Food and Nutrition Trends 2016

Summarizing here some food and nutrition trends for the upcoming year:

1.  "Clean shopping" and "healthification" of fast and fast-casual food
2. Pulses: the United Nations declared 2016 the year of pulses. Lentils, beans, garbanzos are going to be seen in a variety of food products like pasta and snacks.
3. Seeds: the new “nuts” will be present in all kinds of snacks and cereals bars.
4. Meatless: consumers will choose less red meat and processed food and more alternative protein sources, like fish, poultry, dairy, vegetable proteins.
5. GMO-free, antibiotic-free will continue to be popular
6. Sprouted grains are expected to be used in snacks as well as breads, and to be potentially more popular with millennial customers
7. Blogs, social media and TV: these will be the main sources of nutrition information. This is good news as more food and nutrition experts have blogs, websites and are participating in TV. But be aware of..
8. Missinformation: unexperienced people blogging about nutrition can be harmful and confusing for the public.
9. Telenutrition: more clients will engage in remote nutrition counseling through Registered Dietitians apps.
10. Influences: celebrities (and politicians) will be the main source of diets trends.

 
I would add a few  more:
Sustainable diets and reduced food waste in restaurants, hospitals, and grocery stores as well as in the home

Relaxing dietary cholesterol recommendations. The  2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee says that available evidence shows no appreciable relationship between consumption of dietary cholesterol and serum cholesterol … Cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern for overconsumption. Much expectation is present to see if the 300mg cholesterol threshold is modified.
 
Full fat dairy. Consumption of whole-milk dairy products is on the rise as part of a whole, natural, and real trend, Some argue that there's no association between dairy fat or high-fat dairy foods and obesity, type 2 diabetes, or cardiometabolic risk, and they may be inversely associated with obesity risk. But, the DASH diet and MyPlate still recommend consuming low-fat or nonfat dairy products. 


HAPPY 2016!!
-Romina