foodService India - January-February 2019

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Typically around the New Year, a lot of resolutions are
made to follow a healthier diet. Over the years, health
consciousness has increased and is therefore trending
throughout the year. We look at some trends that will
likely emerge stronger in the days ahead. The perception
of “healthy” varies from person to person and the trick is
to identify what reduces the “guilt quotient” and build on
that. The point to remember is that people have a great love
relationship with their food and thus if it becomes “free” of
everything – sugar, salt, artifi cial items, gluten and so on…
then, well, it becomes a medicine. It is crucial to identify the
boundaries and draw a line.
A good beginning would be to bring back grandma’s
recipes… from turmeric in milk, ginger & lime to various
millets of yore. All of them will come back with a vengeance.
Restaurants and cafés to breakfast cereals to snack food
manufacturers, this is a trend that cannot be missed.
The nostalgic fl avors from our rich cultural past– the
lip-smacking street-side delights to our long forgotten
grandmas’ recipes will all see a huge comeback.
A strong trend emerging is the growing popularity of
seeds, which are no longer only for birds. From breads
to energy bars to trail mixes and even (believe it or not!)
beverages. This trend will sweep across segments. If it can
be “seeded”, it will be. There is also a growing interest about
bacteria in foods. Not the baddies but the good bacteria. Did
you manage to incorporate your daily dose of the good ones
coming through yoghurt, kombucha, pickles? Should see this
trend explode into even desserts like ice-creams, fermented
foods, et al. Gut health and probiotics is in. That’s not to
forget the fact that what’s healthy for some will be poison for
the other but it has to be addressed.