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WELCOME to 2021.
It is trends forecasting season and
in our first issue of the year, we don’t disappoint. Our annual look at Innova Market Insights’ Top 10 trends builds on previous years, with consumer demand for business transparency, product provenance and better-for-you choices still forging ahead.
And of course, plant-based products dominate the landscape. Read all about it from page 16.
We also talk to industry leaders including Diageo’s MD Angus McPherson, Simplot innovation executive director Angeline Achariya and others about what they see ahead for their business and the industry. That’s on page 20.
We are huge fans of innovative projects that make a difference. In the mid-west northern wheatbelt of Western Australia, Aboriginal development corporation MEEDAC has been doing just that.
Read about how its Innovation Park and 10,000 square metre shade house is providing employment, training and produce for local communities on page 30.
A detailed study of the food cold chain in 2020 has set the foundation for “unprecedented action” in 2021 according to the Australian Food Cold Chain Council ED Greg Picker. His thoughts are on page 38.
As well as this issue’s features on trends, fresh produce, dairy, and the cold chain, we bring you many other stories including this month’s Rising Star Sobah, an Indigenous-owned non-alcoholic brewery in Queensland (page 8).
Finally, microbiologist Dr Philip Button asks the question, if plant-based milk and meat alternatives are not called milk and meat, what are they called? Ponder that on page 42.
Onward.
KIM BERRY
WHAT’S COMING UP
April 2021
BEVERAGE BUSINESS
We profile the latest packaging and processing technology, new products and new players in the beverage sector.
PLUS
• Plant-based Industry • Convenience Foods • Supply Chain
Send information on new projects and products on these topics to Food & Drink Business editor Kim Berry at editor@foodanddrinkbusiness.com.au.
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