Healthy INSIDER Podcast 45: Food Insider Journal Examines Clean Label Strategy & Formulation

In this episode, Sandy Almendarez, editor in chief, INSIDER, and Judie Bizzozero, editor, Food Insider Journal, a new brand that explores macro issues impacting the food and beverage industry, diving into how issues like clean label, functional ingredients and labeling considerations are connected to desired market outcomes.

Informa’s Global Health & Nutrition Network, publisher of Natural Products INSIDER, recently launched Food Insider Journal, a new brand focused on clean label strategy and formulation, and how the shift to simple and natural is affecting the food and beverage market. Each month, a new digital journal will explore macro issues impacting the food and beverage industry, diving into how issues like clean label, functional ingredients and labeling considerations are connected to desired market outcomes.

In this episode, Sandy Almendarez, editor in chief, INSIDER, and Judie Bizzozero, editor, Food Insider Journal discuss:

  • The hot topic of non-GMO, including its relation to organic.

  • The market opportunity for organic and non-GMO products in the fast-growing dairy segment.

  • Case studies that illustrate how companies have found an underserved niche in their categories, and the lessons learned.

Links and Resources:

Food Insider Journal

Video: Market Impact of Organic and Non-GMO

Slide Show: Category Insight: Demand Growing for Organic and Non-GMO Dairy

Consumers Know More About GMOs, Still Have Concerns

Got feedback? Email Judie Bizzozero at [email protected] or tweet to @NatProdINSIDER or @FoodInsiderJrnl using the hashtag #InsiderPodcast

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

Contact:

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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