Traceability Knowing where product came from and how it got here is vital to a robust supply chain. your supply chain. 8 APRIL 2016 0800 102 356 HM058 Steve Flint… FOOD IN 50 YEARS As food technologists, we are often asked to speculate on the types of food we will be manufacturing and consuming in the next 50 years. As with all predictions, it helps to look at how we have changed our eating habits in the past half-century to provide us with trends that may continue into the future. In New Zealand we have progressed from a basic food supply, consisting of meat and vegetables, white bread, cheddar cheese and home baking to a more varied diet (less meat, greater variety of vegetables, huge range of breads and cheeses, and more luxury foods such as cheesecakes). This has been driven in part by exposure to foods from different cultures and the desire for convenient, fast food. There is scope to continue along this trend that will be enhanced by our growing multi-cultural society and the busy lives we lead. Next, we need to look at the needs of individual consumers, who are more concerned about their diet than ever before. This is manifested in the demand for gluten free foods, which now occupy separate sections on supermarket shelves. There is a growing group
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