As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many consumers will continue to focus on healthy eating and personal wellness this year.
Driving the demand are flexitarians, who, according to research from Dalhousie University, now make up the second-largest dietary group in Canada. Canada’s Nourish Food Marketing 2022 Trend Report predicts the plant-based trend will “go back to simple” as consumers demand plant-based options that are better from both nutritional and environmental standpoints.
Much food waste is “unavoidable” waste – it comes from byproducts of food processing, such as grains from brewing beer and fruit peel and pulp from juicing. This wasted food is mostly used for animal feed, but some ends up in landfill. Bruized, a Toronto-based company, offers Pulp Crunch, a granola-like snack made from rescued juice pulp and imperfect fruit.
As adults look for ways to stay cognitively fit as they age, supplements promising to support brain health is predicted to expand this year, too.