. A better understanding these microbes would include...
Posted on Global Food Forums: March 28, 2012 - An U.S. Department of Agriculture trade mission to China of nearly 40 American businesses took place March 23-28, 2012. U.S. agricultural exports to China have grown over 80 percent in the past three years. Chinese demand...
