10 Changes in Today’s Food Culture Recipe

The Hartman Group recently held its Food Culture Forecast 2015, and here are 10 takeaways describing how food culture is evolving:

1. Common food rituals are eroding and meal prep habits are changing

Half of all eating occasions are alone, and we’re no longer eating our three squares a day. Snacks are now nearly equal to the number of meal occasions, 49% vs. 51%. Despite the foodie movement, only 31% of dinners in 2014 were made from scratch, 6 in 10 dinners were planned within an hour of eating.

2. New symbols of food quality

Fresh, real and less processed are today’s cues for food quality; 28% of consumers look for foods that are minimally processed, 26% seek foods that contain only ingredients they recognize,…