Top 10 Functional Food Trends

Health and wellness continue to drive growth in the global food and beverage industry. Worldwide sales of naturally healthy foods reached $253 billion in 2017; functional/fortified foods totaled $247 billion (Euromonitor 2018).

Organic foods and beverages led global retail value growth with a compound annual growth rate of 7% from 2012–2017, followed by free-from products at just over 6%; naturally healthy, 3%; and fortified/functional, 2%.

In developing countries, organic food and drink sales gre…