IndexBox noted the market reached $17.6 billion in 2016, up $819 million — or 5 percent — from 2015. This figure reflects total revenue of producers and importers and excludes logistics costs, retail marketing costs and retailers’ margins.

Food use remains the minority share of U.S. organic grain and oilseed demand. But as a market driver, its importance cannot be understated. From a product-side perspective, consumers demand organic cereal and oilseed crops as either animal feed in the form of meat, or as packaged food goods like boxes of cereal, crackers, bread, etc.

Easter could prove to be an “egg-cellent” opportunity for food gifting companies, says new research by Packaged Facts.

More than half of American consumers say they trust the Fairtrade label, new findings by research firms Globescan and Atlantic 57 reveal.

If there’s one thing American consumers are sweet on, it’s chocolate, Packaged Facts says in a new report.

January is quickly drawing to a close, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to look at a few trends that are expected to shape consumer behavior this year.

A growing demand for fine flavor and high quality cocoa worldwide will drive growth in the global cocoa market, says a Coherent Market Insights analysis. 

Less than half of the population consumes nutritional bars and shakes, leaving plenty of room in the category, a new report by Packaged Facts found.