The Mediterranean Diet continued its reign atop the 2023 best diet rankings released Jan. 3 by US News & World Report while the TLC Diet improved the most from its 2022 position.
ADM has unveiled its third annual outlook on the global consumer trends that will shape the food, beverage and animal nutrition industries and drive market growth in the years ahead.
After much deliberation, the recommendation for added sugars in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans remained the same at less than 10% of total calories per day starting at age two.
An increased sophistication around sugar reduction is a trend driven by other food categories, according to Adam Pawlick, vice president of R&D at Dawn Foods, Jackson, Mich.
The White House conference on hunger, nutrition and health held Sept. 28 addressed several issues affecting the food industry, including front-of-package labeling, voluntary sodium reduction targets and potential voluntary added sugar reduction targets. Investing in school meals and the Supplemental Nutrition Association Program (SNAP) also was covered.
In this environment, the biggest opportunity for innovation in the dairy market is to formulate products for consumers who purchase both dairy and dairy-alternative products, according to a dairy flavors and ingredients report from market research firm Mintel.
Consumers interested in diets like paleo and the Whole30 program view ancient grains positively, said Shrene White, director of specialty grains at Ardent Mills.