Annual Meeting & FOOD EXPO®—Consumer Trends

With grocery shoppers taking even more responsibility for their own health than last year and an unprecedented consumer demand for purity and protection from chemical, environmental, and genetic contamination, it is not surprising that health remained a central consumer theme among Food Expo exhibitors at this year’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

Comparatively speaking, this years’ Annual Meeting seemed to feature fewer exotic botanicals and way out energizing, mentally stimulating potions and f…