Consumer Foods to Go

The new Nutri-Score food labelling system is being rolled out by various retailers and food producers over the next few years in Europe. Nutri-Score may help consumers make a healthier choice by providing a letter representing the nutritional value of a given food product – ranging from A (healthy) to E (unhealthy). In this episode of Consumer Foods-to-Go, your host Cyrille Filott shares the mic with fellow Rabobank specialists Maria Castroviejo and Sebastiaan Schreijen. They take a look at all actors involved in the launch of Nutri-Score: governments, retailers, food producers, and consumers. But how will the food industry itself respond to the new labels?

This week we partnered with our sister podcast, Liquid Assets, to discuss how bars, restaurants, and manufacturers have survived Covid-19 thus far and how quickly they can recover (fingers crossed) once the pandemic is over.

Listeners of Consumer Foods to Go will love the work done by the team at Liquid Assets. If you are interested in the latest trends in the beverage industry, you can subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast app.

During the pandemic, online purchases of fresh food really took off in China. While there are some similarities with how US and European consumers buy fresh food online, we notice some distinct differences. First and foremost, Michelle Huang, analyst at Rabobank, expects 30% of all fresh food will be bought online. This is at least partly to do with the fact that food retail in China is not as developed as other markets. Secondly, some very interesting new models are appearing, including community buying. Sufficient reason for Maria Castroviejo and Cyrille Filott to interview Michelle on the prospects.

Personalized nutrition has been in the (food) news a lot in the last few years. Using the outcome of a DNA test, companies are providing advice and even meals to consumers, on a personal level. In this episode, Maartje van den Berg shares her insights with Consumer Foods-to-Go host Cyrille Filott. What is personalized nutrition? Is there any evidence it works? And, for food companies: Do they need to play... and, if so, how?

In this episode, hosts Cyrille Filott and Maartje van den Berg discuss fries. And not only new QSR trends in fries (shake fries anyone?), but also the issues potato-growers are facing on the farm. Rabobank analysts Floris van der Sman and Stefan van Merrienboer share their insights on potatoes and fries from farm to consumer. They also talk about the future of the fries value chain: how it might become more transparent, more integrated, and more... sustainable! And as always, we discuss the broader take-aways for other parts of the food sector.