According to a January 22, 2020 Food Industry Executive summary https://foodindustryexecutive.com/2020/01/health-dominates-consumer-motivations-for-sustainability-new-report-shows/ of the Tastewise “Food and Beverages Sustainability Trends 2020 Report” https://lp.tastewise.io/sustainability-report-2020 “… 23% more consumers prioritize sustainability in their food choices now compared to a year ago … The top reason consumers are interested in sustainability is for their health, followed by environmental considerations. However, there is some evidence that this pattern might be shifting. While 39% of sustainability conversations are related to health, this number is down 16% from last year. Over the same time, conversations about local sourcing, recycling, and waste, have increased ... ’on the go’ food and beverage items grew by 31% in the sustainability category. Overall, the latest Tastewise analysis reaffirms that sustainability is one of today’s hottest consumer trends …” – #FoodPackaging #PlasticPackaging #SingleUsePlastics
Animal Digestible Food Packaging Initiative
Our reason-for-being/goal/purpose/objective/intent is to convince/inspire/persuade/encourage the food processing industry to establish and fund a public private partnership for the discovery of new food packaging materials that would be digestible by animals (farm animals as well as ubiquitous microbes).
