2021 Food Trends: From Our Eating and Purchasing Habits to Food Safety, COVID-19 Still Looms Large on Food Decisions and Health Goals (Washington, D.C.)—A year ago, almost…
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2020 Food and Health Survey
This year’s Food and Health Survey marks the 15th time the International Food Information Council (IFIC) has surveyed American consumers to understand their perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors around…
Consumer Survey on Plant Alternatives to Meat Shows That Nutrition Facts Are More Influential Than the Ingredients List
Download the full report. Survey Highlights 66% of respondents identified as omnivores. Nearly half (49%) have tried a plant alternative to animal meat. Based on comparing Nutrition Facts labels, 45% believed the plant alternative was healthier than animal…
Food Trends to Watch in 2020
Intuitive Eating and the “Un-Diet”; Sustainability (Finally!) Takes Shape; New Food Tech Gathers Momentum (Washington, D.C.)—As a new year and new decade offer opportunities to take stock of where we’ve come and…
Food, Health and the Gen X-Factor: A Generation Concerned About Weight and Relationships Between Diet and Disease
Download the full report. (Washington, D.C.)—Generation X got its name because it was considered to be harder to describe or understand—think “planet X” or “the X factor”—than…
Consumer Research on Sustainable Eating and Food Waste
Consumers Strongly Believe Both Animal- and Plant-Based Diets Can Be Sustainable; Leftovers, Fresh Produce Are Wasted Far More Often Than Meat, Dairy Products IFIC Foundation Releases Surveys…
Consumers’ Attitudes and Perceptions of Environmentally Sustainable and Healthy Diets
Cultivating Diets That Are Both Healthy and Environmentally Sustainable Download the full report. As found in IFIC’s 2019 Food and Health Survey, environmental sustainability has become increasingly…
Consumer Behaviors & Perceptions of Food Waste
Food Waste: Does Location Make a Difference? Two in five people say they never think about food waste while eating out. Download the full report. Food waste…
IFIC Foundation Comments to FDA on Alternate Name for Potassium Chloride
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance regarding the use of an alternate name for potassium chloride in food labeling. The International Food…
