8 food & beverage predictions for 2016
Sustainable seafood
In 2016, the new paradigm of seafood will be sustainable, traceable and responsibly caught. The ocean’s fish stocks are becoming wildly unbalanced, as overfishing of covetable species like cod, sea bass, salmon, tuna and more runs rampant. As a result, we expect 2016 to be rife in brands that target shoppers seeking seafood they can feel good about eating.
New brand Salty Girl Seafood, a winner of the coveted Fish 2.0 business competition, recently launched a line of pouched and frozen products that are sourced directly from the small-scale fishermen who caught them. Likewise, Safe Catch Tuna guarantees transparency in sourcing by testing every single tuna they catch for mercury contamination.
The coolest part? Pioneering brands are figuring out ways to make fish farming environmentally friendly and low-impact.
Brands doing it right: