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Specialty food consumers are looking to make their
meal prep easy but exciting and that is driving many
of this year's trends regarding convenience, packaging
improvements, and global flavors, say members of the
Specialty Food Association Trendspotter Panel. At the same
time, they continue to care about how their food is grown
and the health benefits it offers, giving rise to evolving
sustainability, plant-based, and better-for-you trends.
This panel of retailers, chefs, foodservice buyers,
educators, food writers, and industry watchers scoured the
Fancy Food Shows as well as consulted market activity in
their realms of expertise to weigh in on the top food trends
for 2023.
Trendspotter Panel
Patsy Ramirez-Arroyo,
food & sustainability consultant
Melanie Zanoza Bartelme,
Mintel
Osei Blackett, Picky Eaters
Restaurant, Ariapita and Chef
Picky Events + Catering
Mikel Cirkus, Firmenich
Jenn de la Vega,
Put A Egg On It
Jonathan Deutsch, Ph.D.,
CHE, CRC, Drexel University
Victoria Ho, SherpaCPG
Lindsay Leopold, food stylist
Stan Sagner,
We Work for Food, LLC
Kantha Shelke, Ph.D., CFS,
IFT Fellow, Corvus Blue LLC
V. Sheree Williams,
The Global Food & Drink
Initiative, Cuisine Noir
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