Top 10 Global Food Trends

摘要

In 2004, health became the key driver of the world's fastest-growing food and beverage categories, fresh fruit and salads made the "Top 10" of the fastest-growing foods ordered in restaurants, and heart-helping foods mainstreamed onto supermarket shelves. Fair-trade coffee became the number-one coffee brand,"sustainable" farming practices became a new marketing term, and sales of nitriteitrate-free meats, "wild-caught" fish, and almost anything organic continued to soar. Greater time constraints, an emerging desire to "self reward," and a need to be "coddled and cared for" have ignited a new generation of upscale takeout foods and premium gourmet specialties and triggered new restaurant segments such as Fine Casual and Family Casual dining. Chefs are traveling ever deeper into local regions at both home and abroad, introducing more local and exotic ingredients at the same time, while the transition from a low-carbohydrate diet strategy to a low-carb lifestyle has spawned an exciting array of carbohydrate-compromised foods.