SupplySide West Podcast 67: Food & Beverage Trends at SupplySide West 2017

It's no surprise"clean label" is the major trend on the 2017 food and beverage scene, but the innovation lies in clean label's emerging ties to trust and transparency, and the investment brands are making to ensure their products align with consumer values. In this podcast, Judie Bizzozero, editor, Food Insider Journal, discusses the food and beverage trends she saw during the 2017 SupplySide West trade show, held Sept. 25 to 29 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, with Sandy Almendarez, editor in chief, INSIDER.

It’s no surprise “clean label” is the major trend on the 2017 food and beverage scene, but the innovation lies in clean label’s emerging ties to trust and transparency, and the investment brands are making to ensure their products align with consumer values. In this podcast, Judie Bizzozero, editor, Food Insider Journal, discusses the food and beverage trends she saw during the 2017 SupplySide West trade show, held Sept. 25 to 29 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, with Sandy Almendarez, editor in chief, INSIDER. Along with clean label, they cover:

  • New plant-based ingredient offerings seen on the SupplySide West Expo Hall from companies such as Glanbia, Kerry, Dupont, Cargill, Tate & Lyle and more

  • The growing trend of fermented beverages (kombucha, anyone?)

  • Sugar reduction and weight management ingredient offering that allow for tasty and indulgent products.

Join us in April 2018 for SupplySide East in Secaucus, New Jersey, to meet with more ingredient suppliers serving the food and beverage industries.

About the Authors

Sandy Almendarez

VP of Content, Informa

Summary

• Well-known subject matter expert within the health & nutrition industry with more than 15 years’ experience reporting on natural products.

• She cares a lot about how healthy products are made, where their ingredients are sourced and how they affect human health.

• She knows that it’s the people behind the businesses — their motivations, feelings and emotions — drive industry growth, so that’s where she looks for content opportunities.

Sandy Almendarez is VP of Content for SupplySide and an award-winning journalist. She oversees the editorial and content marketing teams for the B2B media brands SupplySide Supplement Journal and SupplySide Food & Beverage Journal, the education programming for the health and nutrition trade shows SupplySide Connect New Jersey and SupplySide West, the education program SupplySide Fresh for industry newcomers and community engagement across the SupplySide portfolio. She is a seasoned content strategist with a passion for health, good nutrition, sustainability and inclusion. With over 15 years of experience in the health and nutrition industry, Sandy brings a wealth of knowledge to her role as a content-focused business leader. With specialization in topics ranging from product development to content engagement, creative marketing and c-suite decision making, her work is known for its engaging style and its relevance for business leaders in the health and nutrition industry.

In her free time, Sandy loves running, drinking hot tea and watching her two kids grow up. She brews her own “Sandbucha” homemade kombucha; she’s happy to share if you’re ever in Phoenix!

Awards:

Speaker credentials

Resides in

  • Phoenix, AZ

Education

  • Arizona State University

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Judie Bizzozero

Content Director, Informa Markets Health & Nutrition

Judie Bizzozero oversees food and beverage content strategy and development for the Health & Nutrition group at Informa Markets (which acquired VIRGO in 2014), including the Food & Beverage Insider, Natural Products Insider and SupplySide/Food ingredients North America brands. She reports on market trends, science-based ingredients, and challenges and solutions in the development of healthy foods and beverages. Bizzozero graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

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