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IndiePet held its first official meeting this week, rallying industry participants around the common goal of strengthening the independent pet channel’s position in the market.

Natural and organic brands catering to alternative eating styles and combining better nutrition with convenience are shifting consumer perceptions of frozen to boost purchase intent and sales that could outlast the pandemic pantry stocking surge of 2020, suggests data presented at virtual Natural Products Expo West.

With US retail sales of cannabidiol-infused foods, beverages and supplements declining sharply in the past year and some early-adopters souring on the ingredient after experiencing lackluster ‘results,’ some players in the space are discontinuing their CBD products or formulating new ones without it.

Subscribe Functional beverage sales rise, but not all ingredients, benefits gain equally as consumer interest shifts By Elizabeth Crawford Sales of functional beverages are bouncing back after slowing early in the pandemic when fewer people bought on-the-go products, reflecting increased consumer mobility, rising interest in food as medicine and innovation that resonates with health-focused consumers, according to data from SPINS and Nutrition Business Journal. While the dramatic shift to eating at home during the pandemi...

Subscribe Virtual Natural Products Expo West SPINS data shines light on why ‘consumers returned to real dairy in droves during the pandemic’ By Elizabeth Crawford During the pandemic, sales of diary and animal protein grew off strong foundations, but many of the claims that traditionally drove consumer interest in the categories slowed or performed unevenly – revealing shifting priorities that could influence future marketing, according to SPINS and trends data presented last week at virtual Natural Products Expo We...