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New food products and their effect on society Food innovations impact on…
New food products and their effect on society
Food innovations impact on all areas of our lives
Environment
Waste packaging generated by new processed foods causes an large environmental impact
However, sustainable food production is a priority of food manufacturers to address the issues of land degradation, soil salinity and deforestation.
Environmentally friendly crop development using organic farming methods creates produce that is enthusiastically received by the purchasing public.
Supermarkets now stock many more vegetarian and vegan options eg. vegetarian soy sausages
Vegetarianism is rapidly growing within society, and food producers and retailers are developing products to meet the needs of this group by providing a variety of new products, from fresh to frozen foods.
Ethical consumerism focuses on the purpose of farming and the need to utilise all of the animal that has been bred for meat, to ensure wastage is minimised.
Sustainable packaging such as plant based bamboo and cornstarch packaging, by the grow gradable packaging and packaging made out of paper or cardboard and edible packaging such as algae based water orbs, edible cutlery has become increasing popular with a general movement away from conventional plastic packaging
food products that minimise waste such as strawberry Timtam line extension and apple flour
higher costs involved with the development of these sustainable packaging may be transferred to the consumer so that they have to pay a higher price for these products
food product manufactures continue to develop products that use excessive amounts of plastic in their packaging
Nutrition
Consumers are much more aware and demand food products that meet their nutritional requirements.
chronic disease such as heart disease, stomach and bowel cancer, stroke, diabetes and obesity are linked to the foods we consume
Many food products and label symbols have been developed to draw attention to ways of preventing or reducing the incidence of these nutritional disorders.
New food products cater for different diets such as vegan, dairy-free products
increasing the number of functional food products such as low salt alternatives
however, food additives and sugar continue be added to food products and less healthy cooking methods may be used such as deep frying
New food products emphasis the idea of portion control and eating a healthy amount of food
Technology
Technology is reacting to new food products in many ways.
Companies are using platforms such as Instagram and social media 'influencers’ to promote products on their pages, which can be highly influential as a marketing tool.
There is considerable costs for research and development into new technologies
The multinational companies eg. smiths, that have operations worldwide, have big budgets to invest and are better equipped to carry out in research and development whereas small businesses may not be able to afford to
They can investigate the target market’s buying habits, trends in the market, new technologies and production facilities and can make a range of different food products.
Extrusion, cold-pressed, freeze drying technologies have come about as a result of FPD