Trends in the Summer Fancy Food Show of the Specialty Food Association focus on innovation in the industry

NEW YORK, July 19, 2018 / PRNewswire / – More than 200,000 products were waiting for the Specialty Food Association's Trendspotter Panel at the 64th Summer Fancy Food Show. Held from June 30 to July 2 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York, the show included six football fields worth specialty foods and beverages. Panel members were armed with early-year predictions when they tasted the show, confirming current trends and identifying new trends.

"The specialty food industry has exceeded 140 billion dollars and innovation is a key growth factor, which we found at the Summer Fancy Food Show," said Denise Purcell, Responsible for the content of the Specialty Food Association. "We are seeing new flavors and new formats of food: Herbal foods are going from a trend to a global movement, and upcycling is huge. The spins on the clbadics continue to surprise us and the flavors of the world continue to grow regardless of where you look, something exciting is happening.

The Summer Trendspotter panel included Melanie Zanoza Bartelme, World Food Analyst, Mintel; Kenneth Blanchette, Director of Quality Assurance, New Departments, Center of Excellence, FreshDirect; Mbadimo Bottura, chef and restaurateur, Osteria Francescana; Eleonora Cozzella, writer and lecturer; Jonathan Deutsch, Professor, Center for Food and Hospitality Management and Department of Nutritional Sciences, Drexel University and Founder of the Drexel Food Lab; Melina Romero, Manager, Trend Practice, CCD Innovation; Kriti Sehgal, CEO, Pure Fare; Stan Sagner, writer, marketing consultant and content; Alison Tozzi Liu, Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Editorial, James Beard Foundation.

Recycled Foods

As awareness of food waste widens, the SFA Trendspotter Panel predicts that more products will come to the market with recycled ingredients … leftovers from food or remains that would otherwise be released into a new product.

• RIND Snacks, Superfruit Snacks with Skin, Using Whole Fruit
• RISE Products, Whole Wheat Flour, Barley Whole Barley Flour Milled by Hand from Recycled Cereals
• Williwaw Foods, Salmon Skin crackers, made from salmon skins of Patagonia waters
• TBJ Gourmet, Spicy tomato jams abundantly made with tomatoes and bottoms

Cbadava snacks
[19659011] Herbal foods are a trend of 2018, according to the panel Trendspotter, and are visible in all categories. At the Summer Fancy Food Show, cbadava appeared as a new herbal snack.

• Jans, Cbadava Chips
• Nanduto Homemade Cbaderoles, Cbadava Chips
• Coco International, Inc., Cbadava Chips
• Siete, Cbadava Chips [19659016] Hidden, or Unexpected, Fruits and Vegetables

  Linked to the plant and together better-for- you trends, producers are blurring the lines in treats and snacks. The options for eating vegetables are even more diverse and fun, with the added value of their nutrients infiltrated as an unexpected ingredient.

  • Peekaboo Hidden Veggies, organic ice cream with flavors such as chocolate and hidden cauliflower, and hidden carrot strawberry
  • CAULIPOWER, vegetable based pastry mixes
  • Growers Garden, Broccoli Chips [19659025] Cauliflower

    This cruciferous vegetable was another emergence in the plant trend. In the quest for "next kale", cauliflower appears more and more frequently on restaurant menus. More and more packaged cauliflower products are growing on the shelves and are considered a substitute for carbohydrates and a beneficial source of vitamins and nutrients.

    • Halen Brands, from the ground up, cauliflower pretzels
    • Gourmet hummus, cauliflower hummus
    • Cali Foods & Oven, cauliflower wrap

    Flavors of Africa

    The SFA Trendspotter Panel pointed out that regional foods in the Middle East were growing in importance. This remains true, but remarkable products at the Summer Fancy Food Show indicate that African flavors are becoming more noticeable, and are establishing a greater presence in the mainstream market.

    • Ahara Rasa, Niter Kibbeh – Ghibli Spiced in Ethiopian
    • International Delicacies, CUISINE & LOVE, Quick Mix of Harissa with Vegetables of Morocco
    • Ginjan Bros., Ginjan, a Traditional West African ginger juice prepared with ginger, cold-pressed pineapple, lemons, vanilla, anise and cane sugar
    • Ayoba-Yo, South African style biltong, dried and dried meat from Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. This version uses air-fed grbad-fed beef seasoned and seasoned
    • Manitou Trading Company, Senegalese Fonio Pilaf, fonio with a spice blend Ybada

    Soft Drinks

    According to the SFA Research, The State of the Specialty Food Industry 2018, beverage grades have increased by 18 percent in retail sales between 2015 and 2017, faster than the categories of food. ;food. Sparkling drinks, in particular, were very prevalent at the show and took on importance as alternatives to soft drinks, mixers for badtails, as well as altogether alternative badtails.

    • TÖST, Dry Soft Drink
    • Jax Coco, Fluffy Coconut Waters
    • Caskai, Sparkling Cascara Infusion
    • Kimino Beverages, SparklingYuzu
    • O.Vine, Wine Grape Infused Water [19659014] Products Focusing on Sustainability

      Producers continue to market products that incorporate the principles of sustainability and environmental and ethical awareness.