Organic, vegan, fair, gluten-free. Facts, figures and trends about healthy foo
Vegetian Food is getting a bigger share within the organic market and it is the major section to grow
There is no german retail chain without a good selection of vegetarian products. They gave a lot of meters to the new chilled food and there are retail chains with a widespread offer of more than 200 to 300 different products in this range. On the producers side we see companies producing 25 % to 200% more of these products. Organic soy from Europe is getting [...]
Germany: Let´s talk about organic growth: 2012 6%, 2013 7% and still the strongest organic market in Europe
Statistics dont look so bad: There is a growth, but mainly due to higher prices. The sales of fruit or organic potatoes were less but the total turnover much higher. A lot of organic products are sold less mainly amoung discount products like organic eggs, organic carrots, organic cheese in slices.One of the problems is also that the strongest part of the organic market concerning [...]
Organicfarming in the future perspective of the European commission
In fact we have two parts of the perspective. On the one hand there is a huge growth of organic consumption and an organic production to follow the the demand. And on the other hand we have the fear of abuse and facing the fact that people could offer a fake of organic quality to cover the gap." In recent years the organic market in the [...]
The booming market gives the perspective for VIVANESS 2014 which will be together with BioFach
As announced at the Natural Cosmetics Conference in Berlin in September, the German market for certified natural cosmetics grew by 10.2 % in the first half of 2013 according to calculations by the consumer researcher Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung (GfK) of Nürnberg (D). The market experts expect sales in Germany to rise to over 950 million EUR by the end of the year and top the [...]
Biofach 2014: How to feed future organic consumers in a worldwide perspective?
Interview with trend researcher Dr. Mirjam Hauser, Senior Researcher, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, Rüschlikon/Zurich (CH)Where do we prefer to buy our food? How do we decide to buy when standing in front of the shelf or counter, and what values guide us in this process – today and in the future? Ideas on this are provided by researchers who are already occupied with tomorrow’s food trends [...]
Fair Trade Products: Which is right label? What does Fair trade mean?
In Germany and France we have more and different fair-trade-labels in the market. Reason why? There also exist different definitions and different certifications. So the key questions in these market are: Should there exist fair trade without organic quality? And the other question: Is there a need also for fair trade products in the northern hemisshere? And a special german question: Should fair trade products [...]