PLA Innovation of the Week: ready meals for seniors serve expanding market

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New food review: convenient consumption the order of the day for potato and peanut butter

In this month's summary of the latest food industry innovations, quick preparation and consumption formats have appeared in the ready meals and nut butter categories, showing that convenience is becoming an essential attribute in an increasingly diverse set of product categories. Meanwhile, salt caramel continues its march with its introduction as a flavor of potato chips.

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New food review: guilt-free indulgence products are the order of the day

Many consumers are looking to enhance the healthiness of their diets, but are unwilling to sacrifice sensory benefits in order to achieve this. Various manufacturers have focused on addressing this demand with new products, with recent launches including an acai variety of chocolate pudding and hamburger-flavored sunflower seeds. This focus is expected to continue to gain momentum in the future.

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New food review: superfruits are flying high

Superfruits continue to make headway in food products, as this month's lineup of new innovations shows. As well as nutrition bars, superfruits have made their way into the soup category, showing that these ultra healthy ingredients are being used in a diverse array of food categories.

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New food launches Oct-Dec 2006: extracting growth from seasonings

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New food review: manufacturers get more dairy-ing

Manufacturers appear to be experimenting with cheese to increase its appeal among modern consumers, with Productscan noting a number of new cheese based products that differ from regular varieties. These include a cottage cheese containing prebiotic fiber, a pizza with a cheese, not flour, base, and an unusual pizza flavored cheese spread. Saying yes to cheese has therefore just got easier

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UK frozen ready meals: smaller households choose the easy option

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UK single-person households: targeting the powerful solo pound

A recent report by the Institute for Public Policy Research and Unilever predicts that more than one-third of the UK's population will live alone by the year 2021. Consumer products manufacturers and retailers should not ignore this trend: by tailoring marketing strategies and new products towards single-person households, they will be able to attract the increasingly powerful 'solo pound'.

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Unilever: stormy waters ahead for Birds Eye

Unilever's Birds Eye frozen food brand, fronted by the eponymous Captain, is celebrating its 50th birthday. The brand brought the fish finger to a mass market and became the staple for a generation of British children. However as the growth of the European frozen foods market slows, Unilever looks ready to offload the business.

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Pizza: chilled freezes out frozen in France

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