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New Profit Opportunities in Ingredients and Flavours: Future Outlook for Product Innovation and Consumer Influencers to 2005

Published by: Business Insights

Published: Oct. 31, 2003 - 134 Pages


Table of Contents



Executive Summary

Factors of influence for flavours and ingredients

Key trends for flavours and ingredients

Innovative ingredients and flavours

Case studies

Industry opinion survey



Chapter 1 Factors of Influence and Market

Segments for Flavours and

Ingredients

Summary

Introduction

Report aims

Demand for lower calorie and lower fat foods

Chilled desserts

Chocolate chilled desserts

Australian offerings

Low calorie crisps and snack products

Healthy meat alternatives

New Zealand consumers are highly aware of food ingredient issues

Foods with healthy associations

Salad dressings: health-promoting ingredients?

Low calorie

Barriers to growth

Functional drinks

Pioneering low sugar energy drinks

The influence of travel on consumption trends

International travel trends

Convenience foods

Increasing product shelf life

Premium products

Increased influence of the media on what we eat

UK best-selling cookbooks

U.S. best-selling cookbooks

Conclusions



Chapter 2 Key Trends for Flavours and

Ingredients

Summary

Introduction

Ethnic influences in frozen and chilled ready meals

Mexican cuisine enters the international marketplace

The acceptance process of ethnic cuisine

Fusion of ingredients

Preferred ethnic flavours

United States

United Kingdom

Sweden

Spain

Italy

France

Synthetic versus natural

Savoury flavour trends

Defining ‘herbs and spices’

The top 12 spices in the United States by volume

Ready meals and cooking sauces

Provenance

Sweet flavours

Müller Light fruit mousses

Fruit flavours satisfy consumers’ conflicting needs

New product development in sweet flavours

Coca-Cola launches milk drink in the United States

Super-premium ice cream and chocolates

Children’s food trends and preferences

The flavour of guilt

Heinz ketchup for kids versus adults

Waitrose launch Food Explorers range

Salad, fruit and juice to replace burger, fries and milkshake?

Organix Brands

Healthy foods in disguise

Conclusions



Chapter 3 Innovative Ingredients and

Flavours

Summary

Introduction

UK and U.S. organic dairy innovators join forces

Häagen Dazs

Vitashure

Chr Hansen probiotics make healthy ice cream

Danisco

Robertet

Calcium and low carbohydrate breads

Conclusions



Chapter 4 Case Studies

Treatt plc

Company overview

Sugar sweetness from natural distillates

Top note technology

Sugar-sweet

Taste of honey

Conclusions

E.A.F.I

Company overview

The microbiological quality of spices and herbs

Spice pastes

Conclusion

Firmenich

Conclusion



Chapter 5 Industry Opinion Survey

Summary

Introduction

Consumer demand for low calorie products

Consumer demand for low fat products

Increased foreign travel influencing consumer experiences and tastes

Retailer/manufacturer pressure for increased product shelf life

Retailer/manufacturer demand for natural and nature identical ingredients

Consumer demand for low calorie products in two years

Consumer demand for low fat products

New opportunities in ethnic cuisine development

Organics

Conclusion



New Profit Opportunities in Ingredients and Flavours: Future outlook for product innovation and consumer influencers to 2005

Figure 1.1: Low calorie, low fat chocolate flavoured chilled desserts

Figure 1.2: Yoplait low fat and low calorie chilled desserts

Figure 1.3: Examples of premium and low calorie snack foods being introduced internationally

Figure 1.4: Aria Foods meat strip products

Figure 1.5: Snacks perceived as being healthy because of their flavours or ingredients

Figure 1.6: Functional drink products from Tropicana and Orchard Maid

Figure 1.7: Destinations becoming popular with more adventurous travellers

Figure 1.8: Convenience options are expected from all food and drink categories

Figure 1.9: New ethnic based spices added to McCormicks range of Gourmet Spices in the United

States

Figure 1.10: Examples of premium food products from around the world

Figure 1.11: How important will these categories be to your future product development?

Figure 1.12: UK best-selling cookbooks - April 10, 2003

Figure 1.13: U.S. best-selling cookbooks - April 10, 2003

Figure 2.14: Frozen ready meals, facings by flavour (% total facings), 2000

Figure 2.15: Herdez brand Dona Maria authentic Mexican ingredients

Figure 2.16: The ethnic food acceptance process

Figure 2.17: Traditional herbs & spices

Figure 2.18: Schwartz tubes of herbs & spices and their new range of salad dressings and toppings



Figure 2.19: Müller Fruit Halo launched to maintain innovation in the chilled dessert market, March

2003

Figure 2.20: Increased popularity of fruit flavours

Figure 2.21: Danone peach and passion fruit frusion

Figure 2.22: Hershey’s sugar free chocolate

Figure 2.23: Heinz range of children’s sauces

Figure 2.24: What will encourage children to try a new healthy food?

Figure 3.25: Horizon Organics - popular U.S. brand that is working in partnership with Rachel’s

Organics in the UK

Figure 3.26: Häagen Dazs Desserts Extraordinaire Premium Range launched in USA

Figure 3.27: Dos Pinos ice cream with probiotics, low fat content and added fibre

Figure 3.28: New calcium and low carbohydrate breads

Figure 4.29: Firmenich’s production and sales base worldwide

Figure 4.30: Comparison of Flexarome with other matrix encapsulation systems

Figure 4.31: Different shapes and sizes of Flexarome product are right in different applications

Figure 4.32: Summary of applications, recommended encapsulation systems and the factors that

control flavour release

Figure 4.33: Hard-boiled candies containing coloured Flexarome granules

Figure 5.34: Respondents, split by country, percentage

Figure 5.35: How important are the following factors to your current development programme?

Figure 5.36: How important are the following factors looking two years ahead, to your development

programme?

Figure 5.37: How important is provenance of ingredients in your current development work?

Figure 5.38: How important will the provenance of ingredients be to your business in 2005?

Figure 5.39: In which of the following categories does your company develop products?



List of Tables

Table 1.1: Numbers of people going to these destinations with Trailfinders from UK

Table 2.2: Chilled ready meals (% facings), 2000

Table 2.3: Top 12 spices in the United States, 2000

Table 2.4: Prepared food market by category (%), 1998-2000, 2005






















































































Abstract

With increasing demand for authenticity and traceability of ingredients, provenance is seen as a key trend in the flavour and ingredients market and looks set to grow in importance over the next few years in relation to consumer confidence and demand. New Profit Opportunities in Ingredients and Flavours: The outlook for product innovation and consumer influencers to 2005 is a strategic management report specifically written to assist food and drink manufacturers and ingredients companies in making the right choices for the new and existing products they will be producing, developing and re-inventing over the next 2 years. Analyse the factors influencing current developments within the food and drinks industry, and examine the key trends and issues for flavours and ingredients. The report also reviews new products designed to capitalise on innovations in flavours and ingredients, as well as changes in eating trends and food preferences.

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