Tendencies in Food Industries

Waste reductıon

• Not only can food waste reduction benefit the

environment, but it can also improve overall cost
efficiency for businesses. Take Kellogg’s, for example,
who have teamed up with Seven Bro7hers Brewery to 
create a beer made with cornflakes that didn’t make it
through quality control.
• Waste reduction initiatives like these allow food businesses to consistently convert
food waste from a loss to a profit.
• And then there are the intangible examples of waste, like time. Technology, such
as automation, AI and machine learning, can improve production efficiency and
output. Which, in turn, improves cost efficiency.
Sustainability Initiatives

• Over recent years, there has been a huge clamor for more sustainable packaging of
everyday items—most prominently food and drink.
• The vast majority of consumers around the world want the packaging of
their products to be recyclable.
• Some solutions for this:
• Paper packaging
• Reducing packaging volume
• Refillable packaging
• Recycled plastic packaging
 Wider use of automation

• Certain areas of the food industry (like farming, for example) have been using
automation for years.
• Some benefits of automation include:
• Improved quality control- when processes are automated, errors and defects can be
identified, isolated and resolved more quickly
• Increased food safety- you can gain a more granular view of your food manufacturing
processes and ensure one process change won’t cause adverse consequences in another
• Better efficiency and reduced waste- when deployed correctly, automation can
boost efficiency, reduce waste and improve cost efficiency much more than if
your processes relied on just human workers
• Enhanced traceability- as soon as a product/ingredient enters your supply chain,
it can be automatically scanned and its data entered into your ERP system. Not
only does this reduce the risk of human error, but it also ensures end-to-end
traceability which can improve supply chain management
Every food being functional

• Functional foods claim to provide additional health benefits beyond the

normal perks of a healthy diet. These benefits can include better sleep
quality, a boosted mood, increased immunity, or even better brain
function. Because of overall trends towards health and wellness
(especially during such an uncertain period for global health) The
functional food category has grown steadily throughout 2021. Seventy
percent of consumers reported using functional products in the past
year.
• From collagen cookie dough to charcoal and mushroom lemonade,
companies are finding ways to pack super-ingredients into even the most
classic junky snack foods. The thing is, everything you eat is already
doing something for your body, whether providing you with
micronutrients, a sense of comfort, or just plain calories.
• Also known as ‘functional foods’, items like vitamin D-fortified orange juice or
yoghurt drinks containing probiotics (Activia, Yakult etc) are becoming more
popular as consumers care more about what they’re putting into their bodies. They
want foods that can deliver multiple things in one bite.
 Clear labeling
• Shoppers now demand clear and transparent labels on all the foods they buy.
Products with labels that prominently display nutritional content, allergens,
the food’s origins and whether or not it is suitable for vegetarians are
increasingly more popular with consumers. No longer can labels get away
with hiding this crucial information in the fine print.
• This request leads manufacturers to use descriptive labels in the food
industry
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