Take a deeper dive into 2008’s Top 10 Functional Food Trends with Dr. Elizabeth Sloan. Discover the actionable and sustainable consumer and market trends that will impact new product success. Gain insight into the changing consumer knowledge, needs and desires, and technological advances that are giving rise to new opportunities in the functional foods market.
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Dr A. Elizabeth Sloan President Sloan Trends Inc
Dr. A. Elizabeth Sloan is President of Sloan Trends, Inc., an Escondido, California based consulting firm that offers trend-tracking and predictions, strategic counsel, and business-building ideas for food, supplement, and foodservice/restaurant marketers.She is also the Consumer and Product Trends Columnist for Food Technology magazine, Trends Editor for Flavor and the Menu magazine and the North American marketing columnist for Functional Foods & Nutraceuticals magazine.Dr. Sloan is the former Editor-in-Chief of McCall’s magazine, Director of the Good Housekeeping Institute, and Senior Vice President and International Director of Food and Nutrition for Hill and Knowlton. She has written more than 150 articles, co-authored two college text books on nutrition, and has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, including The Today Show, Good Morning America, and CBS and NBC newscasts.Dr. Sloan holds a Ph.D. in Food Science and Nutrition with a minor in Mass Communications from the University of Minnesota, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Technology from Rutgers University.