Food Products Evolution: Innovation Drivers and Market Trends

Description

Modern awareness of nutrition issues can be understood correctly if considered the destination of a historic journey, the critical aspects and outcomes of which have led to the current situation. In fact, over time there have been changes to scientific knowledge, food availability and processing and preservation methods. Commercial exchange has increased considerably between the countries of the world – so much so that it has defined a completely different scenario to the past and has influenced food availability, distribution models, preservation methods and the composition of individual foodstuffs. The products consumed on a daily basis throughout the world in industrialised countries have undergone review by the food industry, incorporating great aspects of innovation that make them highly different in their structure, content and even the packaging that protects and contains them. After covering the subject of innovation in the food sector, this Brief of work will discuss the various first- and second-generation product categories distributed in Europe starting from the period of post-war reconstruction, in order to illustrate the reasons that led to their birth and development on the market. Specific examples are shown for each proposed class, including highlights of their properties, technologies, innovation potential, related regulations, and distinctive features. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Angela Tarabella)....Pages 1-3 Food Guides (Angela Tarabella, Angela Apicella)....Pages 5-21 Innovation in the Food Industry: A Comparison Between New and Traditional Categories of Foodstuffs (Angela Tarabella, Andrea Masoni, Leonello Trivelli, Andrea Apicella, Mariarosaria Lombardi, Roberto Leonardo Rana et al.)....Pages 23-39 Birth of Organic Agriculture and Development of an “Organic” Market (Angela Tarabella, Andrea Masoni, Sara Tessitore)....Pages 41-57 EU Voluntary Certification Schemes for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs (Angela Tarabella, Erica Varese, Maria Chiara Cesarani)....Pages 59-77 Precision Agriculture (Angela Tarabella, Leonello Trivelli, Andrea Apicella)....Pages 79-85 Legislative Factors and Product Specifications in the Marketing of ‘Light’ Foodstuffs (Angela Tarabella, Andrea Apicella, Carlo Ingrao)....Pages 87-99 Gluten-Free Foods (Angela Tarabella, Marco Francescato)....Pages 101-116 Functional Foods (Angela Tarabella, Erica Varese, Stefania Buffagni)....Pages 117-142