TRENDS
Donna Berry and Monica Watrous
editor@sosland.com
This year's Winter
Fancy Food Show
highlighted several
new product
development trends
S
riracha, mint and better-for-you snacks and beverages topped the list
of trends identified at this year's Winter Fancy Food Show, held Jan.
19-21 in San Francisco. The Winter Fancy Food show is a microcosm
of new food and beverage product development and highlights the ways smaller
companies are attempting to stand out from more mainstream products.
A panel of food media and industry personnel identified five themes after reviewing thousands of products from more than 1,350 specialty food producers
exhibited at this year's show.
"These trends capture the creativity of specialty food producers, and the care
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