Food Formulation Trends: Ingredients Consumers Avoid, 2nd Edition

Food Formulation Trends: Ingredients Consumers Avoid

Packaged Facts’ report Food Formulation Trends: Ingredients Consumers Avoid, 2nd Edition looks at the current state of food and ingredient avoidance in the U.S. It covers consumer attitudes and action. It also reviews some of the specific ingredients that consumers avoid because of a variety of health and wellness reasons, as well as some food production processes and packaging materials that many consumers choose to avoid.

In addition, the report looks at recent efforts by government and industry to deal with consumer “free from” demands in such as areas as the labeling of foods with genetically modified ingredients, the humane treatment of animals, and the use of antibiotics for non-medical purposes. The report also examines several of the products recently launched by marketers eager to top the “free from” trend.

Scope and Methodology

Data sources consulted and used for Food Formulation Trends: Ingredients Consumers Avoid, 2nd Edition include public information provided by food producers, retailers, and foodservice operators in a broad range of categories from baked goods to meat and poultry, as well as the trade associations representing these categories, such as the Grocery Manufacturers Association. In addition, data from consumer organizations engaged in various movements related to ingredient avoidance, such as the Celiac Disease Foundation was used along with information from government agencies including the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration.

Packaged Facts also draws on a proprietary Packaged Facts National Consumer Survey, conducted in November 2015, with a sample size of 2,000 U.S. adults age 18+. The sample composition is representative of the national population by gender, age bracket, geographic region, race/ethnicity, household income bracket, and presence of children in the household. In addition, the report draws on data from the Experian Marketing Services, Summer 2015 Simmons NCS Adult Study 12-Month. Further, the report uses, with permission, the Food and Health Survey 2015 of the International Food Information Council Foundation.