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A dream deferred: Bean sales soar as shoppers seek nutrient-dense, plant-based & diet-friendly foods Five years after the United Nations celebrated 2016 as the International Year of Pulses to raise awareness of legumes’ nutritional value and sustainability, SPINS data shows sales of dried beans are skyrocketing as consumers look for more nutrient-dense and budget-friendly products in the wake of the ongoing pandemic.
Sales of shelf stable vegetables, tomatoes, grains, canned beans and peanut butter also are on the rise and outperforming total product sales as the pandemic shifts consumer priorities to products that will sustain them between less frequent shopping trips, Kathryn Peters, executive vice president of business development at SPINS told attendees this week during New Hope Network’s Spark Change virtual Natural Products Expo.
Ultimately, “
more than 100% of today’s market could be served by synthetic biology,” added fellow panelist Casey Lippmeier, VP innovation at synthetic biology specialist
Conagen, which provides the science underpinning products it sells directly or via affiliates such as Blue California, Sweegen, and BASF.
To those wondering if Lippmeier’s math is a little off, he clarified:
“Let me explain what I mean by that… The thing about synthetic biology, is that in addition to making all the wonderful molecules that exist in nature, you can make brand new ones too… and of course you do all the safety testing, but at the end of the day they could provide some very interesting flavor - and especially fragrance - solutions that currently don’t exist today, so that’s where the ‘more than 100%’ comes from.”
National European cocoa sustainability platforms agree closer ties with MOU By Anthony Myers Memorandum of Understanding signed by Dutch Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa, Belgium’s Beyond Chocolate, the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa and the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa agreeing to closer collaboration, Chocoa21 delegates told.
Launched in September 2020, the Dutch Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (DISCO) is the latest national joint vision for a sustainable cocoa sector and dates back to the success of The Netherlands’ Letter of Intent, ‘Sustainable cocoa consumption and cocoa production,’ signed into action in 2010 to achieve 100% guaranteed sustainable cocoa consumption by 2025 on all cocoa imported into the country.
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