Every second year, thousands of people gather at Anuga, the world's largest international food fair held in Cologne, Germany, to view the latest trends and new foods. And this year exactly 1 week ago was EXPO -at Milan Italy.
Some foods we may see on our shelves within 5 years fruit juices with added fibre (adding back what's missing)
low-GI pasta
chewy sweets good for teeth (with sweetener, not sugar)
sports drinks based on the natural goodness of fruit
decadent chocolate low in saturated fat with added fibre, omega-3 and calcium
mini versions of everything
quinoa snacks
frozen sushi
meat-free mince made from soy and wheat proteins
food in dissolvable packs made from things like potato starch.
Future food that may be or no...
Foods we may see less of in future: Rice, pasta, bananas, foods laden with saturated fats: butter, lard, dripping and streaky bacon.
Rice: Early in 2008, the price of rice shot up to double what it had been just a few months earlier. This was partly due to the rise in oil prices and partly due to drought around the world, including in Australia.
With these problems continuing, and with rice a staple food in many countries, we shouldn't take the humble grain for granted. Kiwis are unlikely to riot due to a lack of rice – like they did in Haiti in April 2008 – but it's possible we could see a lot less of this healthy grain on our shelves in the future.
Pasta
Land around the world which was once used to grow wheat crops is being converted to other crops for biofuels. But increased demand for these biofuel plants is putting pressure on the food supply as well as increasing prices for commodities like wheat and other grains. We have already seen rocketing prices and shortages of pasta in Italy and tortillas in Mexico. And in Germany, increases in the price of beer during 2008 were partly attributed to increased production of biofuels.
Bananas
Bananas are becoming increasingly difficult to grow.
Growing single marketable crops has led to a lack of genetic diversity in bananas, making major production areas vulnerable to disease But a new form of the soil-dwelling fungus capable of attacking bananas has since appeared in Asia. If the fungus took hold around the world, it's possible bananas could disappear from our regular food supply.
Solutions to the banana's pest and disease problems may be found in traditional farming practices, like growing a diversity of crops and cultivars (a plant variety produced in cultivation by selective breeding), as well as using modern tools like genetic modification.
A global economic downturn and a focus on sustainability have seen people all over the world looking to the past for answers. There is a lot we can learn from how our parents and grandparents shopped and ate, and we are growing our own foods and , preserving it...
Growing single marketable crops has led to a lack of genetic diversity in bananas, making major production areas vulnerable to disease But a new form of the soil-dwelling fungus capable of attacking bananas has since appeared in Asia. If the fungus took hold around the world, it's possible bananas could disappear from our regular food supply.
Solutions to the banana's pest and disease problems may be found in traditional farming practices, like growing a diversity of crops and cultivars (a plant variety produced in cultivation by selective breeding), as well as using modern tools like genetic modification.
A global economic downturn and a focus on sustainability have seen people all over the world looking to the past for answers. There is a lot we can learn from how our parents and grandparents shopped and ate, and we are growing our own foods and , preserving it...
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